Naked Neuroscience

This month, we're peeling back the science of the peripheral nervous system, looking at some of the injuries it can sustain, and taking a closer look at exciting new developments on the horizon for treatment. Plus, we'll be digging into the latest neuroscience news with the help of some local experts.

This month - what exactly is a memory? How does the brain suppress unwanted memories, and what can we do to improve our own memory? Plus, news hot off the press, and do our brains have their wires crossed?

This month, we're peaking out from behind the sofa at the science of fear. Why are some of us so scared of seemingly harmless things? What's going on in the brain when we're frightened? And does cheese really give you nightmares?

What power does science have? We explore the influence of neuroscience in the courtrooms. Could brain scans shape prison sentences? Can it predict who will re-offend? We put the brain on trial with Cambridge University's Neuroscience and Public Policy Research Initiatives.

Botox injections in the nervous system, keeping brain tissue alive, and the shifting axis of scientific influence...

From rags to riches: how a fruit selling school boy became a neurosurgeon and, inspired by the NHS, built a community hospital and neuroscience institute in northern India. We meet the President of India who opened the institute, and speak with the patients being treated there...

This month we'll be trotting the globe to open our minds! We soak up some naked brain wanderings, including visiting the banja, a Russian sauna, to be whipped by birch leaves. Plus, from the States, we'll meet the caring Robot trio, designed to help look after our increasingly elderly population, we'll visit a Brain Bank in New Zealand, keep fruit flies awake in Milan AND back in the UK meet a rocking professor who's addressing scientific gender inequality with music.

Putting the brain on trial: did your brain make you do it? Neuroscience in the courtroom exposed. Plus the dark side of new neurotechnologies and do we have free will or are our actions pre-determined?

Meet Brian, the robot programmed to help look after the elderly. Plus robots to replace soldiers in warfare, robots in the classroom and exploring the ethics of how science shapes society.

Millions invested in brain research across the globe. It's the decade of the brain. But how will the results shape our future societies?