In this podcast Professors Uta and Chris Frith, in conversation with Ken Barrett, speak about their brilliant and original book 'Two Heads', a 300 page comic that tracks their neuroscientific journeys (with over 300 academic references), acknowledges the many researchers they have worked with, and outlines their current understanding of how our brains work with other brains. The book was created with writer Alex Frith and illustrator Daniel Locke who have agreed to speak with us for part 2 later in the month. We talk about the origins of their book and their wider interest in the comic medium, Uta's work on ASD and neurodiversity and Chris's work on schizophrenia and functional imaging, and their most recent collaboration with the Interacting Minds Centre in Aarhus, Denmark. Max and Moritz, Phillip K Dick and Rain Man and a certain opera also get a mention.

Contributors:

Dame Uta Frith FRS is Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College, London.

Chris Frith FRS is Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychology at the Welcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, and Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy, University of London.

Ken Barrett is a retired neuropsychiatrist and some time psychophysiology reseracher before his migration to the arts http://www.kenbarrettstudio.co.uk/ http://cornwallcomposers.com/stephen.htm

Music: Prelude to Act 1 of the opera Brainland composed by Stephen Brown www.brainlandtheopera.co.uk

A review of Two Heads is here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/29/two-heads-by-uta-frith-chris-frith-alex-frith-and-daniel-locke-review

Portrait sketch by Ken Barrett.

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