What makes us all so different? Unique is the riveting answer. Exploring everything from the roots of sexuality, gender, and intelligence to whether we like bitter beer, Linden shows how our individuality results not from a competition of nature versus nurture, but...
Not too long ago, David Linden found himself on OkCupid, one of the world’s great catalogs of human idiosyncrasy. Fortunately for his lonely heart, he found his soulmate. But, being a scientist, he couldn’t help but ask what made the whole thing work? In this talk,...
David Linden, PhD and Julia Brill, PhD (The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) pitch their innovative work exploring the question: How do cold temperatures protect the brain in oxygen-deprived conditions like cold-water drownings or cardiac surgeries that necessitate...
BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition is an innovative pitch competition connecting early‐career neuroscience researchers with the capital they need to fund their research. Scientists pitch their ideas in groundbreaking neuroscience to an audience of Mind Science...
Whether eating, taking drugs or drinking, engaging in sex, gambling, exercising, or doing good deeds, the pursuit of pleasure is a central drive of the human animal. In this 2011 talk for the Mind Science Foundation, Dr. David Linden (The Johns Hopkins University)...
