Dr. Svante Pääbo, an evolutionary biologist featured in The Human Spark, was recently awarded the 2009 Kistler Prize. Watch video of Dr. Pääbo with Alan Alda.
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November 10th, 2009
In the News: 2009 Kistler Prize to Dr. Svante Pääbo
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April 9th, 2009
Spark Blog: Video – Dr. Steven Pinker: Language Makes Us Human
Language is central to Steven Pinker's conception of what makes us human.
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In the News
December 23rd, 2008
In the News: Counting Without Numbers
One of the earliest things American children are taught is how to count items out loud. But how much do we understand about numbers before we learn this vocabulary?
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September 10th, 2008
Spark Blog: How Does Your Brain React to Gibberish?
The scientists in Oregon wanted to see how brains react to mistakes in grammar, even when the listener isn’t fluent in the language being spoken!
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August 27th, 2008
Spark Blog: Inside Alan Alda’s Brain
In Oregon, we peered with both an MRI and a brain wave monitor into Alan’s brain to find out how he employs it for language and tool use.
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In the News
August 25th, 2008
In the News: Why Your Voice Is Quieter Than an Orangutan’s
All great apes, including humans, have vocal tract air sacs that they use to call out loud. Ours have evolved to be smaller than the other apes’, leaving them with louder voices.
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August 19th, 2008
Spark Blog: Video: Why I Volunteer to Have My Brain Scanned
Brian Moore is one of the people who has volunteered a couple of times for Helen Neville’s language fMRI studies at the University of Oregon. Find out why in this video clip.
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August 12th, 2008
Spark Blog: Shooting MRI Scenes — It’s Magnetic!
We started in the morning with what turned into a rather chaotic fMRI scene -- six people in two locations. And the magnetism of the equipment made filming complicated.
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August 6th, 2008
Can Apes Really Talk?
This video presents a reporter's visit to the Great Ape Trust, where apes communicate with researchers with a lexigram. But is this really language?
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