
You can also f ollow us on Twitter, and Listen for Hidden Brain stories every week on your local public radio station. To subscribe to our newsletter, click here. The Hidden Brain Podcast is hosted by Shankar Vedantam and produced by Kara McGuirk-Alison, Maggie Penman, Chris Benderev, Jenny Schmidt, and Renee Klahr. In this episode, Shankar talks with Derek and two experts to try to understand his musical transformation. He can't read music or even play "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," but the music he improvises is beautiful. Hidden Brain explores the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior and questions that lie at the heart of our complex and changing world. Staff Picks Some of our favorite episodes to help you get started.

We were skeptical, so we brought Derek into a studio and asked him to play. Hidden Brain HiddenBrain New to Hidden Brain Here's a great place to start. If you like this show, please check out our new podcast, My Unsung Hero And if you’d like to. Psychologist Kevin Cokley studies the corrosive effects of self-doubt, and how we can turn that negative voice in our heads into an ally. We all have times when we feel like a fraud.

Derek is one of just a few dozen known "sudden savants" or "accidental geniuses"-people who survive severe head injuries and come out the other side with special gifts for music or math or art. This week, two ways of understanding the mind. He discovered he was really good a playing piano. Hidden Brain Follow Share 80.8k Followers 457 Episodes Category: Science Last Update: Claim Ownership Shankar Vedantam uses science and storytelling to reveal the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships. When he woke up in the hospital, he was different. The Hidden Brain podcast digs into important psychological phenomena through examining specific stories or current affairs, and helps us understand our. Episodes Laughter: The Best Medicine The Halo Effect: Why Its So Difficult To Understand The Past Why Nobody Feels Rich: The Psychology Of Inequality. In 2006, Derek Amato suffered a major concussion from diving into a shallow swimming pool.

Derek Amato is one of only a few dozen known "sudden savants."
