What happens to the brain as it ages and how does it affect memory? Memory researcher, Dr. Lee Ryan looks at how aging and changes in the brain affect the ability to remember, and how these changes may or may not lead to developing Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Carol Barnes, who is looking at the brain at the molecular level to learn more about what happens to the brain as we get older.Next, renowned neuroscientist Dr. Carol Barnes believes you can’t understand age related brain diseases until you understand what the normal aged brain looks like. Barnes’ research focuses on what should be occurring at age 60 or 70 as a benchmark to better understand the disease process.
And a look at smart rovers for space exploration programmed to act like humans.
One of Dr. Wolfgang Fink's new generation of planetary rovers.A visionary wants to create freethinking rovers that could act like field geologists on other planets. As the surface rovers explore the environment, they make intelligent decisions about where to go and what to investigate.
Wavelengths: The Thinking Machine Part 1, Thursday at 8:30 p.m. on PBS-HD.
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