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You are your brain. But what hap­pens when your brain changes for the worse – either by phys­i­cal injury or expe­ri­ence? Are you still respon­si­ble for your actions?

We hear how the case of a New York man charged with mur­der was one of the first to intro­duce neu­ro­science as evi­dence in court. Plus, how tech­nol­o­gy hooks us – a young man so addict­ed to video games, he lacked social skills, or even a desire to eat. Find out how tech­nol­o­gy design­ers con­spire against his dig­i­tal detox.

Also, even if your brain is intact and your only task is choos­ing a sock col­or, are you real­ly in con­trol? How your uncon­scious directs even mun­dane behav­ior … and how you can out­wit it. 

Guests:

Kevin Davis – Author of The Brain Defense: Mur­der in Man­hat­tan and the Dawn of Neu­ro­science in America’s Courtrooms

Hilar­ie Cash – Co-founder and chief clin­i­cal offi­cer of reSTART, an inter­net addic­tion recov­ery program

Adam Alter – Assis­tant pro­fes­sor of mar­ket­ing and psy­chol­o­gy at New York Uni­ver­si­ty, Stern School of Busi­ness, and author of Irre­sistible: the Rise of Addic­tive Tech­nol­o­gy and the Busi­ness of Keep­ing Us Hooked

Peter Vish­ton – Psy­chol­o­gist at the Col­lege of William and Mary in Williams­burg, Virginia