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Brain Hacks

How do we keep our brains healthy? Science journalist Melissa Hogenboom sets out to understand more about the brain's capacity to respond to change, learn and heal.

How do we keep our brains healthy? And is there anything we can do to help strengthen crucial connections and keep our minds younger in the process? Science journalist Melissa Hogenboom sets out to understand more about the brain's capacity to respond to change, helping us to learn and to heal. She looks at the most cutting-edge scientific research and has her own brain scanned and analysed, with intriguing results.

26 minutes

Last on

Christmas Day 2023 13:30GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 16 Sep 2023 12:30GMT
  • Sun 17 Sep 2023 00:30GMT
  • Sun 17 Sep 2023 07:30GMT
  • Sun 17 Sep 2023 19:30GMT
  • Mon 18 Sep 2023 02:30GMT
  • Sat 14 Oct 2023 01:30GMT
  • Sun 15 Oct 2023 08:30GMT
  • Thu 19 Oct 2023 02:30GMT
  • Christmas Day 2023 01:30GMT
  • Christmas Day 2023 06:30GMT
  • Christmas Day 2023 13:30GMT

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