Nora Volkow

C. Rose Brain Series 2, #1: Disorders

The first episode of the second series of the Charlie Rose Brain Series aired November 3, 2011, and addressed the topic of mental disorders including addiction. Charlie and co-host Eric Kandel welcomed Cornelia Bargmann, Gerald Fischbach, Thomas Insel, and Nora Volkow. My selected highlights are excerpted below. (8:35)

C. Rose Brain Series #7: The Emotional Brain

Episode #7 of the special 12-part series on the brain aired on April 21, 2010. To discuss “the emotional brain” with focus on pleasure and addiction, Charlie and co-host Eric Kandel welcomed their panel: Daniel Salzman studies how the brain assigns an emotional value to the information that it receives from the five senses. He … Read more