‘Your Brain on Movies’

Why do we sometimes cry while watching a movie? Or flinch during action scenes? Neuroscientist Jeffrey Zacks, of Arts & Sciences, shares some reasons why for a “Hold That Thought” podcast. Zacks is the author of “Flicker: Your Brain on Movies.”

‘Whither the patent system?’

Economists Michele Boldrin and David Levine, of Arts & Sciences, write in a piece on The Hill’s Congress Blog that the nation’s patent system is failing, discourages innovation and “is in desperate need of reform.”
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