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Professor Gregory Petsko | Your Brain on Technology
Wednesday, January 14 2009 8:01 PM

Professor Gregory Petsko

The Interview: Professor Gregory Petsko

The coming boom in neurological diseases: Brandeis University biochemist Gregory Petsko on the ageing brain.

Guests

Gregory A. Petsko is a professor of biochemistry at Brandeis University. He is also president of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and has been a TED lecturer.

Producers

Mark Brosens is an associate producer on The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He has a B.A. in Political Studies from Queen's University and a M.A. from the joint graduate program in Communication and Culture with Ryerson and York Universities. Previously, he has interned on Parliament Hill and for a public policy think tank. Follow Mark on Twitter.

Mark Brosens is an associate producer on The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He has a B.A. in Political Studies from Queen's University and a M.A. from the joint graduate program in Communication and Culture with Ryerson and York Universities. Previously, he has interned on Parliament Hill and for a public policy think tank. Follow Mark on Twitter.

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Your Brain on Technology

The Debate: Your Brain on Technology

Your brain on technology: what growing up with technology means to the evolution of your brain.

Guests

Barbara Arrowsmith Young is director of the Arrowsmith School.

Amir Raz is a neuroscientist in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, and Canada research chair in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention.

Robert Sawyer is a Hugo Award-winning science-fiction author, most recently of Rollback. For more information, visit his web site at sfwriter.com.

Gary Small is a professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, and directs the Memory and Aging Research Center and the UCLA Center on Aging. He is author of iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind.

Don Tapscott is the author of Grown Up Digital, and chairman of nGenera Insight, a global business innovation company.

Robert Sawyer is a Hugo Award-winning science-fiction author, most recently of Rollback. For more information, visit his web site at sfwriter.com.

Don Tapscott is the author of Grown Up Digital, and chairman of nGenera Insight, a global business innovation company.

Amir Raz is a neuroscientist in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University, and Canada research chair in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention.

Gary Small is a professor of Psychiatry at UCLA, and directs the Memory and Aging Research Center and the UCLA Center on Aging. He is author of iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind.

Barbara Arrowsmith Young is director of the Arrowsmith School.

Producers

Meredith Martin is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Prior to The Agenda, Meredith was a producer with Studio 2. Before becoming a journalist she worked in lifestyle television as a producer, editor and feature host, primarily on the show, Cottage Life Television. Meredith also worked as a production assistant on music videos and commercials, and as a freelance producer. Follow Meredith on Twitter.

Resources

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  • Maclean's
    Dumbed down: The troubling science of how technology is rewiring kids' brains

  • TVO VIDEO: A Bilingual Mind
    How being bilingual and mentally active can delay the onset of dementia

  • UCLA Newsroom
    UCLA study finds that searching the Internet increases brain function

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