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ASCEND Brain Bites

Brain Bites is the podcast of the ASCEND Program (Advancing STEM: Community Engagement through Neuroscience Discovery). Our aim is to deliver neuroscience information, research, and news to kids and adults in a fun and approachable way.

Dec 17, 2018

When it comes to brains, is bigger always better? In this episode, we discuss the differences between brains across the animal kingdom. In general, bigger brains mean smarter animals. However, we talk about new research that shows that densely packed brains can also lend smarts to animals with small brains, like certain...