Your Brain as Math - Part 1 | Infinite Series

Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: What does your brain look like when it’s broken down mathematically? And what can this tell us? This is Part 1 in our Your Brain as Math mini-series. Check out Part 2 here: Check out Part 3 here: Tweet at us! @pbsinfinite Facebook: series Email us! pbsinfiniteseries [at] gmail [dot] com Previous Episode Stochastic Supertasks In order to dive deeper into an exciting topic, we’re mixing up the format. Over the next three days, we’ll spend the next three episodes exploring an incredible application of seemingly purely-abstract mathematics: how algebraic topology can help us decode the connections among neurons in our brains, to help us understand their function. Written and Hosted by Kelsey Houston-Edwards Produced by Rusty Ward Graphics by Ray Lux Assistant Editing and Sound Design by Mike Petrow Made by Kornhaber Brown () Resources: Cliques of Neurons Bound into Cavities Provide a Missing Link between Structure and Function The Blue Brain Project Barcodes: The Persistent Topology of Data ~ghrist/preprints/ Network Neuroscience Algebraic Topology ~hatcher/AT/ Special thanks to Kathryn Hess and Florian Frick! Comments answered by Kelsey: Vriskanon Challenge Winner : Florence B Special thanks to Matthew O’Connor and Yana Chernobilsky who are supporting us on Patreon at the Identity level! And thanks to Mauricio Pacheco who is supporting us at the Lemma level!