Radio Lab, Show 204: Where Am I?

Summary:

3 Flavors of Out of Body experiences

Website:

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/05/05

Additional Credits and Funding:

Host/Producer Jad Abumrad, Co-Host Robert Krulwich, Producer Ellen Horne, Production Executives: Dean Capello and Mikel Ellcessor

Timely on:

October 01: The broadcast window for the series is October 06 - October 07

Tones:

Amusing, Edgy, Engaging

Language:

English

Description:

OK. Maybe you're in your desk chair. You're in your office. You're in New York, or Detroit, or Timbuktu. You're on planet Earth.

But where are you, really?

This week Radio Lab tries to find out where you are. This hour: stories of people whose brains and bodies have lost each other. We ask how does your brain keep track of your body? We'll examine the bond between brain and body and look at what happens when it breaks. We begin with a century-old mystery: why do many amputees still feel their missing limbs? We speak with a neuroscientist who solved the problem with a magician?s trick: an optical illusion. We continue with the story of a butcher who suddenly lost his entire sense of touch. And we hear from pilots who lose consciousness and suffer out-of-body experiences while flying fighter jets.

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