In this episode, we talk to UCSF neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley about consiousness – And, the potential for specially-designed video games to fight Alzheimer's disease (yes, really!)

Also, the wonderful blog Boing Boing is co-promoting this episode (full description below). Just click the play button above to listen. My co-host Tom Merritt and I discuss pages 51-109 of the novel toward the end.

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After On Podcast #2: Video Games as Medicine? (from Boing Boing)

Above you’ll find an unhurried interview with Dr. Adam Gazzaley, who runs one of the West Cost’s largest neuroscience labs at UCSF. There, his team carefully crafts video games with the potential to cure a wide range of neurological ailments.