On this week's Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea is joined by Jeff Hawkins - Neuroscientist and author of ‘A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence’ to ask how our brains work?

Also on the show Jonathan was joined by Dr. Susan Kelleher of DCU and Dr. Jessamyn Kelleher of NUI Galway, to look at the science news stories of the week.

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