The 92nd St. Y in New York is presenting “Seven Days of Genius” this week. As part of the festivities, the video site Big Think invited me to film a conversation with neuroscientist Heather Berlin about the nature of genius and the origin of creativity in the brain.

Here’s the video, which we taped at YouTube headquarters:


 Part two:

 

 

Originally published March 4, 2015. Copyright 2015 Carl Zimmer.