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"Mirror Touch"


As a  medical school student, Joel Salinas was obsessed with the human brain. But as soon as he got to work, his own senses began to turn on him.


Joel Salinas is a neurologist at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology.


He is the author of Mirror Touch: A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain


"What Accent?"


When Ellen Spencer was released from the hospital after a mysterious stroke-like episode her voice would never be the same again.


"The Bat Boy and the Pine Tar Game"


Every baseball fan has heard of the superstar hitter George Brett and his infamous Pine Tar Game…but have you heard of the bat boy’s version?


Season 9 Episode 24

"Mirror Touch"


Neurologist Joel Salinas on mirror-touch synesthesia.


"What Accent?"


Ellen Spencer with Foreign Accent Syndrome.


"The Bat Boy and the Pine Tar Game"


Merrit Riley and his hero George Brett.


Season 9 Episode 24