Sharon Begley is the science editor of theThe Wall Street Journal and was formerly a senior editor atNewsweek magazine for twenty-five years. She has won many awards for her articles and is a frequent guest on radio and television, discussing science topics onThe Charlie Rose Show,Today Weekend, theCBS Morning Show, theImus Show,Fox & Friends and others.

Eliza Foss has performed in numerous theaters both in New York City and around the country. She's performed inTen Unknown, Natural Selection, andAngels Don't Dance, among others. She has appeared in the filmsSplit Ends andChutney Popcorn as well as on television inLaw & Order andThe Merrow Report. She holds a M.F.A from the New York University Graduate Acting Program. Eliza has narrated over thirty audiobooks and short stories, includingThe Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd,The Beck Diet Solution by Judith S. Beck, andBig Love by Sarah Dunn. She was featured in AudioFile magazine as one of “audio’s hottest romance narrators.”

"The Dalai Lama, Buddhist monks and some of the world's leading neuroscientists all gather once a year at a conference on the latest discoveries in neuroplasticity: the study of how the human brain can change itself. ...his remarkable conference serves as the center of Wall Street Journal science columnist Begley's account of neuroplasticity." - Publishers Weekly