Stanislas Dehaene on "How We Learn" (BS 167)
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Stephen Macknik works on Prosthetic Vision (BS 166)
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Brain Science 166 is an interview with neuroscientist Stephen Macknik about recent efforts to development a new visual prosthesis based on recent discoveries about vision. His technique also involves tools like optogenetics. This week’s episode is more technical than usual but Dr. Macknik makes his work accessible to all listeners.
Read MoreNeuroscience and Magic (BS 165)
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Brain Science 165 is an encore presentation of my interview with neuroscientists Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde. We talk about their international bestseller "Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions."
Read More13 Years of Brain Science with Dr. Ginger Campbell (BS 164
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BS 164 is our 13th Annual Review episode. I share highlights from the episodes of Brain Science released in 2019 and include some additional reflections about the recent 4-part series on consciousness.
Read MoreChristof Koch on the Neuroscience of Consciousness (BS 163)
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In BS 163 renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch discusses is latest book, The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed. He explains why he doesn’t think the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) are enough to explain experience. This is the 4th in our 4 part series on the neuroscience of consciousness.
Read More"Rethinking Consciousness" with Michael Graziano (BS 162)
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Episode 162 is an interview with neuroscientist Michael Graziano about his new book Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience. This is the 3rd of our four-part conversation about the neuroscience of consciousness.
Read MoreJoseph Ledoux (BS 161)
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Brain Science 161 is an interview with neuroscientist Joesph Ledoux about his new book The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains. It is the second of our 4 part series on the neuroscience of consciousness and focuses on the evolutionary role of emotion. Dr. Ledoux takes a surprising position on the relationship between emotion and consciousness.
Read MoreWhat is Consciousness? (BS 160)
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What is consciousness? BS 160 is an overview of the current neuroscience of consciousness. I take a deep dive into 5 recent books on the topic. We explore questions such as What is the definition of consciousness? Which non-human animals are conscious? Could AI become conscious? and the big one: Can neuroscience solve the so-called “Hard Problem” of subjectivity.
Read MoreKevin Mitchell, author "Innate" (BS 159)
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Brain Science 159 features Kevin Mitchell, author of Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are.
Read MorePhilosopher Patricia Churchland talks about Conscience
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BS 158 is an interview with philosopher Patricia Churchland about her latest book Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition.
Read More"Remembering" with Donald MacKay (BS 157)
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Brain Science 157 is an interview with Donald Mackay, author of Remembering: What 50 Years of Research with Famous Amnesia Patient H.M. Can Teach Us about Memory and How It Works. We explore the experiments that revealed that the hippocampus also plays a critical role in language.
Read MoreCan fMRI Read Your Mind? (BS 156 with Russ Poldrack)
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BS 156 is an interview with Stanford psychologist Russell Poldrack, author of The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts.
Read MoreNeuroscience and AI with Paul Middlebrooks (BS 155)
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BS 155 is an interview with neuroscientist Paul Middlebrooks, creator and host of the podcast Brain Inspired. His show explores the intersection between neuroscience and artificial Intelligence.
Read MoreSuccessful Aging with psychologist Alan Castel (BS 154)
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BS 154 is an interview with Dr. Alan Castel, author of Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging. We explore the role of attitude in successful aging, as well as several other evidence-based approaches.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Brain with John Dowling (BS 153)
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BS 153 is an interview with Harvard neuroscientist John Dowling about his most recent book Understanding the Brain: From Cells to Behavior to Cognition.
Read More12th Annual Review Episode (BSP 152)
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BS 152 is our 12th annual review episode. In 2018 nine new books were featured and the subjects covered included memory, peri-personal cells, creativity, language, reading, the cerebral mystique, synapses, happiness, emotion and work of Eve Marder. We had 4 new guests and 4 returning guests along with an encore interview with Dr. Eve Marder.
This episode includes highlights from all 11 episodes that were released between January and November 2018.
Read MoreNeuroscience of Emotion (BS 151)
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BS 151 is a discussion of The Neuroscience of Emotion: A New Synthesis by Ralph Adolphs and David J. Anderson. We talk about key ideas from the book and relate them to several previous episodes about emotion including interviews with Jaak Panksepp, Lisa Feldman Barrett and Luiz Pessoa.
Read MoreExplore the Synaptome with Seth Grant (BS 150)
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BS 150 is our 4th interview of Seth Grant, the molecular biologist who has uncovered the fascinating evolution of synapse complexity. In this interview we learn about the first whole brain mapping of the mouse brain synaptome. We discuss the implications of the surprising level of diversity found in synapses in different brain areas. Dr Grant introduces us to a new theory of perception and memory recall.
Read MoreDean Burnett, author of "Happy Brain" (BS 149)
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BS 149 is an interview with Dean Burnett, author of Happy Brain: Where Happiness Comes From, and Why. This is a good episode for new listeners of all backgrounds.
Read MoreEncore interview with Eve Marder (BS 148)
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BS 148 is an interview with pioneering neuroscientist Dr. Eve Marder. It was recorded in 2009, but the content remains surprisingly relevant.
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