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Extra: Books and Ideas #9: Molecular biologist Lee Silver, PhD
Books and Ideas #9: Dr. Ginger Campbell interviews molecular biologist and author Lee M Silver about his book, "Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life."...
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BSP-8: How Neurons Communicate
Brain Science Podcast #8: How Neurons Communicate is an introduction to the basics on neuronal signaling, synapses, and neurotransmitters. Detailed Show Notes and a full transcript of this episode are...
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BSP-9:
The Brain Science Podcast #9 discusses The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience by Steven Rose. The focus is on considering some of the moral and ethical dilemmas...
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BSP-10: NeuroPlasticity
Brain Science Podcast #10 Neuroplasticity. This episode discusses the recent discovery that even adult brains have the ability to change. I discuss the recent book "Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain,"...
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BSP-11: "Emotion" by Dylan Evans
Brain Science #11: Emotion. This episode is based on the 2001 book by Dylan Evans called Emotion: the science of sentiment. Some questions considered includeAre emotions universal?Why are emotions...
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BSP-12: Memory
Brain Science Podcast #12: Memory. This episode is a discussion based on the book Memory: From Mind to Molecules (2000), by Larry Squires and Eric Kandel. We consider the different types of memory and...
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BSP-13: Unconscious Decisions!
Brain Science Podcast #13 is a discussion of unconscious rapid decision-making. It begins with a discussion of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2006) by Malcolm Gladwell, and also...
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BSP-14: Our First Six Months
Brain Science Podcast #14: Looking back on our first six months.The Brain Science Podcast's introductory episode was posted on Dec 1, 2006, which means it has come out every two weeks for 6 months....
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BSP-15: Interview with Read Montague
Brain Science Podcast #15 continues the exploration of how we make decisions that was started in #13. We talk with Dr. Read Montague about his book "Why Choose This Book: How We Make Decisions."For...
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BSP-16: The Pre-Frontal Lobes-our brain's CEO
Brain Science Podcast #16: The Pre-frontal Lobes-our Brain's CEO. This episode is a discussion of The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind (2002) by Elkhonon Goldberg. We explore how...
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BSP-17: The Wisdom of the Aging Brain
Brain Science Podcast #17: The Wisdom of the Aging Brain. Dr. Ginger Campbell discusses Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg's 2006 book, The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older....
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BSP-18: Interview with Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg
Brain Science Podcast #18: Dr. Ginger Campbell interviews neuropsychologist, Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg. Dr. Goldberg is the author of The Executive Brain and The Wisdom Paradox. We discuss his ideas about...
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BSP-19: "Gut Feelings" by Gerd Gigerenzer
#19-Brain Science Podcast: Discussion of Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious (2007) by Gerd Gigerenzer.For show notes and transcripts go to http:brainsciencepodcast.com. Send feedback to...
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BSP-20: Louann Brizendine discusses The Female Brain
#20 Brain Science Podcast: This is an interview of Louann Brizendine, MD, author of the best-seller The Female Brain. We discuss how hormones and neurotransmitters effect our brains, and how these...
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BSP-21: Body Maps
Episode 21 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of "The Body has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You do (Almost) Everything Better," by Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew...
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BSP-22: Christof Koch discusses Consciousness
#22 Brain Science Podcast: This episode is an interview with Dr. Christof Koch one of the pioneers in the neurobiological study of consciousness and author of "The Quest for Consciousness" (2004). Dr....
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BSP-23: Interview with Sandra Blakeslee
#23 Brain Science Podcast: Interview with Sandra Blakeslee, co-author of The Body Has a Mind of Its Own.This is a follow-up on Episode 21, which a discussion of Blakeslee's new book about body maps. In...
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BSP-24: Reading and the Brain
#24 Brain Science Podcast: Reading and the Brain. Dr. Ginger Campbell discusses the new book, "Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain" (2007), by Maryanne Wolf. We explore the...
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BSP-25: Rolf Pfeifer discusses Embodied Intelligence
#25 Brain Science Podcast: This is an interview with Rolf Pfeifer, director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich. We discuss biorobotics and the field of embodied...
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