Brain-Science-Podcast

More than hundred episodes of Brain Science Podcast
Transcript is available here.


†Mind Wide Open: A general introduction to why neuroscience matters, based on Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life, by Steven Johnson. [Buy BSP 1-10]
†On Intelligence: A discussion of On Intelligence, by Jeff Hawkins. [Buy BSP 1-10]
†In Search of Memory: Nobel laureate Eric Kandel's excellent introduction to neuroscience. [Buy BSP 1-10]
Nature Versus Nurture: A discussion of The Great Brain Debate: Nature Or Nurture? by John E. Dowling. [Buy BSP 1-10]
Consciousness: A very brief introduction to philosophy of mind. [Buy BSP 1-10]
†The First Idea: The role of emotional signaling in the development of language, based on The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved from our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans, by Stanley I. Greenspan, MD and Stuart Shanker, PhD. [Buy BSP 1-10]
**Stuart Shanker, PhD on bonobos: Explores what bonobos can teach us about communication. [Buy BSP 1-10]
How Neurons Communicate: A fairly detailed introduction to brain chemistry. [Buy BSP 1-10]
†The Future of the Brain: A discussion of the book by Steven Rose. [Buy BSP 1-10]
Neuroplasticity: Exciting discovery that the brain continues to grow and change, based on Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves, by Sharon Begley. [Buy BSP 1-10]
†Emotion: A discussion of Emotion: The Science of Sentiment, by Dylan Evans. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Memory: A discussion of Memory: From Mind to Molecules, by Larry R. Squire, PhD and Eric R. Kandel, MD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Unconscious Decisions: A look at decision-making. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Our First Six Months: A brief review of the first six months. [Buy mp3]
**Read Montague, PhD: Author of Why Choose This Book?: How We Make Decisions. [Buy mp3 for $1]
The Pre-Frontal Lobes: A discussion of The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the Civilized Mind, by Elkhonon Goldberg, PhD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
The Wisdom of the Aging Brain: A discussion of The Wisdom Paradox: How Your Mind Can Grow Stronger As Your Brain Grows Older, by Elkhonon Goldberg, PhD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Elkhonon Goldberg, PhD on aging and the brain: how our brain changes as we age, and what we can do about it. [Buy mp3 for $1]
†Gut Feelings: A discussion of Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious, by Gerd Gigerenzer. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Louann Brizendine, MD: Author of The Female Brain. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Body Maps: 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 Blakeslee. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Christof Koch, PhD on Consciousness: Author of The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Sandra Blakeslee (Follow-up of BSP 21): We discuss plasticity and body maps. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Reading and the Brain: A discussion of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolf. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Rolf Pfeifer, PhD on embodied intelligence. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Norman Doidge, MD, on Neuroplasticity: Author of The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Year-end review of Season 1. [Buy mp3]
**Edward Taub, PhD: Talks about his revolutionary approach to stroke rehabilitation. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Maryanne Wolf, PhD talks about her book,Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain. [Buy mp3 for $1]
The Evolution of Language: A discussion of The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language, by Christine Kenneally. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Brain Rhythms with György Buzsáki: A discussion of his book, Rhythms of the Brain. [Buy mp3 for $1]
A brief Introduction to Brain Anatomy: Based on Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain, by David Bainbridge. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**John J Ratey, MD: Explains why exercise is essential to brain health. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Rachel Herz, PhD: Discusses her book,The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Mirror Neurons: A discussion of Mirrors in the Brain: How Our Minds Share Actions, Emotions, and Experience, by Giacomo Rizzolatti, MD and Corrado Sinigaglia, PhD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Arthur Glenberg, PhD: Explores the role of embodied cognition in language and reading. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**John Medina, PhD: Discusses his book, Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. [Buy mp3 for $1]
** Jeff Hawkins: Author of On Intelligence, discusses his theory of how the cortex works. [Buy mp3]
**Michael Arbib, PhD: Discusses the role of mirror neurons in imitation and language. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Semi-annual Review Episode. [Buy mp3]
**Interview with Linguist, Alice Gaby: On the relationship between neuroscience and linguistics. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Discussion of On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not, by Robert Burton, MD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Part 2 of On Being Certain: Interview with Robert Burton, MD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Interview with Daniel Siegel, MD: About meditation and the brain. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**John Ratey, MD: Talks about ADHD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Live from Dragon*Con 2008: Shella Keilholz, PhD and Jason Schneiderman, PhD discuss brain imaging. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Discussion of Principles of Brain Evolution: by Georg F. Striedter. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Gary Lynch, PhD: Discusses his book Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Interview with Dr. Brenda Milner, pioneering neuroscientist. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Neuroscience 2008: Highlights from the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Interview with Seth Grant, PhD: A discussion about how proteomics reveals synapse evolution. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Year 2 Review: A look back at Year 2 of the Brain Science Podcast. [Buy mp3]
Free will?: A discussion of Did My Neurons Make Me Do It?: Philosophical and Neurobiological Perspectives on Moral Responsibility and Free Will, by Nancey Murphy and Warren S. Brown. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Michael Merzenich, PhD: Pioneering neuroscientist talks about neuroplasticity. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Patricia Churchland, PhD: An interview about neurophilosophy. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Eve Marder, PhD: From the Society of Neuroscience. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Chris Frith, PhD: Author of Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Alva Noë, PhD: Author of Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Guy Caldwell, PhD, from the University of Alabama: Discusses the use of the tiny worm, C elegans, for studying movement disorders. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Stuart Brown, MD (National Institute for Play): Author of Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Allan Jones, PhD (The Allen Institute for Brain Research): On mapping the mouse brain and the human cortex. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Warren Brown, PhD (Fuller Theological Seminary): Co-author of Did My Neurons Make Me Do It? (also discussed in Episode 53). [Buy mp3 for $1]
**David Bainbridge, PhD: Talks about his latest book, Teenagers: A Natural History. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Third Annual Review Episode. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Jaak Panksepp, PhD: Author of Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Randy Gallistel, PhD: Co-author of Memory and the Computational Brain: Why Cognitive Science Will Transform Neuroscience. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Thomas Metzinger, PhD: Author of The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Peter Whitehouse, MD: Co-author of The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**R. Douglas Fields, PhD: Author of The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Scott Lilienfeld, PhD: Co-author of 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Our Fourth Annual Review Episode. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Interview with Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde: Authors of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Lawrence Shapiro, PhD: Author of Embodied Cognition. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Olaf Sporns, PhD: Author of Networks of the Brain. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**David Eagleman, PhD: Author of Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Sian Beilock, PhD: Author of Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Fabrizio Benedetti, MD: Author of Placebo Effects, and The Patient's Brain. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Discussion of Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines---and How It Will Change Our Lives, by Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD: Author of Beyond Boundaries: The New Neuroscience of Connecting Brains with Machines. [Buy mp3 for $1]
Fifth Annual Review Episode. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Patricia Churchland, PhD: Author of Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality. [Buy mp3 for $1]
How Mind Emerges from Brain: A Discussion of Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain, by Michael Gazzaniga, PhD. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Mind and Brain, with William Uttal, PhD, Author of Mind and Brain: A Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Update on Consciousness Research with Christof Koch, PhD, Author of Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist.. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Sebastian Seung Explores the Brain's Wiring: Interview with Sebastian Seung, PhD, author of Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Disgust, with Rachel Herz, PhD: Interview with Rachel Herz, PhD, author of That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion. [Buy mp3 for $1]
**Brain Aging with Pamela Greenwood, PhD: Interview with Pamela Greenwood, PhD, co-author of Nurturing the Aging Brain and Mind. FREE: audio mp3.
**†The Self Illusion with Bruce Hood, PhD: Interview with Bruce Hood, PhD, author of The Self Illusion: How The Social Brain Creates Identity. FREE: audio mp3.
**†Mind in Life: Interview with Evan Thompson, PhD, author of Mind in Life: Biology. Phenomenology, and the Sciences of Mind. FREE: audio mp3.
†Self Comes to Mind: Discussion of Self Comes to Mind, by Antonio Damasio, PhD. FREE: audio mp3.
**The Origin of Emotions with Jaak Panksepp: Interview with Jaak Panksepp, PhD, Author of The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotion. FREE: audio mp3.
Sixth Annual Review: Neuroscience Highlights for 2012. FREE: audio mp3.
Pain (Part 1) with Dr. Fernando Cervero, author of Understanding Pain. FREE: audio mp3.
**How the Brain Makes Meaning: Interview with Benjamin Bergen, PhD, author of Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning. FREE: audio mp3.
Understanding Pain; Part 2 of Discussion begun in Episode 93. FREE: audio mp3.
**A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: Interview with Dr. Robert Burton, author of A Skeptic's Guide to the Mind: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Ourselves. FREE: audio mp3.
**Neuroanthropology: Interview with Dr. Daniel H. Lende and Dr. Greg Downey, authors of The Encultured Brain: An Introduction to Neuroanthropology. FREE: audio mp3.
The Autistic Brain: Discussion of The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, by Temple Grandin. FREE: audio mp3.
**Interview with Dr.Temple Grandin, author of The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum. FREE: audio mp3.
**Brain Fitness with Alvaro Fernandez, co-author of The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness: How to Optimize Brain Health and Performance at Any Age. FREE: audio mp3.
**Synapse Evolution with Seth Grant: Interview with Dr. Seth Grant. FREE: audio mp3.
**Dangers of Diagnostic Inflation: Interview with Dr. Allen Frances, Author of Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt Against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life . FREE: audio mp3.
**Connectome Update: Interview with Dr. Olaf Sporns, Author of Discovering the Human Connectome. FREE: audio mp3.
Seventh Annual Review: 2013 Neuroscience Highlights.
**Brain Plasticity with Michael Merzenich: Interview with Dr. Michael Merzenich. FREE: audio mp3.
** The Cognitive-Emotional Brain; Interview with Dr. Luiz Pessoa, author of The Cognitive-Emotional Brain: From Interactions to Integration. FREE audio mp3.
**Sleep Science with Penny Lewis: Interview with Dr. Penny Lewis, author of The Secret World of Sleep: The Surprising Science of the Mind at Rest. FREE: audio mp3.

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