Michael Graziano explains Peripersonal Neurons (BS 142)
Michael Graziano (Click image to play audio)
As a young student Dr. Michael Graziano helped discover peripersonal neurons, which are neurons that detect when objects are coming near our bodies. In his new book The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human Nature, Graziano takes us through two decades of research into how these neurons work. Peripersonal neurons make it possible for us to move through our lives without constantly bumping into the objects and people around us, but because they work outside our conscious awareness we take them for granted. Graziano &nbs...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 23, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Body maps Books Brain Research Embodiment Mirror Neurons Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Michael Graziano explains Peripersonal Neurons (BS 142)
Michael Graziano (Click image to play audio)
As a young student Dr. Michael Graziano helped discover peripersonal neurons, which are neurons that detect when objects are coming near our bodies. In his new book The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human Nature, Graziano takes us through two decades of research into how these neurons work. Peripersonal neurons make it possible for us to move through our lives without constantly bumping into the objects and people around us, but because they work outside our conscious awareness we take them for granted. Graziano &nbs...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 23, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Body maps Books Brain Research Embodiment Mirror Neurons Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
