Mark Solms talks about the origins of Consciousness (BS 184)
Mark Solms (click to hear MP3, right click to download)
In this month's episode of Brain Science, neuroscientist Mark Solms talks about his new book "The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Origins of Consciousness." Solms was inspired by the pioneering work of Jaak Panksepp who argued that the origins of consciousness can be traced to the brainstem. In his new book Solms presents the evidence for this viewpoint and explains how the work of computational neuroscientist Karl Friston has provided additional support. We consider the implications for our understanding of both human consciousness...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - May 28, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Consciousness Interviews Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Mark Solms talks about the origins of Consciousness (BS 184)
Mark Solms (click to hear MP3, right click to download)
In this month's episode of Brain Science, neuroscientist Mark Solms talks about his new book "The Hidden Spring: A Journey to the Origins of Consciousness." Solms was inspired by the pioneering work of Jaak Panksepp who argued that the origins of consciousness can be traced to the brainstem. In his new book Solms presents the evidence for this viewpoint and explains how the work of computational neuroscientist Karl Friston has provided additional support. We consider the implications for our understanding of both human consciousness...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - May 28, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Consciousness Interviews Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Cracking consciousness, and taking the temperature of urban heat islands
First this week, Lucia Melloni, a group leader in the department of neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, talks with host Sarah Crespi about making the hard problem of consciousness easier by getting advocates of opposing theories to collaborate and design experiments to rule in or rule out their competing theories. Next, TC Chakraborty, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, shares his Science Advances paper on why it ’s important to measure air temperature on the ground rather than from satellites when trying to understand urban heat islands—how cities heat up more than the surrounding cou...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 27, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
Cracking consciousness, and taking the temperature of urban heat islands
First this week, Lucia Melloni, a group leader in the department of neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, talks with host Sarah Crespi about making the hard problem of consciousness easier by getting advocates of opposing theories to collaborate and design experiments to rule in or rule out their competing theories.
Next, TC Chakraborty, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, shares his Science Advances paper on why it’s important to measure air temperature on the ground rather than from satellites when trying to understand urban heat islands—how cities heat up more than the surroun...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 27, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Cracking consciousness, and taking the temperature of urban heat islands
First this week, Lucia Melloni, a group leader in the department of neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, talks with host Sarah Crespi about making the hard problem of consciousness easier by getting advocates of opposing theories to collaborate and design experiments to rule in or rule out their competing theories.
Next, TC Chakraborty, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, shares his Science Advances paper on why it’s important to measure air temperature on the ground rather than from satellites when trying to understand urban heat islands—how cities heat up more than the surrounding cou...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 27, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts
Cracking consciousness, and taking the temperature of urban heat islands
First this week, Lucia Melloni, a group leader in the department of neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, talks with host Sarah Crespi about making the hard problem of consciousness easier by getting advocates of opposing theories to collaborate and design experiments to rule in or rule out their competing theories.
Next, TC Chakraborty, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University, shares his Science Advances paper on why it’s important to measure air temperature on the ground rather than from satellites when trying to understand urban heat islands—how cities heat up more than the surrounding co...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - May 20, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts
What fruit flies could teach scientists about brain imaging
Ultra-precise measurements connect brain activity and energy use in individual fruit-fly neurons.Vote for our mini-series ‘Stick to the Science’: when science gets political in this year’s Webby Awards.In this episode:00:45 How brain cells use energyA team of researchers have looked in individual fruit-fly neurons to better understand how energy use and information processing are linked – which may have important implications for future fMRI studies in humans.Research Article: Mann et al.07:04 Research HighlightsA tough but flexible material inspired by lobster underbellies, and research reveals that red meat co...
Source: Nature Podcast - April 28, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
What fruit flies could teach scientists about brain imaging
Ultra-precise measurements connect brain activity and energy use in individual fruit-fly neurons.Vote for our mini-series ‘Stick to the Science’: when science gets political in this year’s Webby Awards.In this episode:00:45 How brain cells use energyA team of researchers have looked in individual fruit-fly neurons to better understand how energy use and information processing are linked – which may have important implications for future fMRI studies in humans.Research Article: Mann et al.07:04 Research HighlightsA tough but flexible material inspired by lobster underbellies, and research reveals that red meat co...
Source: Nature Podcast - April 28, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Springer Nature Limited Source Type: podcasts
Jeff Hawkins describes a new theory of Intelligence (BS 183)
Jeff Hawkins has spent nearly twenty years on a quest to discover how the brain's cortex generates intelligence. In this episode he talks about his new book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence. Inspired by the pioneering work of Vernon Montcastle, Hawkins team at Numenta has proposed a new theory that he calls the housand brains theory. As always, Hawkins makes his work accessible to listeners and readers of all backgrounds.
How to get this episode:FREE: audio mp3 (click to stream, right click to download)Buy episode transcript for $3.50. (Click here if you are a Premium subscriber)Premium Subscribers have...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - April 23, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Artificial Intelligence Brain Research Cognitive Science Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts
Shaping Psychology: A book review
‘Shaping Psychology: Perspectives on Legacy, Controversy and the Future of the Field’ is a book by Tomasz Witkowiski and aims to do a review of the field of psychology by interviewing prominent psychologists that have had a seminal influence on the field. The 15 interviewees included in the book include such diverse stalwarts as Daniel Kahneman (behavioral psychology), Naom Chomsky (linguistics) and Michael Posner (neuroscience of attention etc).
The fact that the list included some of my favorite people like Joseph LeDoux (a mutual friend on twitter/FB), Roy Baumeister (whose master class on self control I...
Source: The Mouse Trap - April 11, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: Book review psychology Source Type: podcasts
Iris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller" (BS 182
Iris Berent (click to play, right click to download)
This month's episode of Brain Science features Iris Berent, PhD, author of "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature." We explore how our deeply entrenched biases toward dualism and essentialism impact our attitudes toward neuroscience and toward problems like mental illness.
Dualism reflects our intuition that Mind is something non-physical and gives us a bias against the possibility of innate ideas, while Essentialism reflects the opposite intuition that living things possess a special innate physical essence.One ...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - March 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Brain Research Cognitive Science Development Interviews Language Mind and Body Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Psychology Source Type: podcasts
Iris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller" (BS 182)
Iris Berent (click to play, right click to download)
This month's episode of Brain Science features Iris Berent, PhD, author of "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature." We explore how our deeply entrenched biases toward dualism and essentialism impact our attitudes toward neuroscience and toward problems like mental illness.
Dualism reflects our intuition that Mind is something non-physical and gives us a bias against the possibility of innate ideas, while Essentialism reflects the opposite intuition that living things possess a special innate physical essence.O...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - March 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Brain Research Cognitive Science Development Interviews Language Mind and Body Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Psychology Source Type: podcasts
Iris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller" (BS 182
Iris Berent (click to play, right click to download)
This month's episode of Brain Science features Iris Berent, PhD, author of "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature." We explore how our deeply entrenched biases toward dualism and essentialism impact our attitudes toward neuroscience and toward problems like mental illness.
Dualism reflects our intuition that Mind is something non-physical and gives us a bias against the possibility of innate ideas, while Essentialism reflects the opposite intuition that living things possess a special innate physical essence.One ...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - March 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Brain Research Cognitive Science Development Interviews Language Mind and Body Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Psychology Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 734: Weiss hath no furin like a virus scorned
Susan Weiss returns to TWiV to discuss coronavirus entry into cells and the role of spike protein cleavage by proteases, why lab escaped hypotheses for SARS-CoV-2 are unlikely, and modulation of innate immune responses during infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, Brianne Barker, and Amy Rosenfeld Guest: Susan Weiss Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode CoV pathogenesis in CNS (J Neuro Pharm) SARS-CoV-2 induces dsRNA-mediated innate responses (bioRxiv) Screen of FDA-approved drugs (J Viral) Letters read on TWiV 735 Timestamps by ...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 21, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
