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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

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

Wellbeing - Put yourself first
In this Wellbeing podcast, sponsored by medical protection, Abi Rimmer and Cat Chatfield talk to Susanna Petche and Reina Popat, GPs and members of First You - an organisation of healthcare workers, promoting wellbeing in the NHS.They discuss why it is that clinicians learn to subjugate their own wellbeing to their patients', and the ways in which working in the healthcare system perpetuate that. They discuss how systemic change can come through individual action, and how peers can band together to support each other. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

Wellbeing - Put yourself first
In this Wellbeing podcast, sponsored by medical protection, Abi Rimmer and Cat Chatfield talk to Susanna Petche and Reina Popat, GPs and members of First You - an organisation of healthcare workers, promoting wellbeing in the NHS. They discuss why it is that clinicians learn to subjugate their own wellbeing to their patients', and the ways in which working in the healthcare system perpetuate that. They discuss how systemic change can come through individual action, and how peers can band together to support each other. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Sir Simon Baron-Cohen (BS 181) talks about "The Pattern Seekers"
Sir Simon Baron-Cohen (photo by Brian Harris) Click to play audio or right click to download mp3 This month's episode of Brain Science features Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, one of the world's leading researchers on the neuroscience of autism. We discuss his latest book "The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention." This book reminds us that many different kinds of science can enrich our lives and our understanding of what it means to be human.Sir Baron-Cohen explores the overlap between the human ability to invent and experiment and the condition that is currentl...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Autism Books Brain Evolution Cognitive Science Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

Sir Simon Baron-Cohen talks about "The Pattern Seekers" (BS 181)
Sir Simon Baron-Cohen (photo by Brian Harris) Click to play audio or right click to download mp3 This month's episode of Brain Science features Sir Simon Baron-Cohen, one of the world's leading researchers on the neuroscience of autism. We discuss his latest book "The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention." This book reminds us that many different kinds of science can enrich our lives and our understanding of what it means to be human.Sir Baron-Cohen explores the overlap between the human ability to invent and experiment and the condition that is currentl...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 26, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Autism Books Brain Evolution Cognitive Science Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19, Strength Training for Knee OA, Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Review, and more
Editor's Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the February 16, 2021 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - February 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

TWiV 720: With vaccines, Offit is on it
Paul Offit joins TWiV to discuss all things vaccine, including how COVID-19 vaccine development was accelerated, whether the vaccines are safe and efficacious, the difference between an EUA and a licensed vaccine, sterilizing immunity, herd immunity, and much more. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Guest: Paul Offit Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Vaccine education center Letters read on TWiV 720 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson – Life in a Day 2020 Brianne – Microcosms...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 14, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts

Wellbeing special - A post vaccination mindfullness moment
The observation period, after receiving a covid-19 vaccination may be the only 15 minutes someone in the NHS might get all day. In this podcast, we're joined again by Chris Bu, psychiatry trainee who has previously spoken to us about how Burmese Buddhism helped him in his training. He takes us through a guided mindfullness meditation, tailored to that post-vaccination period, to help you make the most of your observation time.www.bmj.com/wellbeing (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - February 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts