Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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BS168 Cecilia Heyes author of "Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking" Feb 28, 2020

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BS 168 is an interview with psychologist Cecilia Heyes from Oxford University in the UK. We talk about her fascinating book "Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking." Our focus is on exploring the evidence that several cognitive skills that appear to be unique to humans are learned from other people rather than being inherited genetically as is often assumed. The proposal that language is a cognitive gadget NOT a cognitive instinct is controversial and has very important implications.

Links and References:

Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking by Cecilia Heyes
Oostenbroek J, Slaughter, V, et. Al. (2016). Comprehensive longitudinal study challenges the existence of neonatal imitation in humans. Current Biology 26(10), 1334-1338.
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BS 167 Stanislas Dehaene explores "How We Learn" Feb 14, 2020

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This is an interview with Stanislas Dehaene about his new book How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now. According to neuroscientist Dehaene neuroscience has revealed that human babies are incredible "learning machines" whose abilities exceed those of the best current artificial intelligence. We explore why this is so and how this information could be used to help learners (and teachers) of all ages.

Links and References:

How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now by Stanislas Dehaene
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BS 166: Stephen Macknik talks about Vision Research Jan 24, 2020

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Brain Science 166 features the return of neuroscientist Stephen Macknik. We talk about his recent work that is focused on developing a new visual prosthesis based on recent discoveries and techniques like optogenetics.

This episode is more technical than usual but Dr. Macknik makes the material accessible to all listeners.

Links and References:

http://macknik.neuralcorrelate.com
YouTube video: https://youtu.be/TiA1W1OnU9c
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BS 165: Magic as a Tool for Understanding the Brain Jan 10, 2020

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This episode is an encore presentation of an interview with neuroscientists Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde. We talk about their international bestseller "Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions." Macknik and Martinez-Conde are neuroscientists who study vision, but several years ago they had the innovative idea of collaborating with magicians to explore how their use of both visual and cognitive illusions reveals secrets about how our brains work.

This may sound esoteric, but it has practical consequences, especially for making sound decisions in our complex world.

I will be back in 2 weeks with a new interview with Stephen Macknik.

Links and References:

Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions by Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde
Stephen Macknik
Susana Martinez-Conde

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165 Free Episode Transcript Jan 06, 2020

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I am including the transcript of this episode for free because it is an encore presentation of an interview that originally aired as BSP 72. It features Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde, authors of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions.

Brain Science 2020 (Trailer) Jan 03, 2020

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Brain Science is entering its 14th year and for the first time since 2008 I will be producing two episodes a month. They will come out on the 2nd and 4th Friday every month.

This trailer provides a brief introduction to new listeners and a few announcements. The next full episode will be released on January 10, 2020.

BS 164 Thirteenth Annual Review Episode Dec 20, 2019

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This is our 13th annual review episode. I share a few highlights from episodes 153-163 and include a few extra reflections on the recent 4-part series about the neuroscience of Consciousness.

This month's episode transcript is included for FREE.

Partial list of Books/Authors featured in 2019:

Understanding the Brain: From Cells to Behavior to Cognition by John E. Dowling (BS 153)
Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging by Alan D. Castel (BS 154)
Brain Inspired (podcast) with Paul Middlebrooks (BS 155)
The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts by Russell A. Poldrack (BS 156)
Remembering: What 50 Years of Research with Famous Amnesia Patient H.M. Can Teach Us about Memory and How It Works by Donald G. MacKay (BS 157)
Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition by Patricia Churchland (BS 158)
Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are by Kevin J. Mitchell (BS 159)
Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts by Stanislas Dehaene (BS 160)
See show notes for BS 160 for additional sources.
The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains by Joseph LeDoux (BS 161)
Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience by Michael S A Graziano (BS 162)
The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed by Christof Koch (BS 163)

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Extra: Susan Schneider, author of "Artificial You" Dec 15, 2019

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This episode of Books and Ideas is an interview with Susan Schneider, author of a fascinating new book called Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind. Schneider's book goes beyond the question of whether AI might become conscious to issues that might affect us on a more personal level. I am cross posting this in the feed for Brain Science because there is an obvious overlap with the issue of consciousness, which we often discuss on Brain Science. Links and References:

Susan Schneider (personal website)
Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind by Susan Schneider

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BS 163 Christof Koch on the Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness Nov 22, 2019

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Christof Koch returns to Brain Science for the 3rd time and in this episode he shares his new book The Feeling of Life Itself: Why Consciousness Is Widespread but Can't Be Computed. He tells us why he doesn't think the Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC) are enough to explain subjective experience and he gives us a brief overview of the Integrated Information Theory (IIT) of Consciousness.

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BS 162 "Rethinking Consciousness" with Michael Graziano Oct 25, 2019

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This episode is an interview with Dr. Michael Graziano, author of Rethinking Consciousness: A Scientific Theory of Subjective Experience. We discuss how his Attention Schema Theory compliments several current theories and how it answers the question of how the brain generates subjective experience ("qualia"). Links and References:

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