BS 160 Neuroscience of Consciousness
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Release Date: 08/23/2019
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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
At the end of last month's episode I announced that it was the last regular episode of . It has been 17 years since episode 1 was released on December 15, 2023 and I am extremely grateful to everyone who has listened and supported the show over all these years. I am also grateful that others have taken up the challenge of sharing neuroscience via podcasting. The main reason I have chosen to bring the show to an end is that I want to have the time and energy to immerse myself into my new life in New Zealand. I moved here from the US in August 2023. The main purpose of this post is to emphasize...
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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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BS 214 Seventeenth Annual Review Episode
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is the 17th Annual Review episode of , celebrating the first episode which aired on December 15, 2006. We review the highlights of 2023, which included both new guests and the return of several favorites. Episodes Released in 2023: and featured molecular biologist Guy Caldwell, PhD from the University of Alabama. Caldwell uses the tiny roundworm C. Elegans to search for potential treatments of Parkinson's Disease. , PhD, author of Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Intelligence. , author of The Cognitive-Emotional Brain: From Interactions to Integration. , author of Foolproof: Why...
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BS 213 Kevin Mitchell explores Free Will
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
In the this episode of Brain Science we talk with neuroscientist about his new book . While many neuroscientists and philosophers argue that free will is an illusion, Mitchell argues that the ability to make meaningful choices is part of our evolutionary heritage. He also addresses the important issue of determinism, siding with those physicists who argue that the fundamental nature of our universe is NOT deterministic. These issues are crucial to how we see ourselves and others. Links and References: by Kevin J. Mitchell by Carlo Rovelli by Kevin J. Mitchell Mitchell discusses...
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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is the FREE Transcript for BS 212 with is an encore presentation of an interview with Thomas Metzinger, author of The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self. Additional transcripts are available to Premium (MyLibsyn) subscribers and some Patreon supports. Learn more at . Scroll up/down for the audio.
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BS 212 Thomas Metzinger on "The Ego Tunnel" (Encore)
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This month's episode of Brain Science features Thomas Metzinger, author of "The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self." Metzinger is a philosopher with a longstanding interest in Philosophy of Mind with a focus on incorporating the findings of neuroscience. We discuss the implications of the discovery that consciousness is a biological process generated by the interaction of the brain, body, and external world. Metzinger also emphasized the importance of considering altered states including dreaming, out of body experiences, and even virtual reality. Links and...
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BS 211 Molecular Biologist Seth Grant
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This episode of Brain Science features the return of molecular biologist . We briefly review his decades of research into the complexity of the protein structure of the synapse and then we focus on his most recent paper, which describes how the life-span of synapse proteins appears to change as animals age. Grant reflects of the significance of this finding both for animal research and human medicine. Papers discussed in this episode: Bulovaite, E., Qiu, Z., Kratschke, M., Zgraj, A., Fricker, D. G., Tuck, E. J., Gokhale, R., Koniaris, B., Jami, S. A., Merino-Serrais, P., Husi, E.,...
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BS 210 Introduction to Neurotransmitters
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This episode is our first review of neurotransmitters since episode 8 way back in 2007. We start with some basics of neuron function and brain anatomy, but the meat of the episode is a discussion of neurotransmitters and how they work. The key idea is that a simple molecule, such as dopamine, can have a wide variety of effects because of the existence of multiple receptors. This episode is appropriate for listeners of all backgrounds, but might be a little challenging for new listeners. It will be a review episode for longtime listeners and those with backgrounds in neuroscience. Links and...
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BS 209 Luiz Pessoa "The Entangled Brain"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This month's episode of Brain Science is an interview with Luiz Pessoa, author of This is Pessoa's first book aimed at a general audience and it provides a concise overview of our current understanding of basic brain function. However, he also explains the limitations of the traditional modular view of the brain. A key take home point is that emotion and cognition are deeply intertwined at every level. Links and References: by Luiz Pessoa by Professor of Psychology,University of Maryland Twitter: Mastadon: Please visit for additional references and episode transcripts. ...
info_outlineThis month's episode is the beginning a four part series about the Neuroscience of Consciousness. This month I am discussing and comparing the ideas from several recent books on the subject in preparation for several upcoming interviews on the subject. Many people consider consciousness to be the biggest mystery of all, but in this episode we explore how progress has been made in unraveling the ultimate "mystery of how our brain makes us human."
Books featured in BS 160 (listed in the order cited):
- Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts by Stanislas Dehaene (2014)
- The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll (2016)
- The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures by Antonio Damasio (2018)
- From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds by Daniel C. Dennett (2017)
- Consciousness Demystified by Todd E. Feinberg, MD and Jon M. Mallatt, PhD
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