BS 149 "Happy Brain" with Dr. Dean Burnett
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Release Date: 09/27/2018
BS 162 "Rethinking Consciousness" with Michael Graziano
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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").
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BS 161 Premium Episode Transcript
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is the Premium Episode Transcript for BS 161 with Joseph Ledoux, author of "The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains." Please scroll down to find the audio.
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BS 161 Joseph Ledoux
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Respected neuroscientist Dr. Joseph Ledoux's new book is The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains. In this episode we discuss Dr. Ledoux's ideas about the relationship between emotion and consciousness. His conclusions are controversial, but thought provoking.
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BS 160 Premium Transcript PDF
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is the premium transcript for BS 160, which is a discussion of several recent books about the neuroscience of consciousness. It includes links to all the books that were discussed. Scroll up/down to find the audio file.
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BS 160 Neuroscience of Consciousness
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This 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."
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BS 159 Premium Transcript PDF
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is the Premium episode transcript for BS 159 with Kevin Mitchell, author of Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are. Please scroll down for the audio.
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BS 159 Kevin Mitchell, author of "Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is an interview with Dr. Kevin Mitchell, author of "Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are." The key idea of this book is that much of much of our behavior is innate but this is only partly due to genetics. Events during brain development are equally important.
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BS 158 Premium Transcript PDF
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is the premium transcript for BS 158 with Patricia Churchland. We talk about her new book Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition. Please scroll down for the audio file.
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BS 157 Premium Episode Transcript
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is the premium transcript for BS 157 with Donald Mackay, author of Remembering: What 50 Years of Research with Famous Amnesia Patient H.M. Can Teach Us about Memory and How It Works. Please scroll down for the audio mp3.
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BS 158 Philosopher Patricia Churchland discusses "Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This month marks the return of popular Brain Science guest Dr. Patricia Churchland (BS 55 and BS 81). We talk about her new book, Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition. This book is a great combination of up to date neuroscience and critical thinking. It is recommended for listeners of all backgrounds.
info_outlineBrain Science 149 is an episode for listeners of all backgrounds. It is an interview with Dr. Dean Burnett, author of Happy Brain: Where Happiness Comes From, and Why. We look beyond the hype about dopamine and consider how our social nature impacts our happiness.
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