BS 149 "Happy Brain" with Dr. Dean Burnett
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Release Date: 09/27/2018
BS 170 Numbers in the Brain with Andreas Nieder
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This is an interview with Andreas Nieder, author of "A Brain for Numbers: The Biology of the Number Instinct." We talk about the surprising discovery that a wide variety of animals have a number instinct, which is called the approximate number system. This appears to provide the basis for the more abstract mathematical abilities that are seen in humans. We also explore the relationship between mathematics and language.
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BS 169 Glial Cells with Doug Fields (Encore)
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This episode is an exploration of glial cells with R Douglas Fields, author of "The Other Brain: The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health." Glial Cells outnumber the neurons in our nervous system, but until the last few years they were thought to merely support cells. Dr. Fields takes us through the discovery that they have their own signaling methods and are much more important than we ever imagined.
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BS168 Cecilia Heyes author of "Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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.
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BS 167 Stanislas Dehaene explores "How We Learn"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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.
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BS 166: Stephen Macknik talks about Vision Research
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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.
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BS 165: Magic as a Tool for Understanding the Brain
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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.
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165 Free Episode Transcript
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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 .
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Brain Science 2020 (Trailer)
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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.
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BS 164 Thirteenth Annual Review Episode
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
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: by John E. Dowling () by Alan D. Castel () Brain Inspired (podcast) with Paul Middlebrooks () by Russell A. Poldrack () by Donald G. MacKay () by Patricia Churchland () by Kevin J. Mitchell () by Stanislas Dehaene () See for additional sources. by Joseph LeDoux () by Michael S A Graziano () by...
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Extra: Susan Schneider, author of "Artificial You"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
This episode of is an interview with , author of a fascinating new book called . 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 because there is an obvious overlap with the issue of consciousness, which we often discuss on Brain Science. Links and References: by Susan Schneider Announcements: Plesae complete Send email to or post voice feedback at . Please support Books and...
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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