Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

If you are curious about how your brain really works this is the podcast for you! Hosted by physician Dr. Ginger Campbell (2022 Podcast Hall of Fame) from 2006-2023, Brain Science explores how recent discoveries in neuroscience are unraveling the mystery of how our brain makes us human. It features conversations with leading scientists and philosophers and is "the podcast for everyone who has a brain" because Dr. Campbell makes neuroscience accessible to listeners of all backgrounds. Over 100 episodes are available for FREE and the entire back catalogue is available to premium subscribers. Learn more at https://brainsciencepodcast.com.

Announcement: 01/06/2024

214 FREE Transcript PDF 12/15/2023

BS 214 Seventeenth Annual Review Episode 12/15/2023

BS 214 Seventeenth Annual Review Episode 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 Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity. returned to talk about his new The Entangled Brain: How Perception, Cognition, and Emotion Are Woven Together. a detailed introduction to neurotransmitters and the importance of receptor proteins. returned for a record 6th time. We reviewed his career and discussed recent discoveries about how synaptic proteins change as we age. Grant is my favorite guest because he makes complex ideas accessible to listeners of all backgrounds. , PhD, author of The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self. , PhD returned to talk about his new book Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will. Please visit for the FREE episode transcript. Announcements: This is the last scheduled episode of Brain Science, but all episodes will continue to be available. Free content includes all review episodes, encore episodes and all episodes since December 2016. The entire back catalogue of Brain Science is available to . This includes episode transcripts. Patreon supporters will continue to have access more recent transcripts and other content. The mobile called Brain Science Podcast remains free and MyLibsyn Premium subscribers can use it to access transcripts and other premium content. Please sign up for the the Get updates about new content Get free gift "5 Things You Need to Know about YOUR Brain" Just text brainscience to 55444 to sign up. Connect on Social Media: Mastodon: Twitter: Facebook page: Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/brainsciencepodcast/id/28921118

213 Premium Transcript PDF 10/30/2023

BS 213 Kevin Mitchell explores Free Will 10/27/2023

212 FREE Episode Transcript 09/22/2023

BS 212 Thomas Metzinger on "The Ego Tunnel" (Encore) 09/22/2023

BS 212 Thomas Metzinger on "The Ego Tunnel" (Encore) 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 References: , by Thomas Metzinger. , by Thomas Metzinger. Blanke, et al., "Stimulating Illusory Own-Body Perceptions," Nature, 419:269-270 (2002) O. Blanke & T. Metzinger,"Full-Body Illusion and Minimal Phenomenal Selfhood," Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience 13(1):7-13 (2009). T. Metzinger, "Out of Body Experiences as the Origin of the Concept of a 'Soul,'" Mind and Matter 3(1):57-84 (2005) Beyond the Body: An Investigation of Out of Body Experiences by Susan Blackmore Please visit for additional references and episode transcripts. Announcements: Please FOLLOW the The mobile app has been updated and is now called Brain Science Podcast. The app is free and MyLibsyn Premium subscribers can use it to access transcripts and other premium content. Dr. Campbell's arrived in Auckland, New Zealand on August 10, 2023. She is working at . Please reach out if you live in New Zealand or Australia. Please subscribe or follow Brain Science in your favorite audio app and please share it with others. Get free gift "5 Things You Need to Know about YOUR Brain when you sign up for the to get show notes automatically every month. You can also text brainscience to 55444 to sign up. Support Brain Science by buying by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD. (Autographed copies are available) Learn more ways to support Brain Science at Connect on Social Media: Mastodon: Twitter: Facebook page: Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/brainsciencepodcast/id/28034457

BS 211 Molecular Biologist Seth Grant 08/25/2023

BS 211 Molecular Biologist Seth Grant 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., Mendive-Tapia, L., Vendrell, M., O'Dell, T. J., DeFelipe, J., Komiyama, N. H., Holtmaat, A., Fransén, E., & Grant, S. G. N. (2022). A brain atlas of synapse protein lifetime across the mouse lifespan. Neuron, 110(24), 4057–4073.e8. Cizeron, M., Qiu, Z., Koniaris, B., Gokhale, R., Komiyama, N. H., Fransén, E., & Grant, S. G. N. (2020). A brainwide atlas of synapses across the mouse life span. Science (New York, N.Y.), 369(6501), 270–275. Seth Grant has previously appeared on Brain Science several times including , , , and . Announcements: Please FOLLOW the The mobile app has been updated and is now called Brain Science Podcast. The app is free and MyLibsyn Premium subscribers can use it to access transcripts and other premium content. Dr. Campbell arrived in New Zealand on August 10, 2023. Please reach out if you live in New Zealand or Australia. Please subscribe or follow Brain Science in your favorite audio app and please share it with others. Get free gift "5 Things You Need to Know about YOUR Brain when you sign up for the to get show notes automatically every month. You can also text brainscience to 55444 to sign up. Support Brain Science by buying by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD. (Autographed copies are available) Learn more ways to support Brain Science at Connect on Social Media: Mastadon: Twitter: Facebook page: Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/brainsciencepodcast/id/27390366

BS 210 Introduction to Neurotransmitters 07/28/2023

BS 210 Introduction to Neurotransmitters 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 References: by Franklin Amthor, W. Anne Burton Theibert, David Standaert, and Erik Roberson; 1st ed. 2020 , 2nd Edition by Rene Fester Kratz : (2008) by David Bainbridge with Doug Fields with Mark Humphries : 3rd Edition by Frank Amthor by Elliot Valenstein Please visit for additional references and episode transcripts.In Announcements: Please FOLLOW the The mobile app has been updated and is now called Brain Science Podcast. The app is free and MyLibsyn Premium subscribers can use it to access transcripts and other premium content. Dr. Campbell's move to New Zealand has been delayed, but she hopes to be in Auckland by August, 2023. Please reach out if you live in New Zealand or Australia. Please subscribe or follow Brain Science in your favorite audio app and please share it with others. Get free gift "5 Things You Need to Know about YOUR Brain when you sign up for the to get show notes automatically every month. You can also text brainscience to 55444 to sign up. Support Brain Science by buying by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD. (Autographed copies are available) Learn more ways to support Brain Science at Connect on Social Media: Mastadon: Twitter: Facebook page: Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/brainsciencepodcast/id/27389934

BS 209 Luiz Pessoa "The Entangled Brain" 06/23/2023

BS 208 "Foolproof" with Sander van der Linden 05/26/2023

BS 207 Free Episode Transcript 04/28/2023

BS 207 Luiz Pessoa "The Cognitive-Emotional Brain" 04/28/2023

BS 206: Paco Calvo explores Plant Intelligence 03/24/2023

BS 206: Paco Calvo explores Plant Intelligence This month we have an intriguing interview with Dr. Paco Calvo from the Minimal Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Mercia in Spain. We talk with him about his new book Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Intelligence. We discuss the scientific evidence for plant intelligence while acknowledging that intelligence and consciousness are not the same. It is interesting to think of plants as demonstrating embodied cognition in contrast to the "intelligence" demonstrated by computer software. We also consider the pioneering work of Charles Darwin, who actually studied plant behavior before the invention of time lapse photography. Links and References: by Paco Calvo (University of Mercia, Spain) Gagliano, M., Vyazovskiy, V. V., Borbély, A. A., Grimonprez, M., & Depczynski, M. (2016). Learning by Association in Plants. Scientific reports, 6, 38427. Please visit for additional references and episode transcripts. Announcements: The Brain Science mobile app has been relaunched in iOS as the . Be sure to download this to avoid the crashing of the old app. (I am not sure if the problem has effected Android users.) Support Brain Science . If you pledge at least $10 per month you will get by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD. Contact Dr. Campbell if you are interested a listener meet-up or sponsoring a talk by Dr. Campbell during her trip to Europe on April 10, 2023. Please subscribe or follow Brain Science in your favorite audio app and please share it with others. Get free gift "5 Things You Need to Know about YOUR Brain when you sign up for the to get show notes automatically every month. You can also text brainscience to 55444 to sign up. Check out the Brain Science podcast channel on Learn more ways to support Brain Science at Connect on Social Media: Twitter: Facebook page: Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/brainsciencepodcast/id/26198400

BS 205 Molecular Biologist Guy Caldwell (Part 2) 02/24/2023

204 Free Episode Transcript 01/27/2023

BS 204 Guy Caldwell: The Role of Molecular Biology in Neuroscience 01/27/2023

203 FREE Episode Transcript 12/23/2022

BS 203 Sixteenth Anniversary of Brain Science 12/23/2022

BS 202 Is Meditation Mind Science? with Evan Thompson 11/25/2022

BS 201 Brain Development with Bill Harris 10/28/2022

BS 200 Embodied Cognition in Education with Sheila Macrine and Jennifer Fugate 09/23/2022

BS 199: Batja Mesquita on Cultural Origins of Emotion 08/26/2022

198 Free Episode Transcript 07/22/2022

BS 198 Embodied Cognition with Evan Thompson 07/22/2022

BS 198 Embodied Cognition with Evan Thompson This month's episode of Brain Science is a free encore playing of my interview with about his book . We discuss how the enactive approach to embodied cognition offers potential clues to the mystery of how the brain can generate Consciousness. A free episode transcript is also available. This is the 2nd of two free encore episodes that are being shared to give listeners a taste of the diverse content available to Premium subscribers. have access to over 100 additional episodes of Brain Science along with episode transcripts. The embodied cognition movement is an approach within cognitive neuroscience that includes philosophers, neuroscientists, psychologists and computer scientists. The key idea is that cognition, which includes thinking and decision-making, is inseparable from embodiment. This is not just because it requires sensory inputs to the brain, but also because moving in the world is a key component. Thus embodied cognition does not see this as a passive input/output process, but as something that requires constant interaction with the world via the body. Links and References: by Evan Thompson by Francisco J. Varela, Evan T. Thompson, Eleanor Rosch by Evan Thompson (follow-up interview BSP 115) University of British Columbia Please visit for additional references and episode transcripts. Please Visit Our Sponsors: TextExpander at Wren at Announcements: Submit audio feedback to be part of BS 200! Please visit and let me know what you think of the updated website. Get free gift "5 Things You Need to Know about YOUR Brain when you sign up for the to get show notes automatically every month. You can also text brainscience to 55444 to sign up. Check out the Brain Science podcast channel on Support Brain Science by buying by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD. (Autographed copies are available) Check out the for iOS, Android, and Windows. (It's a great way to get both new episodes and premium content.) Learn more ways to support Brain Science at Connect on Social Media: Twitter: Facebook page: Contact Dr. Campbell: Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/brainsciencepodcast/id/23636036

BS 197 Free Transcript: Frank Amthor "Neuroscience for Dummies" 07/12/2022

BS 197 (Encore) Neuroscience for Dummies with Frank Amthor 06/20/2022

BS 196 Consciousness with Hakwan Lau 05/27/2022

BS 195 Neuroscience of Emotion with David Anderson 04/22/2022

BS 194 Mary-Frances O'Connor, author of "The Grieving Brain" 03/25/2022

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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