"The Entangled Brain" with Luiz Pessoa (BS 209)
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BS 210 features neuroscientist Luiz Pessoa talking about his latest book The Entangled Brain: How Perception, Cognition, and Emotion Are Woven Together.
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"Foolproof" with Sander van der Linden (BS 208)
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This is episode is an interview Sander van der Linden author of Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity.
Read More"The Cognitive-Emotional Brain" with Luiz Pessoa (BS 207)
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BS 207 is an encore presentation of an interview with Luiz Pessoa about his book The Cognitive-Emotional Brain: From Interactions to Integration.
Read MoreHighlights from Brain Science in 2022 (BS 203)
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This is our 16th Annual Review episode where we look back at the highlights from 2022. It’s also a great way for newbies to learn about Brain Science.
Read MoreDavid Badre explores Cognitive Control (BS 190)
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BS190 features David Badre, author of On Task: How Our Brain Gets Things Done. He shares practical applications fromrecent research about cognitive control.
Read MoreStephen Fleming: The Science of Self-Awareness (BS 185)
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Episode 185 features Stephen Fleming , author of Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness.
Read MoreJeff Hawkins describes a new theory of Intelligence (BS 183)
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BS 183 features the return of Jeff Hawkins and we talk about his new book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence, which shares the results of nearly two decades of research.
Read MoreIris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller" (BS 182)
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Brain Science 182 features an interview with Iris Berent, author of The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature. We explore how our inborn biases toward dualism and essentialism influence our response to both science and mental illness.
Read MoreSir Simon Baron-Cohen talks about "The Pattern Seekers" (BS 181)
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BS 181 features Sir Simon Baron-Cohen who was recently knighted for his contributions to autism research. We talk about his new book The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention.
Read MoreBruce Goldstein on "The Mind" (BS 180)
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BS 180 features E Bruce Goldstein, author of The Mind: Consciousness, Prediction, and the Brain. It is a great episode for listeners of all backgrounds and highly recommended to share with potential new listeners.
Read MoreBernard Baars: "On Consciousness" (BS 177)
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BS 177 is an interview with Dr. Bernard Baars, creator of the Global Workspace Theory that lead to many contemporary theories about how the brain generates conscious experience. He is joined by his colleague Dr. David Edelman.
Read More"Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty" (BS 173)
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Brain Science 173 features host Dr. Ginger Campbell reading an excerpt from her bestseller Are You Sure? The Unconscious Origins of Certainty. She explains why this topic is extremely relevant during these times of of extreme uncertainty.
Read More"Cognitive Gadgets" with Cecilia Heyes (BS 168
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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.
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Stephen Macknik works on Prosthetic Vision (BS 166)
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Brain Science 166 is an interview with neuroscientist Stephen Macknik about recent efforts to development a new visual prosthesis based on recent discoveries about vision. His technique also involves tools like optogenetics. This week’s episode is more technical than usual but Dr. Macknik makes his work accessible to all listeners.
Read MoreWhat is Consciousness? (BS 160)
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What is consciousness? BS 160 is an overview of the current neuroscience of consciousness. I take a deep dive into 5 recent books on the topic. We explore questions such as What is the definition of consciousness? Which non-human animals are conscious? Could AI become conscious? and the big one: Can neuroscience solve the so-called “Hard Problem” of subjectivity.
Read More"Remembering" with Donald MacKay (BS 157)
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Brain Science 157 is an interview 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. We explore the experiments that revealed that the hippocampus also plays a critical role in language.
Read MoreBiological Mind with Alan Jasanoff (BS 146)
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BS 146 is an interview with Dr. Alan Jasanoff, author of The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are. We talk about how what he calls “the cerebral mystique” causes people to forget that the brain is not autonomous, but relies on its interaction with the body and its environment to create the Mind.
Read MoreJeff Hawkins Explores a New Theory of Cortical Function (BS 139)
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Jeff Hawkins, author of the bestseller On Intelligence tells us about his latest research into how the neocortex produces intelligence. He proposes an exciting new model that could change the way we imagine cortical function.
Read MoreWhy Reading Science Matters (BS 136)
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Brain Science 136 is a discussion of Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It by Mark Seidenberg. We explore some recent discoveries from reading science and ponder why there is such a large gap between these scientific discoveries and current educational practices in the US.
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