Brain Science Podcast #27: Year-end Review for 2007

Episode 27 is a look back on the first 26 episodes of the Brain Science Podcast.
I look back on some of the main topics that we have explored including memory, consciousness, emotions, decision-making, body maps, and plasticity. Then I talk a little about what I hope to do in [...]

Additional Reference links from Robert Schleip, PhD

Robert Schleip, PhD of the University of Ulm in Germany was a guest on Books and Ideas episode 15.
His personal website is http://www.somatics.de/
Here are some additional links to supplement those in the original show notes:
General site on fascia related research
Wikipedia entries (English)

Proprioception
Rolfing
Structural Integration
Dr. Ida Rolf, founder of Rolfing
Myofibroblast-the active component of fascia

Rolf Institute for Structural [...]

Books and Ideas Podcast #15: Dr. Robert Schleip discusses Fascia

I have just posted episode 15 of Books and Ideas. (Download mp3 or go to show notes)
Books and Ideas Podcast #15 is an interview with Robert Schleip, PhD from the University of Ulm in Germany. Dr. Schleip is an experienced practioner of the body work method known as rolfing, but several years ago he went [...]

Books and Ideas Podcast #15: Dr. Robert Schleip discusses Fascia

Books and Ideas Podcast #15 is an interview with Robert Schleip, PhD from the University of Ulm in Germany. Dr. Schleip is an experienced practioner of the body work method known as rolfing, but several years ago he went back and earned his PhD in Biology and began a second career as a research [...]

Brain Science Podcast #26: Author Norman Doidge, MD discusses Neuroplasticity

I have posted a new episode of the Brain Science Podcast. To learn more please go to the show notes for episode 26.
I am not going to be posted detail show notes in this blog until I can solve the problem of not being able to post audio links.
If you rely on the RSS feed [...]

Mini-Review: Flock of Dodos, a film by Randy Olson

I bought a DVD of the recent documentary, Flock of Dodos, after hearing director Randy Olson interviewed on Skepticality. What sets this film apart is both its sense of humor and its balance. Olson allows people on both sides of the evolution versus intelligent design controversy to speak for themselves. While he makes his position [...]

Brain Science Podcast #25: Rolf Pfeifer discusses Embodied Intelligence

How the Body Shapes the Way We Think, by Rolf Pfeifer and Josh Bongard
Brain Science Podcast episode 25 is an interview of author Rolf Pfeifer, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich. The focus of our conversation was the importance of embodiment. Brains (and intelligence) can not be understood separate from [...]