Posted on February 26th, 2008 by docartemis
Ginger and Mur
Episode 17 of Books and Ideas is an interview with writer Mur Lafferty. Mur’s podcasts I Should Be Writing and Geek Fu Action Grip helped inspire me to start podcasting, so I was excited to get a chance to talk with her about her new novel, Playing for Keeps. We also talk [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by docartemis
György Buzsáki, author of Rhythms of the Brain (OUP 2006) is a Professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers University. His book is a comprehensive review of the current state of research in the field of brain oscillations. It includes the role of these oscillations in sleep and memory. In episode 31 of the Brain Science [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by docartemis
This week’s Science magazine includes a profile of Canadian paleontologist Stephen Godfrey. What makes his story unusual is that he was raised as a fundamentalist Christian to believe in the creationist dogma of a 6,000 year-old earth. The article highlights why it can be very difficult to make such a transition since it also makes [...]
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Posted on February 16th, 2008 by docartemis
The latest episode of Talking Robots is an interview with Inman Harvey of the University of Sussex. He observes that when researchers attempt to build automous robots their approach is strongly influenced by their philosophy of mind, even if that philosophy is only implicit. He also points out that what he calls “good old-fashioned AI” [...]
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Posted on February 15th, 2008 by docartemis
I have a small role in the special Valentine’s episode of my favorite podcast audio drama Buffy Between the Lines. This is a stand alone episode that you can enjoy even if you have never watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This episode was written by Tabitha Grace Smith, who I interviewed for an upcoming episode of [...]
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Posted on February 14th, 2008 by docartemis
How does a green intern become a “real” doctor? I can tell you from personal experience that it is a very gradual process made up of many steps. Some of them are small and later forgotten, while others stay in one’s mind years after the details of the events have faded. For me, one such [...]
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Posted on February 13th, 2008 by docartemis
Episode 12 of Books and Ideas was a discussion of Chris Evatt’s thought-provoking book The Myth of Free Will. She graciously invited me to make a contribution to the next edition, so I will let you know when that comes out.
I thought you might enjoy her monthly newsletter. This month she describes her recent trip [...]
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Posted on February 13th, 2008 by docartemis
One of my podcasts is featured in an article entitled, “Wizzard Media Closes Second Podcast Ad Deal with U.S. Navy” (FoxBusiness.com 2/12/08), but they got the name wrong!
Hopefully, Brain Science is close enough to help people find the Brain Science Podcast.
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Posted on February 12th, 2008 by docartemis
From the Blackwell Publishing website:
“On April 2nd Wiley-Blackwell celebrated the premiere issue of Mind, Brain, and Education with a reception at the Harvard Faculty Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
During the celebration Kurt Fischer (Harvard University), Howard Gardner (Harvard University), Maryanne Wolf (Tufts University), and Stanislas Dehaene (Collège de France) discussed their recent findings regarding how brain [...]
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Posted on February 10th, 2008 by docartemis
The February 9th episode of All in the Mind is an excellent interview of author Jonah Lehrer about his book Proust was a Neuroscientist. In the interview Lehrer reflects on the danger of viewing science as the sole source of discovery, but he also talks a little about several of the people explored in his [...]
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