Podcast #4: The Great Brain Debate

The debate about the relative contributions of nature versus nurture has probably been going on as long as humans have wondered about the origins of human behavior. In his 2004 book The Great Brain Debate: Is it Nature or Nurture?, Harvard neuroscientist, John E Dowling, describes how recent discoveries about brain development shed light on [...]

Podcast #3: In Search of Memory

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Show Notes for Episode 3: In Search of Memory by Eric R Kandel
Dr. Eric R. Kandel won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2000 for his work with the giant marine snail Aplysia. His work helped uncovered the molecular mechanisms of short- and long-term memory.
In this episode, I talk about Dr. Kandel’s [...]

Brain Science Podcast #4: The Great Brain Debate

The debate about the relative contributions of nature versus nurture has probably been going on as long as humans have wondered about the origins of human behavior. In his 2004 book The Great Brain Debate: Is it Nature or Nurture?, Harvard neuroscientist, John E Dowling, describes how recent discoveries about brain development shed light on [...]

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