Posted on November 7th, 2008 by docartemis
Brain Science Podcast #49 is an interview with pioneering neuroscientist, Brenda Milner, PhD. Dr. Milner is known for her contributions to understanding memory and her work with split-brain patients. Her work as an experimental psychologist has been fundamental to the emergence of the field of cognitive neuroscience.
This interview is a follow-up of Dr. Milner’s [...]
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Posted on October 4th, 2008 by docartemis
Episode 47 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of Principles of Brain Evolution by Georg F. Striedter. My goal is to highlight the main ideas of this complicated, and often controversial subject. Understanding the principles of brain evolution is an important element in our multidisciplinary attempt to understand how our brains make [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2008 by docartemis
Recently Natasha Mitchell did an excellent two-part All in the Mind podcast about brain plasticity. In part 1 she interviewed Jeffrey Schwartz, MD and Norman Doidge, MD. Dr. Schwartz is the author of The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force and Dr. Doidge wrote the recent bestseller The Brain [...]
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Posted on September 19th, 2008 by docartemis
Brain Science Podcast #46 is a discussion of brain imaging with Dr. Shella Keilholz and Dr. Jason Schneiderman. The focus of our discussion is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which is revolutionizing neuroscience. We talked about both the strengths and weaknesses of this technique. Both of my guests agree that mainstream coverage of this technique [...]
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Posted on September 7th, 2008 by docartemis
Have you ever wondered why a child with ADD can play videos games for hours but can’t concentrate on his homework for a few minutes? This is one of the paradoxes of attention-deficit disorder that John J Ratey, MD, co-author of Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through [...]
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Posted on August 22nd, 2008 by docartemis
Daniel Siegel, MD
In Episode 44 of the Brain Science Podcast I talk with Daniel Siegel, MD about meditation and the brain. Dr. Siegel is the author of several books including The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being. In this interview we review the scientific evidence about how mindfulness meditation changes [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2008 by docartemis
In her latest post for SharpBrains™ Laurie Bartels reviews some of the principles of brain plasticity. One principle that she mentions that I think deserves more attention is the importance of learning new things.
Adults may have a tendency to get set in their ways – I’ve been doing it this way for a long time [...]
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Posted on August 8th, 2008 by docartemis
Episode 43 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Robert A Burton, MD, author of On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not, which I discussed in Episode 42. Dr. Burton tells us what inspired him to write this book and we explore some of the implications of the [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2008 by docartemis
In Episode 33 Futures in Biotech host Marc Pelletier, PhD interviews pioneering researcher Dr. Brenda Milner from the Montreal Neurological Institute. Dr. Milner is best known for her work with HM, the patient that she worked with for many decades. Her work helped neuroscientists appreciate the role of the hippocampus in memory and the [...]
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Posted on July 25th, 2008 by docartemis
Episode 42 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not by Robert Burton, MD. This part 1 of a two part discussion of the unconscious origins of what Dr. Burton calls “the feeling of knowing.” In Episode 43 I will interview Dr. [...]
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