Brain Science Podcast #44: Meditation and the Brain

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 [...]

From SharpBrains™: Ten Tips for Improved Learning

Last year I interviewed Dr. Elkhonon Goldberg about the effects of aging on the brain (Episode 18). Dr. Elkhonon is the co-founder of the website SharpBrains™, which is an excellent place to find the latest information about brain health. Recently Dr. Alvaro Fernandez, who runs the SharpBrains™ website invited me to become an expert contributor [...]

Podcast #7: Bonobos with Stuart Shanker, PhD

Kanzi and Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
This is the first interview episode of the Brain Science Podcast. As a follow-up to #6, I had the opportunity to interview Stuart Shanker, PhD, one of the co-authors of The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved From Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans .
I really wanted to talk [...]

Podcast #6: The First Idea

The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, And Intelligence Evolved from Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans, by Stanley I Greenspan, MD and Stuart G Shanker, D. PHIL. (2004) is a very ambitious book.
I wanted to talk about emotion, but I generally base the Brain Science Podcast on my current reading, which is why I chose [...]