Brain Science Podcast #45: John Ratey, MD discusses ADD

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 [...]

Don’t Miss Neuroscience Pioneer, Dr. Brenda Milner, on Futures in Biotech

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 [...]

Brain Science Podcast #32: A Brief Introduction to Brain Anatomy

Episode 32 of the Brain Science Podcast is a whirlwind (55 minute) tour of brain anatomy. It is based on David Bainbridge’s new book: Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain (2008). Click here for some of the key illustrations from the book. I want to thank David for sharing these [...]

Brain Science (Podcast) mentioned on Fox Business website

The Brain Science (Podcast) 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.

Hear Steven Novella on the latest episode of Books and Ideas

In response to listener requests I recently interviewed Dr. Steven Novella from the Skeptics Guide to the Universe. This has been posted as episode 16 of Books and Ideas, my other podcast. The details are available in the show notes on the Books and Ideas website. I hope you will consider subscribing to the podcast, [...]

Wizzard Media chooses the Brain Science Podcast as a featured podcast

I am proud to announce that Wizzard Media, the new owner of Libsyn, has chosen the Brain Science Podcast to be part of its network. You can find the Brain Science Podcast on the Wizzard.tv Science and Medicine page, and I have been told that it will also appear on the Wizzard Media page of [...]

Author Sharon Begley talks about neuroplasticity

Science writer Sharon Begley was interviewed about neuroplasticity. on the August 7 episode of Science Talk, the podcast from Scientific American.
I discussed her book Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves on episode 10 of the Brain Science Podcast.
Listen to Science Talk interview of Sharon [...]

Problems with Podango seem to be resolved

When I put my podcasts on Podango™ on June 1st, my subscribers plummeted by about 75 % over a one week period. In the graphic above (from Feedburner) the flat part of the curve corresponds to the week while I was unsucessfully trying to redirect the feed back to its original location. I am pleased [...]

Problems with Podango continue!

It turns out that the problems with Podango™ are more serious than I realized. It appears that my feeds have been hijacked and that I am not the only one that this has happened to.You can read the details at http://podcast411.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=3364#3364
Rob Walch of Podcast 411 has also issued a warning blog post to other podcasters.
As [...]

Are you having Problems with the Podcast Feed?

Over the last 2 weeks I have been having problems with the Brain Science Podcast feed associated with trying to move to Podango™.com.
If you have had any recent problems with trying to download episodes, I would appreciate if you would write to me at docartemis@gmail.com or post a comment below. I especially need feedback from [...]

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