» Year 2 of the Brain Science Podcast: Episodes 27-47

Year 2 of the Brain Science Podcast: Episodes 27-47

Here are the episodes for the Year Two of the Brain Science Podcast. Check the Show Notes for more recent episodes if you are looking at this page after October 4, 2008. (Click here for episodes 1-26.) Follow the links below to listen to episodes that you have missed. Note: all episodes are available in iTunes™.

#27: Year-end review of Season 1
#28: Dr. Edward Taub talked about his revolutionary approach to stroke rehab.
#29: Dr. Maryanne Wolf talked about her book Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, 2007.
#30: Language Evolution: a discussion of The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language by Christine Kenneally, 2007.
#31: György Buzsáki discussed his book Rhythms of the Brain. (Episode 31 Transcript)
#32: A brief Tour of Brain Anatomy based on Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain by David Bainbridge, 2008.
#33: John J Ratey, MD explained why exercise is essential to brain health.
#34: Rachel Herz, PhD discussed her book The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell
#35: Mirror Neurons: a discussion of Mirrors in the brain: How our minds share actions, emotions, and experience by Giacomo Rizzolatti and Corrado Sinigaglia, 2008.
#36: Arthur Glenberg, PhD explored the role of embodied cognition in language and reading.
#37: John Medina PhD discussed his book Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School, 2008.
#38: Jeff Hawkins, author of On Intelligence, discussed his theory of how the cortex works.
#39: Michael Arbib, PhD discussed the role of mirror neurons in imitation and language.
#40: Semi-annual Review Episode
#41: Interview with Linguist Alice Gaby: on the relationship between neuroscience and linguistics
#42: Discussion of On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not by Robert Burton
#43: Part 2 of “On Being Certain”: Interview with Robert Burton, MD
#44: Interview with Daniel Siegel, MD: about meditation and the brain
#45: John Ratey, MD: talks about ADHD
#46: Live from Dragon*Con 2008: Shella Keilholz, PhD, and Jason Schneiderman, PhD discuss brain imaging
#47: Discussion of Principles of Brain Evolution by Georg F. Striedter