Podcast Show Notes
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Highlights from Neuroscience 2008 (BSP 50)
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Dr. Brenda Milner: Pioneer of Memory Research (BSP 49)
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Our "Big Brain" with Dr. Gary Lynch (BSP 48)
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The next episode of the Brain Science Podcast will be an interview with Dr. Brenda Milner. This interview will is a follow-up to Marc Pelletier's excellent interview of Dr. Milner on Futures in Biotech: http://www.twit.tv/fib33.
Brain Evolution (BSP 47)
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Recorded LIVE at Dragon*Con 2008 (BSP 46)
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Dr. John Ratey (BSP 45)
/Daniel Siegel, MD on Meditation and the Brain (BSP 44)
/Part 2 of "On Being Certain" with Robert Burton, MD (BSP 43)
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Show Notes and Links
- Mind Reader blog on Salon.com
- On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
- Episode 42: Part 1 of our discussion of On Being Certain
- Episode 13: Unconscious Decisions-featuring Blink by Malcom Gladwell
- Episode 15: Interview with Read Montague about unconscious decisions
- Benjamin Libet: important experiments showing that unconscious signals precede our awareness of deciding to act
- Timothy Wilson: Strangers to Ourselves
- John Searle: philosopher, Mind: A Brief Introduction
- David Bohm: physicist, Thought as a System
Listen to Episode 43 of the Brain Science Podcast
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Review: "On Being Certain" (BSP 42)
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References and Links:
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not by Robert Burton, MD
Neisser, U., and Harsh, N. "Phantom Flashbulbs: False Recollections of Hearing the News about Challenger," in Affect and Accuracy in Recall: Studies of "Flashbulb" Memories, Winograd, E., and Neisser, U., (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992)
The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers by Daniel L. Schacter
The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness by Antonio Damasio
Philosophy in the Flesh : The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson
Other Scientists Mentioned in this Episode:
- Leon Festinger-proposed the theory of cognitive dissonance in 1957
- Joseph Ledoux-research with rats and the role of the amygdala in the fear response
- Michael Merzenich-showed how the auditory cortex in young rats is affected by experience
Listen to Episode 42 of the Brain Science Podcast
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Interview with Linguist Alice Gaby (BSP 41)
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Third Semi-annual Review Episode (BSP 40)
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Michael Arbib on Mirror Neurons (BSP 39)
/Related Episodes:
- Brain Science Podcast #7: A discussion of bonobos with Stuart Shanker, PhD
- Brain Science Podcast #30: a discussion of language evolution including my thoughts on Chomsky
- Brain Science Podcast #35: a detailed discussion of Mirrors in the Brain by Giacomo Rizzolatti
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Interview with Jeff Hawkins "On Intelligence" (BSP 38)
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Links and References:
Jeff Hawkins: wikipedia entry- On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakesle
- http://www.onintelligence.org
- Dileep George: co-founder of Numenta and principal architect of the first prototype implementing the hierarchical temporal memory system (HTM) patterned after the human neocortex.
- Vernon Mountcastle (1978), "An Organizing Principle for Cerebral Function: The Unit Model and the Distributed System", The Mindful Brain (Gerald M. Edelman and Vernon B. Mountcastle, eds.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (Please let me know if you find this paper on-line!)
- Perceptual Neuroscience: The Cerebral Cortex by Vernon B. Mountcastle. This 1998 is recommended by Jeff Hawkins, especially for those interested in the technical details of cortical function.
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Subscribe via iTunes™ Subscribe in a reader or podcatcher Subscribe to Brain Science Podcast with Dr. Ginger Campbell by Email Donations and Subscriptions are appreciated"Brain Rules" with Dr. John Medina (BSP 37)
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Links and References: Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD) by John Medina The book's website contain extensive references and instructive videos. YouTube Video of John Medina speaking at Google™.Listen to Brain Science Podcast #37
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Subscribe via iTunes™ Subscribe in a reader or podcatcher Subscribe to Brain Science Podcast with Dr. Ginger Campbell by Email Donations and Subscriptions are appreciatedArt Glenberg discusses Embodied Cognition (BSP 36)
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Links and References: Arthur Glenberg, PhD- email: arthur.glenberg@asu.edu
- Laboratory for Embodied Cognition
- Havas, D.A., Glenberg, A.M., and Rink, M. (2007) Emotion simulation during language comprehension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 14 (3), 436-441
- Numerous references available as PDF
- Thinking With the Body: blog post of March 3, 2008
- George Lakoff: pioneering linguist
- James Gibson-known for his ideas about affordances
- William Epstein-emeritus professor at the University of Wisconsin
- Joseph Campos: University of California (Berkelely)
- Amy Needham and Amanda Woodard-experiments with velcro mits and infant cognition
- David A Havas: graduate student and co-author with Dr. Glenberg
- Mike Kashak: Florida State University
- Mike Rinck: German co-author-see paper under Glenberg (more papers)
- Vittorio Gallese, Dept of Neuroscience, University of Parma, Italy (where mirror neurons were discovered): extensive experimental with motor neurons in monkeys
- Fritz Stack (Germany): experiments showing that facial experiments affect mood and cognition
- Havas, D.A., Glenberg, A.M., and Rink, M. (2007) Emotion simulation during language comprehension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 14 (3), 436-441
- more publications by Arthur Glenberg
- Sommerville, J.A., Woodard, A.L., and Needham, A., Action experience alters 3-month-old infants’ perception of others’ actions, Cognition 96 (2005) B1-B11.
- Strack, F., Martin, L. L., & Stepper, S. (1988). Inhibiting and facilitating conditions of the human smile: A nonobtrusive test of the facial feedback hypothesis. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 54, 768-777.
- Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things (1987) by George Lakoff
- recent essays by George Lakoff written for the Rockridge Institute
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Audience Survey Subscribe via iTunes™ Subscribe in a reader or podcatcher Subscribe to Brain Science Podcast with Dr. Ginger Campbell by Email Donations and Subscriptions are appreciatedMirror Neurons (BSP 35)
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Links: Giacomo Rizzolatti- University of Parma Mirror neurons (wikipedia entry) Mirror neurons (Scholarpedia entry written by Dr. Rizzolatti)Listen to Brain Science Podcast #35 (mirror neurons) Now
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Audience Survey Subscribe via iTunes™ Subscribe in a reader or podcatcher Subscribe to Brain Science Podcast with Dr. Ginger Campbell by Email Donations and Subscriptions are appreciatedRachel Herz talks about Smell (BSP 34)
/- Brown Medical School faculty page
- Wikipedia: a good source for further references
- RachelHerz.com
- thescentofdesire.com