Episode 41 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Alice Gaby, a linguist at the University of California-Berkeley.  She explains some of the basics and we talk about why linguistics is relevant to neuroscience.

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In Episode 40 of the Brain Science Podcast we take a look at the ideas we have explored in the last 6 months. We also talk a little about what is coming and talk about the web resources that are available for listeners between shows.

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Episode 39 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Michael Arbib, PhD from the University of Southern California. We talk about the possible role of mirror neurons in imitation and language.

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Episode 38 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Jeff Hawkins, author of "On Intelligence." Hawkins is well-known for founding Palm Computing and Handspring. He invented the Grafitti handwriting recognition system and helped develop the Palm Trio SmartPhone. Since he published his bestseller "On Intelligence" he has worked full-time on his passion for neuroscience. His current company, Numenta, is developing software that models the hierarchal structure of the neocortex. In this interview we talk about the ideas in Hawkins book and how he is applying them to develop a computer model of cortical function. This is a follow-up to Episode 2, which first aired in December of 2006.

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In Episode 37 of the Brain Science Podcast Dr. Ginger Campbell interviews Dr. John Medina, author of Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School. We talk about how exercise, sleep, and stress effect our brains with an emphasis on practical advice for healthier brain function. We also look at how research on memory, vision and the brain's attention system suggests how we can improve our ability to learn and our ability to share ideas with others.

Dr. Medina's focus is on considering real world examples of how our schools and work environments could be reformed to utilize the growing knowledge of neuroscience. But he also stresses the importance of compiling sufficient experimental data before embarking on new programs.

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Episode 36 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Art Glenberg from the University of Wisconsin's Laboratory for Embodied Cognition. Embodied Cognition is the hypothesis that our higher cognitive abilities such as language, are rooted in the perceptual and motor abilities of our bodies. Dr. Glenberg's work focuses on the evidence for this with respect to language understanding. In this interview he also shares how these ideas are being used to help children learn to read. The emphasis of this interview is on the experimental evidence in favor of embodied cognition.

This episode is a follow-up to Episode 35, which was about mirror neurons, but new listeners can enjoy this episode without listening to any previous episodes.

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This is a brief promo to remind you to check out my other podcast Books and Ideas. Episode 19 is an interview with Dan Ariely best-selling author of  Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions.

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Brain Science Podcast #35 is a discussion of the book Mirrors in the Brain: How Our Minds Share Actions and Emotions by Giacomo Rizzolatti and Corrado Sinigaglia.

This episode is more technical than recent episodes. Listeners are encouraged to listen to episodes 21 and 23 for background information on Body Maps.

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Episode 34 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Rachel Herz author of "The Scent of Desire: Discovering Our Enigmatic Sense of Smell."

Dr. Herz teaches at Brown University and is a leading authority on the psychology of smell. We talk about the how smell works, its role in emotion and memory, why it is so vulnerable, and why smell is much more important than most of us realize. We also consider some of the questions that remain unanswered.

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Episode 33 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Dr. John Ratey, author of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. We discuss why both moderate and vigorous levels of exercise are beneficial not only for combating problems like anxiety, depression, and attention deficit disorder, but also for improving learning and preventing declines related to aging. It turns out that exercise may be the single best thing you can do for your brain!

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