In Brain Science Podcast #50 host and creator, Ginger Campbell, MD shares highlights from Neuroscience 2008, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, which recently concluded in Washington, DC. She shares her personal impressions along with highlights from a lecture by Dr. Michael Bate from Cambridge University.

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Brain Science Podcast #49 is an interview with pioneering neuroscientist, Brenda Milner, PhD. Dr. Milner is known for her contributions to understanding memory and her work with split-brain patients. Her work as an experimental psychologist has been fundamental to the emergence of the field of cognitive neuroscience.

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Brain Science Podcast #48 is an interview with Gary Lynch, PhD, co-author of Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence. While almost everyone agrees that the human brain is distinguished by its large size, there are interesting questions and controversies about how our large brains evolved. Are we smart because are brains are large or because our brains are different? In this interview you will learn why Dr. Lynch believes that the unique features of the human brain are a natural result of the size of our brain. He also challenges the traditional assumption that our brain size was a result of selections during evolution.

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The next episode of the Brain Science Podcast will be an interview with pioneering neuroscientist, Dr. Brenda Milner. This will be a follow-up of the interview she did for Futures in Biotech. (Link to FiB #33)

Episode 47 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of Principles of Brain Evolution by Georg F. Striedter. My goal is to highlight the main ideas of this complicated, and often controversial subject. Understanding the principles of brain evolution is an important element in our multidisciplinary attempt to understand how our brains make us who we are.

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• Episode 48 will be a follow-up interview with Dr. Gary Lynch, co-author of Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence.
• Please help get the word out about our video contest. The deadline for entering is December 15, 2008
• Check out Episode 22 of Books and Ideas to hear more about my adventures at this year's Dragon*Con. Click to find links to audio and video from Dragon*Con 2008.

Brain Science Podcast #46 was recorded live at Dragon*Con 2008, which was held in Atlanta, Georgia over Labor Day Weekend. My guests were Dr. Shella Keilholz and Dr. Jason Schneiderman and we talked about fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging). We discussed both the advantages and disadvantages of this technique with an emphasis on how to recognize media hype. There were also some great questions from the audience.

This podcast has been edited compared to the version that appeared in the DragonPod feed, but there is still some noise coming from the room next door.

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Episode 45 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Dr. John Ratey from Harvard about Attention Deficit Disorders. Dr. Ratey is an expert on the treatment of both childhood and adult ADD and ADHD and co-author of Driven To Distraction : Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder from Childhood Through Adulthood.

In this interview Dr. Ratey not only dispells some of the common myths about this disorder, but he also offers practical advice about overcoming the challenges of this common problem.

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The next regular episode of the Brain Science Podcast will come out on September 5, 2005. Meanwhile, if you are at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA over Labor Day weekend, check out the LIVE podcast, Sunday at 2:30 PM in the Podcasting Track.

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Brain Science Podcast Episode 44 is an interview with Daniel Seigel, MD about meditation and the brains. Dr. Seigel is the author of several books including The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being.

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Episode 43 of the Brain Science Podcast is an interview with Dr. Robert Burton, author of "On Being Certain: Believing that You are Right Even When You're Not." This episode is part 2 of our discussion of what Dr. Burton calls "the feeling of knowing." We discuss the evidence that this "feeling of knowing" is generated in our unconscious. Not only is its generation inaccessible, but despite its power this feeling is not necessarily reliable. The focus of Dr. Burton's interview is a look at the implications of this important discovery.

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Episode 42 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of the book, "One Being Certain: Believing You're Right, Even When You're Not," by Robert A Burton, MD. In this episode we discuss the origin of what Dr. Burton calls "the feeling of knowing," which is something we all experience on a regular basis. Dr. Burton will be interviewed in episode 43.

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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.

You can find all the episodes in iTunes or by going to http://booksandideas.com/.

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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This is the enhanced version (AAC) of Brain Science Podcast #32: Brain Anatomy.  It includes illustrations from Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain (2008) by David Bainbridge. These are used with the author's permission.

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Episode 32 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain, by David Bainbridge. This book takes a unique approach to brain anatomy that makes the subject both interesting and comprehensible to readers of all backgrounds.

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#31 Brain Science Podcast: Brain Rhythms with Gyorgy Buzsaki

This episode is an interview with Gyorgy Buzsaki from Rutgers University. Dr. Buzsaki is a leading researcher in the field of brain oscillations and author of Rhythms of the Brain. We discuss why brain rhythms are important to normal brain function.

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Brain Science Podcast #30 is a discussion of Christine Kenneally's book, The First Word: The Search for the Origin of Language.This episode concentrates on the emergence of the study of language evolution (evolutionary linguistics) from an area of area of inquiry that was banned in the 19th century to one that is flourishing and benefiting from new evidence from fields as diverse as genetics and studies in animal communication.

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Brain Science Podcast #29 is an interview with Dr. Maryanne Wolf, whose book, Proust and the Squid, was discussed in episode 24. In this follow-up interview we talk about what happens in the brain when children learn to read. Dr. Wolf shares her experience with developing programs to help children read. She has some very practical advice for parents and she emphasizes that even children with severe dsylexia can learn to read with the proper instruction.

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#28 Brain Science Podcast: Ginger Campbell, MD interviews Edward Taub, PhD of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Taub has pioneered a revolutionary approach to stroke rehabilitation called Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy. CI Therapy taps into the brain's plasticity and can be applied to a wide range of neurological problems. For more information and show notes go to http://brainsciencepodcast.com.

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Episode length is 56 minutes and 32 seconds.

#27 Brain Science Podcast: This episode is a brief review of the first year of the Brain Science Podcast. I review some of the major topics that we have explored including memory, consciousnesses, decision-making, body maps, and plasticity. Then we look ahead to next year.

What was your favorite episode? What was the most important or interesting thing that you learned this year from listening to the Brain Science Podcast? Share your thoughts at the Discussion Forum at http://brainscienceforum.com.

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Episode length is approximately 24 minutes. There is a promo on the end for Mur Lafferty's new novel, Playing for Keeps. I want to thank Mur for inspiring me to start podcasting.

Brain Science Podcast #26 is an interview with Norman Doidge, MD, author of The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science.

We discuss the historical background of the recent discovery of neuroplasticity, the work of several pioneering scientists, and why plasticity  can actually have a dark side.

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#25 Brain Science Podcast: This is an interview with Rolf Pfeifer, director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the University of Zurich.  We discuss biorobotics and the field of embodied artificial intelligence. This approach involved realizing that brains are not isolated computational devices. Instead that are embedded in bodies that in turn must interact with the world. Using this embodied approach to building robots offers unique and surprising insights into biological intelligence. Dr. Pheifer's skillful use of examples makes the topic accessible to listeners of all backgrounds.

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