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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

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Brain Science is hosted by Virginia "Ginger" Campbell, MD (Podcast Hall of Fame 2022). She is an experienced physician with a passion for exploring how recent discoveries in neuroscience are revealing how our brains make us who we are. This podcast is for non-scientists, scientists, and everyone in between. It features interviews and discusses the latest books about the brain.
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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 214 Seventeenth Annual Review Episode

BS 214 Seventeenth Annual Review Episode

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12/15/23 • 52 min

This is the 17th Annual Review episode of Brain Science, celebrating the first episode which aired on December 15, 2006. We review the highlights of 2023, which included both new guests and the return of several favorites.

Episodes Released in 2023:

  • BS 204 (Encore) and BS 205 featured molecular biologist Guy Caldwell, PhD from the University of Alabama. Caldwell uses the tiny roundworm C. Elegans to search for potential treatments of Parkinson's Disease.
  • BS 206: Paco Calvo, PhD, author of Planta Sapiens: The New Science of Intelligence.
  • BS 207 (Encore): Luiz Pessoa, author of The Cognitive-Emotional Brain: From Interactions to Integration.
  • BS 208 Sander Van der Linden, author of Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects Our Minds and How to Build Immunity.
  • BS 209 Luiz Pessoa returned to talk about his new The Entangled Brain: How Perception, Cognition, and Emotion Are Woven Together.
  • BS 210 Basics of Neurotransmitters: a detailed introduction to neurotransmitters and the importance of receptor proteins.
  • BS 211 Seth Grant returned for a record 6th time. We reviewed his career and discussed recent discoveries about how synaptic proteins change as we age. Grant is my favorite guest because he makes complex ideas accessible to listeners of all backgrounds.
  • BS 212 (Encore) Thomas Metzinger, PhD, author of The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self.
  • BS 213 Kevin J Mitchell, PhD returned to talk about his new book Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will.
  • Please visit http://brainsciencepodcast.com for the FREE episode transcript.

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  • This is the last scheduled episode of Brain Science, but all episodes will continue to be available.
    • Free content includes all review episodes, encore episodes and all episodes since December 2016.
    • The entire back catalogue of Brain Science is available to Premium MyLibysn subscribers. This includes episode transcripts.
    • Patreon supporters will continue to have access more recent transcripts and other content.
  • The mobile called Brain Science Podcast remains free and MyLibsyn Premium subscribers can use it to access transcripts and other premium content.
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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 187 David Eagleman on his new book "LiveWired"

BS 187 David Eagleman on his new book "LiveWired"

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08/27/21 • 52 min

BS 187 features bestselling author and neuroscientist David Eagleman. We talk about his latest book "Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain." It is a great overview of the current science of brain plasticity appropriate for both new listeners and longtime fans.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 177 Bernard Baars with David Edelman

BS 177 Bernard Baars with David Edelman

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10/23/20 • 57 min

Bernard Baars is a pioneer in the neuroscience of consciousness. He first proposed Global Workspace Theory back in 1980, which was before consciousness was considered an acceptable topic of scientific research. His approach inspired others including the current Global Neuronal Workspace Theory, which I discussed briefly in episode 160. This episode is an interview with Dr. Baars that focuses on his most recent book On Consciousness. He is joined by his colleague David Edelman.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 171 Matthew Cobb, author of "The Idea of the Brain"

BS 171 Matthew Cobb, author of "The Idea of the Brain"

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04/24/20 • 72 min

This episode of Brain Science is an interview with neuroscientist Matthew Cobb author of "The Idea of the Brain: The Past and Future of Neuroscience."

Cobb approaches the history of neuroscience from a different perspective than previous writers. He writes from the perspective of a working scientist with a deep interest in the history of ideas and the interaction between science and culture. This approach makes for a fascinating discussion.

Through out history assumptions about the brain have been influenced by both culture and contemporary science. For example, before the discovery of electricity it was impossible to image that the brain uses both chemical and electrical signals to communicate. Similarly, our current understanding is heavily influenced by the computer metaphor, which actually misses much about how real brains function.

Another aspect of our discussion involves several ongoing debates with neuroscience such as the importance of localization versus network properties. We also touch on the tendency toward neuromythology, which is the tendency to think that understanding the brain is the only tool for understanding what it means to be human. Dr. Cobb reminds of the importance of being aware of the work in a wide varieties of fields include science and the humanities.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 182 Iris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller"

BS 182 Iris Berent author of "The Blind Storyteller"

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03/26/21 • 61 min

This month's episode of Brain Science features Iris Berent, author of "The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature." We explore how our deeply entrenched biases toward dualism and essentialism impact our attitudes toward neuroscience and toward problems like mental illness.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 185 Stephen Fleming on "the neuroscience of self-awareness"

BS 185 Stephen Fleming on "the neuroscience of self-awareness"

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06/25/21 • 82 min

This month's episode of Brain Science is an interview with Dr. Stephen Fleming, author of "Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness." We explore the concept of metacognition and learn that while explicit metacognition (thinking about thinking) may be unique to humans, it is built on building blocks shared with other species. We also explore what can go wrong and why it matters.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BSP-27: Year-end Review for 2007

BSP-27: Year-end Review for 2007

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12/28/07 • 26 min

#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.For detailed show notes including a list of all the episodes aired in the past year go to http://brainsciencepodcast.com.Send email to gincampbell at mac dot com.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.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 178 Peter Sterling

BS 178 Peter Sterling

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11/27/20 • 21 min

This month's episode of Brain Science features neuroscientist Peter Sterling sharing the key ideas for his new book What Is Health? Allostasis and the Evolution of Human Design. In recent years neuroscientists have developed a growing appreciation of the predictive functions of the brain. Sterling takes this principle to the next level by asking what this means for human health. He argues that medicine's traditional focus on homeostasis ignores the much larger role of what he calls allostasis, which is a word he actually coined many years ago to capture the idea that the brain's predictive function is critical to health.

His book explores the ancient origins of both allostasis and homeostasis with an emphasis on why recent changes in the human life style contribute to the health problems of modern life.

One goal of this episode is to remind listeners that understanding how the brain works may be the key to our future survival.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 186 Mark Humphries author of "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds"

BS 186 Mark Humphries author of "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds"

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07/23/21 • 48 min

This month's episode features Mark Humphries, author of "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds." We explore how the brain uses electrical signaling in surprising ways, beginning with a look at how an action potential (aka. "the spike") is produced. Then we consider what Humphries calls "the dark neurons," which are neurons that rarely generate spikes. We explore their role and also how it relates to the brain's spontaneous activity. One of the more surprising recent discoveries in neuroscience is that most of the brain's activity does not appear to be caused by external stimuli. It is not a passive receiver of information and this has profound implications for our understanding of things like how the brain generates conscious experience.

This episode is for listeners of all backgrounds.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone - BS 176 Seth Grant on Synapse Complexity

BS 176 Seth Grant on Synapse Complexity

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09/25/20 • 86 min

This is my fifth interview with molecular biologist and neuroscientist Dr. Seth Grant from The University of Edinburgh. Dr. Grant was recently recognized for his pioneering work by the Federation of European Neuroscientists. He continues to make fundamental discoveries about the structure and function of the synapse and this month we discuss the discovery that synapse complexity and diversity is greater than expected, along with the implications of these discoveries.

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Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone currently has 127 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Neuroscience, Medicine, Podcasts, Brain and Science.

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The episode title 'BS 214 Seventeenth Annual Review Episode' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone is 58 minutes.

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Episodes of Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone are typically released every 28 days, 1 hour.

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The first episode of Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone was released on Dec 28, 2007.

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