Summary for the Brain Science Podcast (episodes:1-26)

1. †Mind Wide Open: (listen to mp3) -general introduction to why neuroscience matters
2. †On Intelligence: (listen to mp3) -intelligence
3. †In Search of Memory: (listen to mp3) -memory, brain chemistry
4. Nature Versus Nurture: (listen to mp3) -brain development
5. Consciousness: (listen to mp3) -consciousness-a very brief introduction to philosophy of mind
6. †The First Idea: (listen to mp3) -the role of emotional signaling in the development of language
7. *Stuart Shanker, PhD on Bonobos: (listen to mp3) -what bonobos can teach us about communication
8. How Neurons Communicate: (listen to mp3)-fairly detailed introduction to brain chemistry
9. †The Future of the Brain: (listen to mp3) – a discussion of the book by Steven Rose
10. Neuroplasticity: (listen to mp3) – Plasticity: exciting discovery that the brain continues to grow and change
11. †Emotion: (listen to mp3)- Emotion
12. Memory: (listen to mp3) -Memory
13. Unconscious Decisions: (listen to mp3) -decision-making
14. Our First Six Months: (listen to mp3) -a brief review of the first six months
15. *Read Montague, PhD, on Decision-making: (listen to mp3) -decision-making
16. The Pre-Frontal Lobes: (listen to mp3) -decision-making
17. The Wisdom of the Aging Brain: (listen to mp3) -decision-making, aging
18. *Elkhonon Goldberg, PhD, on aging and the brain: (listen to mp3) -decision-making, aging
19. †Gut Feelings: (listen to mp3) -decision-making
20. *Loanne Brizendine, MD, on †The Female Brain: (listen to mp3) -brain chemistry
21. Body Maps: (listen to mp3) -plasticity, body maps
22. *Christof Koch, PhD, on Consciousness: (listen to mp3) -consciousness
23. *Sandra Blakeslee (follow-up on episode 21): (listen to mp3) -plasticity, body maps
24. Reading and the Brain: (listen to mp3)-reading and language
25. *Rolf Pfeifer, PhD, on Embodied Intelligence: (listen to mp3) embodiment, artificial intelligence
26. *Norman Doidge, MD, on Neuroplasticity: (listen to mp3) -plasticity

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