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Joanna Matesich, on March 11th, 2007 at 11:38 pm Said:

Thank you so much for putting this podcast together and making it available. I am a busy NICU nurse, fascinated with the brain/mind. I have dozens of books on my amazon.com wish list on the subject, but very little reading time and wouldn’t know where to start if I did. Your podcasts not only makes formerly ethereal concepts understandble and approachable, but your summaries of the literature and other media give me an idea of where to start.
The technical content of your podcasts is exactly the right level for me. If anything, you could go on for longer and in more depth and more often! Your subject matter is of keen interest to me. If you ever run out of ideas (!) my amazon wish list is public.
Your interview with Stuart Shanker was especially interesting as a former L&D nurse with a degree in anthropology. I spent many grueling hours coaxing relatively large craniums out of their bipedal mothers’ pelvises. And now, as a NICU nurse, I daily experience how underdeveloped that neonate (and especially the “fetal people” I care for) is neurologically. All handing and positioning of these small patients is related to protecting that favored organ, the brain. Its exciting for me to see the results of those neurons connecting up, almost before my eyes, such as with successful coodination of suck-swallow-breathe that was’t there yesterday.
Thank you again. Your podcast is awesome.
Joanna
Nyendrak Zangpo, on April 11th, 2007 at 3:57 pm Said:

Fantastic PodCast! Please keep it going.
C. Leon McGahee, M.D., on May 15th, 2007 at 12:58 am Said:

Dear Dr. Campbell,
I am another new subscriber who found you through Scientific American Mind. I just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoyed your mini-talk on emotions and am looking forward to downloading the earlier podcasts as well.
I am a retired psychiatrist, whose hobby has become reading and learning everything I can about the mindbrain. I have offered a few courses on related subjects at our St. Louis Lifelong Learning Institute. I was so impressed with the thoroughness, breadth, accuracy, and lucidity of your talk, something I clearly hope to emulate. Keep up the good work, and I hope you are accepted by NPR as a regular commentator/interviewer.

C. Leon McGahee, M.D.

PS I read somewhere that Zajonc is pronounced “Zy-unce.” Who would’ve thunk it!
David Nordon, on May 22nd, 2007 at 2:03 pm Said:

Dear Dr. Campbell,
I enjoy the show and ran across an episode of a Robotics podcast that explains how robots have developed their own lexicon and grammar avoiding the need to pre-load these into their programs. Hope you have time to check it out.

Podcast (on itunes): Talking Robots – The Podcast on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence

Episode : Talking Robots: Luc Steels – Evolution of Communication and Language

In this episode we interview Luc Steels about language evolution, the cognitive and genetic basis for language, and the importance of embodiment and robot experiments for understanding communication.
David Nordon
docartemis, on July 7th, 2007 at 5:03 pm Said:

Talking Robots is a very good podcast. Thanks for sharing it.
charles cogshell, on August 5th, 2007 at 12:58 pm Said:

I love your podcast. The information that you are sharing is very helpful to busy professionals and curious people who want to know more about how our brains work.
I work with a team of psychologist, psychiatrist, and therapist in a residential treatment facility for abuse and neglected young children (0-10 yr. olds.)in foster care.
I am very interested in any material you are reading regarding (emotional trauma)/ abuse and neglect and its effect on early brain functioning and the long term affect.

What does the most current research suggest in terms of treatment modalites, therapueutic interventions and if appropriate, best medication management for traumatized brains? How can direct caregiver best support theses damaged developing brains?

Keep up the great work!

Thanks,

Charles Cogshell
Our Little Haven
ccogshell@ourlittlehaven.org
St.Louis Mo USA
podblack, on August 20th, 2007 at 1:17 am Said:

Hello! Looking forward to the Facebook group too!