<![CDATA[BSP-59 Guy Caldwell, PhD on C. elegans]]></h1> <article> <h1>BSP-59 Guy Caldwell, PhD on C. elegans</h1> <p>2009-07-12T15:28:07Z</p> <p><a href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2009/07/59-caldwell">Episode 59 of the <strong><em>Brain Science Podcast</em></strong></a> is an interview with molecular biologist, <a href="http://bama.ua.edu/~gcaldwel/index.html">Guy Caldwell, PhD</a>, from the University of Alabama. We talk about the role of the tiny worm<em><a href="http://www.protomag.com/assets/a-mighty-worm"> C. elegans</a></em> in neuroscience research. Dr. Caldwell is collaborating with other leading researchers (including his wife, Kim Caldwell, PhD) in work that may lead to a cure for movement disorders like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_dystonia">dystonia</a> and Parkinson’s Disease.</p> <p><div id="attachment_1044" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 210px"><a href="http://bama.ua.edu/~gcaldwel/index.html"></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kim and Guy Caldwell</p></div><br /> </a><a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/brainsciencepodcast/59-brainscience-Caldwell.mp3" title="Libsyn file">Listen to Dr. Caldwell’s Interview.</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.docartemis.com/Transcripts/59-brainscience-Caldwell.pdf" title="PDF">Download Episode Transcript (as PDF).</a></p> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Subscribe to the Brain Science Podcast:</strong> <a title="iTunes link" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210065679"></a> <a title="Zune" href="zune://subscribe/?%74%68%65%20%42%72%61%69%6e%20%53%63%69%65%6e%63%65%20%50%6f%64%63%61%73%74%20%77%69%74%68%20%44%72%2e%20%47%69%6e%67%65%72%20%43%61%6d%70%62%65%6c%6c=http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="RSS feed" href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="Email subscription" href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=602196"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="clear: both"><br /><strong>Show Notes and Links:</strong></p> <p style="clear: both">During this interview Dr. Caldwell emphasized the importance of collaboration. His work involves tagging the dopamine neurons in <em>C. elegans</em> with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fluorescent_protein">green florescent protein (GFP)</a>. His work depends on the pioneering work of many scientists (some of whom I list below). He also collaborate with researchers who are doing similar work in yeast, mice, and human cell cultures.</p> <p><strong>Scientists mentioned in this interview:</strong></p> <ul style="clear: both"> <li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/chalfie/" title="faculty page">Martin Chalfie</a> (Columbia University): Caldwell’s mentor won the <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/index.html">Nobel Prize in 2008</a> for his work with using Green Florescent Protein (GFP) to tag specific cells inside <em>C. elegans</em>. Dr. Chalfie was interviewed on <a href="http://twit.tv/fib"><em>Futures in Biotech</em></a>:<a href="http://twit.tv/fib37"> Episode 37</a> and <a href="http://twit.tv/fib38">Episode 38</a></li> <li><a href="http://web.wi.mit.edu/lindquist/pub/" title="faculty page">Susan Lindquist</a> (MIT): a leading geneticist who is using to take human alph-synuclein protein and place it into yeast to study the effects of protein clumping due to misfolding. (<em><a href="http://twit.tv/fib1">Futures in Biotech #1</a></em>) </li> <li><a href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/891288/Sydney-Brenner">Sydney Brenner</a> (Salk Institute): a leader in <em>C. elegans</em> research.</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Sulston" title="wikipedia">John Sulston</a> (University of Manchester): pioneer in <em>C. elegans</em> research.</li> <li><a href="http://web.mit.edu/horvitz/www/" title="faculty page">Robert Horvitz</a> (MIT): well-researcher in the field of worm biology.</li> <li><a href="http://kenyonlab.ucsf.edu/" title="faculty page">Cynthia Kenyon</a> (University of California-San Francisco): is studying aging in<em> C. elegans</em>.</li> <li><a href="http://www.molbio.wisc.edu/white/members/white.html" title="faculty page">John White</a> (University of Wisconsin): worked with John Sulston to determing the complete “wiring diagram” for <em>C. elegans</em> (which has only 302 neurons).</li> <li><a href="http://www.bio.utk.edu/micro/faculty/becker.html" title="faculty page">Jeff Becker</a> (University of Tennessee): Caldwell’s mentor in graduate school.</li> <li><a href="http://www.mcmp.purdue.edu/faculty/?uid=rochet" title="faculty page">Chris Rochet</a> (Purdue University): His study of midbrain cultures of rat neurons allows Caldwell to validate his findings in mammalian neurons.</li> <li><a href="http://snp.bumc.bu.edu/" title="faculty">Richard Myers</a> (Boston University): human geneticist who has done important work in Parkinson patient genotyping.</li> <li><a href="http://www.wi.mit.edu/research/faculty/jaenisch.html" title="faculty page">Rudolph Jaenisch</a> (MIT): expert at reprogramming skin cells into pleuripotent stem cells. This technique shows great promise for the treatment/cure of diseases like Parkinson’s. <li><a href="http://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/neuroscience/fac/breakefield.html" title="faculty page">Xandra Breakefield</a> (Harvard): discovered the torsin gene in 1997. </li> </ul> <p style="clear: both">Three recent Nobel Prizes have been awarded to researchers working on <em>C. elegans</em>.</p> <ul style="clear: both"> <li><a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2008/index.html" title="nobel">2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry</a> for green florescent protein</li> <li><a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2006/" title="nobel">2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2002/">2002 Nobel Prize in Medicine</a> went to Brenner, Horvitz, and Sulston for establishing the complete cell lineage in <em>C. elegans</em></li> </ul> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="clear: both"><br /><strong>Announcements:</strong></p> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="clear: both"> <ul style="clear: both"> <li>Dr. Campbell is the guest speaker at the July 18 meeting of Skeptics in the Pub in Atlanta, Georgia: <a href="http://ow.ly/fh2y">http://ow.ly/fh2y</a></li> <li>Dr. Campbell was interviewed on <a href="http://www.brainsmatter.com/?p=231" title="brains matter">Episode 96</a> of <em>Brains Matter</em>.</li> <li><a href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/previous-episodes/transcripts/" title="transcripts">Transcripts</a> are now available for all past episodes of the Brain Science Podcast at <a href="http://brainsciencepodcast.com/" title="BSP">http://brainsciencepodcast.com/</a>.</li> <li>Please join our new <a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&suggest&note_id=98283356707&id=123047067743#/pages/Brain-Science-Podcast/98485582619?ref=mf" title="fan page">Brain Science Podcast Fan Page</a>on Facebook.</li> <li><a href="http://docartemis.com/blog/subscriptions-and-donations/" title="donations">Donations</a> of $25 or more qualify you for the new monthly book give away.</li> </ul> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="text-align: center;">Join our Discussion Forum: <a title="Discussion Forum" href="http://brainscienceforum.com"></a></p> </p> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Send feedback to Dr. Campbell at gincampbell at mac.com.</strong></p> </p> <p style="clear: both"> <p style="clear: both"> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:YwkR-u9nhCs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=mnGmQ733-6o:T2OFLNBs6nk:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Transcripts are now available for ALL episodes of BSP</h1> <p>2009-06-07T23:54:17Z</p> <p>I am happy to announce that thanks to the combined efforts of <a title="Diane Jacobs' blog" href="http://humanantigravitysuit.blogspot.com/">Diane Jacobs</a>, Jenine John and <a href="http://www.loriwolfson.com/">Lori Wolfson</a> transcripts are now available for Episodes 1-58 of the <strong><em>Brain Science Podcast</em></strong>. <a title="transcripts" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/previous-episodes/transcripts/">Click here to find your favorite episode.</a></p> <p>Thanks to the rapid turn around by <a href="http://www.loriwolfson.com/">Lori Wolfson</a> future episodes should appear in the show notes as new episodes are posted. 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I hope to get to work on that after I get back from Alaska on June 20, 2009.</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:YwkR-u9nhCs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=sK3ORwjYta8:xNjzcG4LMok:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Brain Science Podcast #58: Interview with author Alva Noë</h1> <p>2009-06-07T23:39:38Z</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a title="transcript as PDF" href="http://docartemis.com/Transcripts/58-brainscience-Noe.pdf"><strong>Download Episode Transcript (as PDF)</strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a title="faculty page" href="http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~noe/index.html"></a> <a title="permalink" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2009/06/58-brainscience-noe">Episode 58 of the <strong><em>Brain Science Podcast</em></strong></a> is an interview with philosopher <a title="faculty page" href="http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~noe/index.html">Alva Noë</a>, whose book <a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0809074656"><em>Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness</em></a> argues persuasively that our Minds are MORE than just our brains. He says that “the brain is necessary but not sufficient” to create the mind. <a title="libsyn file" href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/brainsciencepodcast/58-brainscience-Noe.mp3"> <strong>Listen to Episode 58</strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Show Notes and Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a title="faculty page" href="http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~noe/index.html">Alva Noe</a> (University of California, Berkeley)</li> <li><a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0809074656"><em>Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness</em></a> by Alva Noé</li> </ul> <p>Important scientists mentioned in the interview:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.engr.wisc.edu/bme/newsletter/2007/in_memoriam.html">Paul Bach-y-Rita:</a> pioneering studies in sensory substitution using tactile stimuli to substitute for vision</li> <li>Held and Hein: experiments with cats showing that development of normal vision requires motor-sensory feedback</li> </ul> <p>References:</p> <ul> <li><em>Brain Mechanisms in Sensory Substitution</em> by Paul Bach-y-Rita, 1972.</li> <li>Bach-y-Rita, P “Tactile-Vision Substitution: past and future”, <em>International Journal of Neuroscience </em>19, nos. 1-4, 29-36, 1983.</li> <li>Held, R and Hein, “Movement-produced stimulation in the development of visually guided behavior.” <em>Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology</em>. 56(5), 872-876, 1963.</li> <li>Held, R. “Plasticity in sensory-motor systems.” <em>Scientific American</em>. 213(5) 84-91, 1965.</li> </ul> <p>Announcements:</p> <ul> <li>Special thanks to <a title="Diane Jacobs' blog" href="http://humanantigravitysuit.blogspot.com/">Diane Jacobs</a>, Jenine John and <a href="http://www.loriwolfson.com/">Lori Wolfson</a> for transcribing all the episodes of the <strong><em>Brain Science Podcast</em></strong>.</li> <li>I will be on vacation in Seattle and Alaska from June 9-20. During that time I will have very limited internet access so there may be a delay in my response to emails. Please post feedback at the Discussion Forum at <a href="http://brainscienceforum.com">http://brainscienceforum.com</a>.</li> <li>Don’t forget to post your reviews in iTunes®. Your word of mouth helps us find new listeners.</li> <li><a href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/donations-and-subscriptions/">The <strong><em>Brain Science Podca</em><em>st</em></strong> is supported by listener donations.</a></li> </ul> <p style="text-align: center;"><a title="libsyn file" href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/brainsciencepodcast/58-brainscience-Noe.mp3"> <strong>Listen to Episode 58</strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Episode Transcript</strong> (<a title="transcript as PDF" href="http://docartemis.com/Transcripts/58-brainscience-Noe.pdf">Download PDF</a>)</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Subscribe to the Brain Science Podcast:</strong> <a title="iTunes link" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210065679"></a> <a title="Zune" href="zune://subscribe/?%74%68%65%20%42%72%61%69%6e%20%53%63%69%65%6e%63%65%20%50%6f%64%63%61%73%74%20%77%69%74%68%20%44%72%2e%20%47%69%6e%67%65%72%20%43%61%6d%70%62%65%6c%6c=http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="RSS feed" href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="Email subscription" href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=602196"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;">Join our Discussion Forum: <a title="Discussion Forum" href="http://brainscienceforum.com"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a title="audience survey" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/our-community/audience-surveys/"></a></p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:YwkR-u9nhCs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=3TGtWDftnCs:32qSGgTTfmA:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Brain Science Podcast #57: Chris Frith, PhD</h1> <p>2009-05-10T19:45:27Z</p> <p style="text-align: left;"><a title="faculty page" href="http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/Frith/"></a> <a title="permalink" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2009/05/bsp-57-frith">Episode 57 of the <strong><em>Brain Science Podcast</em></strong> </a>is an interview with neuropsychologist <a title="faculty page" href="http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/Frith/">Dr. Chris Frith</a>, author of <a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/1405136944"><em>Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World</em></a>. Our brain processes information about the world outside us (via our senses) in the same way that it processes information from within our bodies and from our own mental world. In this interview Dr. Frith and I explore the implications from recent discoveries about how our brain generates our mental world.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a title="libsyn file" href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/brainsciencepodcast/57-brainscience-Frith.mp3"> <strong>Listen to Episode 57</strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><br /> </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Episode Transcript</strong> (<a title="transcript as PDF" href="http://docartemis.com/Transcripts/57-brainscience-Frith.pdf">Download PDF</a>)</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Subscribe to the Brain Science Podcast:</strong> <a title="iTunes link" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210065679"></a> <a title="Zune" href="zune://subscribe/?%74%68%65%20%42%72%61%69%6e%20%53%63%69%65%6e%63%65%20%50%6f%64%63%61%73%74%20%77%69%74%68%20%44%72%2e%20%47%69%6e%67%65%72%20%43%61%6d%70%62%65%6c%6c=http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="RSS feed" href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="Email subscription" href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=602196"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;"> <p style="text-align: left;"> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Useful Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a title="faculty page" href="http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/Frith/">Chris Frith, PhD:</a> University College London Wellcome Trust Center for Neuroimaging</li> <li><a title="book website" href="http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/Frith/Booksite/index.html"><em>Making Up the Mind:</em></a> book website</li> <li><a title="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necker_cube">Necker cube:</a> a visual illusion that shows that some visual processing can not be changed by top-down feedback</li> <li><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/">PubMed</a>: a public service of the <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/">US National Library of Medicine</a> and the <a href="http://www.nih.gov/">National Institutes of Health</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Selected References:*</strong></p> <p>Bayes, T (1763). <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.stat.ucla.edu/history/essay.pdf&ei=1h0HSuemFsSrtgfsvf33Bg&sig2=c1Amf_g45B6sVp0hHS1xfA&usg=AFQjCNG3qmkha4q56BJscTKgywvdDFcBKg">An essay toward solving a problem in the doctrine of chance.</a> <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London</em>, 53, 470-418.</p> <p>Blakemore, SJ, Wolpert DM, and Frith, CD (1990) Central Cancellation of self produced tickle sensation. <em>Nature Neuroscience</em>, 1(7), 635-640.</p> <p>Botvinick, M and Cohen, J (1998) <a title="pdf link" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=4&q=http://cbc.ucsd.edu/pdf/mirrors_perception.pdf&ei=gB4HSoOTGN2rtgfMi9mcBw&sig2=kVbpKOw7D6c6n1nSbwiLTQ&usg=AFQjCNF_BJ8lzf0f6Wj6opWQqJHve7QsHQ">Rubber hands “feel” touch that the eyes see</a>. <em>Nature</em>, 391(6669), 756.</p> <p>Kilner, JM, Paulignan, Y, and Blakemore, SJ, (2003) <a href="http://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(03)00165-9">An interference effect of observed biological movement on action.</a> <em>Current Biolog</em>y, 13(6), 522-525.</p> <p>Rizzolatti, G and Craighero, L (2004). The mirror-neuron system. <em>Annual Review of Neuroscience</em>, 27, 169-192.</p> <p>Wicker, B, Keysers, C, Plaily,J, Royet, JP, Galese, V, and Rizzolatti, G (2003).<a title="pdf link" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=2&q=http://www.unipr.it/~gallese/Wickeretal2003.pdf&ei=Oh8HSoq5NYOGtgfRlbT5Bg&sig2=5jGx1R-wZMBdPZTofqgllA&usg=AFQjCNGMQiijCMM1NozQxXA6bv-FgDWhEA"> Both of us disgusted My insula: The common neural basis of seeing and feeling disgust.</a> <em>Neuron</em>. 40(3), 655-664.</p> <p>Wegner, D (2003). <a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0262731622"><em>The Illusion of Conscious Will</em></a>, MIT Press.</p> <p>Wegner, DM, Fuller, VA and Sparrow, B. (2003) <a title="pdf link" href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~wegner/pdfs/Wegner%2520Fuller%2520%26%2520Sparrow.pdf&ei=ah8HSovGNMWGtgevmYX-Bg&sig2=s3z4fasfwvaYBqnxBiAzqA&usg=AFQjCNHMwspNNsR_GgDes1zCOeeT3CRN6g">Clever hands: Uncontrolled intelligence in facilitated communication. </a><em>Journal of Personal Social Psychology</em>, 85(1), 5-19.</p> <p><strong> *</strong>These references are from <a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/1405136944"><em>Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World</em></a> by Chris Frith.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a title="libsyn file" href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/brainsciencepodcast/57-brainscience-Frith.mp3"> <strong>Listen to Episode 57</strong></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><br /> </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Episode Transcript</strong> (<a title="transcript as PDF" href="http://docartemis.com/Transcripts/57-brainscience-Frith.pdf">Download PDF</a>)</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Subscribe to the Brain Science Podcast:</strong> <a title="iTunes link" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210065679"></a> <a title="Zune" href="zune://subscribe/?%74%68%65%20%42%72%61%69%6e%20%53%63%69%65%6e%63%65%20%50%6f%64%63%61%73%74%20%77%69%74%68%20%44%72%2e%20%47%69%6e%67%65%72%20%43%61%6d%70%62%65%6c%6c=http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="RSS feed" href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="Email subscription" href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=602196"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;">Join our Discussion Forum: <a title="Discussion Forum" href="http://brainscienceforum.com"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: center;"><a title="audience survey" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/our-community/audience-surveys/"></a></p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:YwkR-u9nhCs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=tE2wG4Wd9Bc:6a97CnG-V9s:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>BSP #57 is available for download</h1> <p>2009-05-09T01:41:07Z</p> <p>Episode 57 of the <strong><em>Brain Science Podcast</em></strong> is now available.</p> <p>Show notes, links and the episode transcript will be posted sometime this weekend.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a title="libsyn file" href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/brainsciencepodcast/57-brainscience-Frith.mp3">Listen now.</a></p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:YwkR-u9nhCs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=-OsLf43kjWs:XvnnRgClYT8:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Are you have problems subscribing?</h1> <p>2009-04-27T23:50:33Z</p> <p>Recently some listeners have had problems subscribing with other podcatchers (besides Zune™ and iTunes™). 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Dr. Marder has spent 35 years studying the somatogastric ganglion of the lobster. 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While some researchers point to the growing evidence that parts of the brain (such as the frontal lobe and its connections) do not mature until early adulthood as evidence that the adolescent brain is different, some writers, like <a title="author's homepage" href="http://drrobertepstein.com/">Dr. Robert Epstein,</a> argue that the problems of adolenscence are created by Western culture not changes in the brain. The episode includes a several distinguished guests with different view points.</p> <p>One of the guests was <a title="author's homepage" href="http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/bainbridge/">David Bainbridge</a>, whose book <a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0674026101/002-2392472-2211269"><em>Beyond the Zonules of Zinn: A Fantastic Journey Through Your Brain</em></a> was discussed in<a title="permalink-new" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2008/03/07/brain-science-podcast-32-a-brief-introduction-to-brain-anatomy/"> Episode 32 of the <strong><em>Brain Science Podcast</em></strong></a>. I am looking forward to reading his new book <a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/1553654374"><em>Teenagers: A Natural History</em></a> when it is released in the United States (August, 2009).</p> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:YwkR-u9nhCs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=J9B4awzZ_Qc:lc8nuS3FEu4:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Does the Limbic System Exist?</h1> <p>2009-03-16T16:44:28Z</p> <p>A few days ago I received an email from a listener asking me: <strong>Does the Limbic System Exist?</strong></p> <p>The term limbic system was made popular in the late 1970’s by Carl Sagan’s Pulitzer Prize winning book <em>The Dragons of Eden</em>, but in recent years many neuroscientists have come to regard the term as misleading or worse. In this essay I will provide a brief historical overview and discuss the scientific objections to the term <em>limbic system</em>.</p> <p><strong>History</strong></p> <p>The highly regarded textbook <em>Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain</em> (3rd edition, edited by Bear, et. al.) provides a brief overview of the history of the “limbic system concept.” It notes that the term limbic lobe was introduced back in 1878 by the French neurologist Paul Broca. Broca was describing the area of the medial brain that surrounds the brain stem and corpus collusum. By the 1930’s the evidence suggested that many of the structures in this region were involved in emotion. One expression of this hypothesis was the so-called Papez circuit (named after neurologist James Papez). In 1952 James Maclean introduced the term limbic system and in 1973 he proposed his famous “triune theory” of brain evolution, which was later popularized in <em>The Dragons of Eden</em>.</p> <p>In 1998 Jaak Panksepp made extensive use of the “triune brain” model in his groundbreaking book <em>Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions</em>. Panksepp emphasized that primates (including humans) share similar emotional circuitry. This principle has inspired much valuable research into the role of emotion in our mental lives, so that we now recognize that proper functioning of our emotional circuitry is essential to our health.</p> <p>Thus <strong>the term limbic system actually includes two main ideas:</strong> the idea that there is a discrete part of the brain that generates mammalian emotions and the idea that this area evolved as a separate area only in mammals. In the triune theory of brain evolution, primates (including humans) are seen as having inherited three successive brain structures: the reptilian brain, the limbic system, and the neocortex.</p> <p><strong>Objections</strong></p> <p>In <em>Neuroscience</em>, the authors observe that although the evidence certainly supports the the fact that some of the structures in this region are involved in emotion, the Papez circuit is no longer seen as an accurate description. More importantly, they state “The critical point seems to be conceptual, concerning the definition of an<em> emotional system</em>. Given the diversity of emotions we experience, there is no compelling reason to think that only one system–rather than several–is involved. Conversely, solid evidence indicates that some structures involved in emotions are also involved in other functions…” (page 571). Thus, they question applying the term limbic <em>system</em> to the emotional <em>system</em> because it can not accurately be described as a discrete <em>system</em> of components, such as one would describe the visual <em>system</em>.</p> <p>The second objection to the term <em>limbic system</em> is that it represents a model of primate brain evolution that has largely been discarded. In <em>Principles of Brain Evolution</em>, Georg Striedter observed that Maclean’s “triune brain” theory was “clearly derived” from the work of Ludwig Edinger (1908) who observed that that the forebrain of various vertebrates seemed to differ dramatically, while the lower brain structures appeared to be highly conserved. The key underlying assumption of the “triune brain” theory is that major brain areas were added on as mammals evolved, but this essentially 19th century viewpoint has been supplanted by modern work in neuroanatomy.</p> <p>Striedter explains how the idea that “brains evolved by the sequential addition of parts was toppled.” He concludes “By the 1990’s, most comparative neuroanatomists believed that all vertebrate brains are built according to a common plan that varies only in its details.” His textbook describes the evidence in support of this “conservative revolution” in great detail. (Streitder, page 35) Note: Striedter’s book was discussed in <a title="permalink-new" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2008/10/04/podcast-47-brainevolution">Episode 47</a>.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p> <p>The term limbic system is clearly falling into disuse among neuroscientists but seems destined to live on the popular imagination. The “triune brain” popularized by Sagan and Maclean has an undeniable appeal, partly because it presents a clear and understandable model that corresponds to our intuitive sense of our place in the world. The problem is that it represents an oversimplified, and possibly misleading picture. Our brains are much more like those of other mammals than this model suggests. Also, the emotional system is much more complex and deeply integrated into the other systems of the brain.</p> <p>Scientists have a strong preference for precise language. Thus, as described above, the limbic system does not exist because there is no one clearly defined emotional system in the human brain. Many neuroscientists (especially those involved in comparative neuroanatomy) also avoid the term because of its association with an out-moded view of vertebrate brain evolution.</p> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <ul> <li><a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0345346297"><em>The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence</em></a> by Carl Sagan</li> <li><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0781760038"><em>Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain</em></a> by Mark F Bear, Barry Connors, Michael Paradiso; page 571.</li> <li><a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0878938206/002-2392472-2211269"><em>Principles of Brain Evolution</em></a> by Georg F. Striedter; page 35.</li> </ul> <div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:YwkR-u9nhCs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/BrainSciencePodcastBlog?a=NC_m0e3wpNA:ykYdiGT4vfE:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Brain Science Podcast #55: Patricia Churchland on Neurophilosophy</h1> <p>2009-03-31T16:16:00Z</p> <p><a title="faculty page" href="http://philosophy.ucsd.edu/faculty/pschurchland/index_hires.html"></a> <a title="permalink-new" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2009/03/13/podcast55-churchland">Episode 55 of the <em><strong>Brain Science Podcast</strong></em> </a>is an interview with highly respected philosopher <a title="faculty page" href="http://philosophy.ucsd.edu/faculty/pschurchland/index_hires.html">Patricia Churchland</a>. Churchland is the author of Neurophilosophy and Brain?. She is currently on the faculty of the University of California at San Diego and she was a featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in 2008.</p> <p>In this interview we talked about neurophilosophy, which is an approach to philosophy of mind that gives high priority to incorporating the empiric findings of neuroscience. We also talk about the evolving relationship between philosophy and neuroscience. Churchland shares her enthusiasm for how the discoveries of neuroscience are changing the way we see ourselves as human beings. We also talked a little about the issues of reductionism that I first brought up in<a title="permalink-new" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2009/01/17/53-freewill"> Episode 53</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a title="libsyn file" href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/brainsciencepodcast/55-brainscience-Churchland.mp3"> Listen to Episode 55</a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Episode Transcript (<a title="transcript as PDF" href="http://docartemis.com/Transcripts/55-brainscience-churchland.pdf">Download PDF</a>)</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/our-community/audience-surveys/"></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Subscribe to the<strong><em> Brain Science Podcast</em></strong>: <a title="iTunes link" href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=210065679"></a> <a title="Zune" href="zune://subscribe/?%74%68%65%20%42%72%61%69%6e%20%53%63%69%65%6e%63%65%20%50%6f%64%63%61%73%74%20%77%69%74%68%20%44%72%2e%20%47%69%6e%67%65%72%20%43%61%6d%70%62%65%6c%6c=http://feeds.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="RSS feed" href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/brainsciencepodcast"></a> <a title="Email subscription" href="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=602196"></a></p> <p><strong>SHOW NOTES</strong></p> <p>Recommended Reading:</p> <ul> <li><a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/026253200X"><em>Brain-Wise: Studies in Neurophilosophy</em></a> by Patricia Smith Churchland</li> <li><a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0262530856"><em>Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind-Brain</em></a> by Patricia Smith Churchland</li> <li><a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0195333217"><em>Supersizing the Mind: Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension</em></a> by Andy Clark</li> <li><a title="aStore link" href="http://astore.amazon.com/docartemis-brainscience-20/detail/0060001496"><em>Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals About How We Become Who We Are</em></a> by Steven R. 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Dennett</li> </ul> <p>Related Episodes of the <strong><em>Brain Science Podcast</em></strong>:</p> <ul> <li><a title="permalink-new" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2007/02/09/podcast-5-consciousness/">Episode 5</a>: Introduction to philosophy of mind and the question of consciousnes</li> <li><a title="permalink-new" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2007/10/05/brain-science-podcast-22-christof-koch-discusses-consciousness/">Episode 22</a>: Interview with Christof Koch about Consciousness</li> <li><a title="permalink-new" href="http://docartemis.com/brainsciencepodcast/2009/01/17/53-freewill">Episode 53</a>: Discussion of Did My Neurons Make Me Do it? a defense of free will</li> </ul> <p>Note: These show notes are preliminary. 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