Braincast - on the frequency of Mind and Brain
26 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 15 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsBraincast is about the functions, opportunities and consequences of the brain. Every episode concentrates on one topic of translated mind science plus relevant news.
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Episodes
Braincast 025 - Materialism, Buddhism and Position Definitio
January 31, 2009 14:27 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBEpisode 25 is rather personal with a look behind my mental curtain: motivation and preferences, why Buddhism pops up on a regular basis and about my biggest problem on the topic. A definition of position.
Braincast 023 - Hard-headed
January 17, 2009 18:39 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MBPlaning, acting and, most of all, inhibiting – those are the main tasks of the prefrontal cortex. Additionally it has peer-to-peer connections to emotion- and social related areas. So this episode is about that part of the brain, that makes us human. An episode including bad mood and good bets.
Braincast 023 - Driven by Emotion
December 13, 2008 12:50 - 19 minutes - 17.4 MBEmotions are not just blessing or curse, they are much more. For example one way for the brain to talk to itself – via the body. They are the source of all our decisions. And first and foremost they are a way to survive.
Braincast 022 - Creative perception
November 28, 2008 20:55Part 2 about senses and perception is about how the brain deals with incoming data. It shows that some things simply are droped, while others are constructed. A braincast about roses, gorillas, blind spots and two self-experiments.
Braincast 022 - Creative perception
November 28, 2008 14:55 - 18 minutes - 16.6 MBPart 2 about senses and perception is about how the brain deals with incoming data. It shows that some things simply are droped, while others are constructed. A braincast about roses, gorillas, blind spots and two self-experiments.
Braincast 021 - Basics: Senses
November 15, 2008 09:44 - 16 minutes - 15 MBIn dealing with reality the brain might be quite creative, but the senses are not: They send in the real world, one gig of data per second. This and other impressive numbers in Braincast 21. Plus: seeing with the tongue.
Braincast 020 - Autists and Savants
November 01, 2008 17:36 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBAutism is quite extreme: affected people shrink into theirselfs, live complicated rituals and have trouble understanding emotions. But out of autism can arise a real wonder: the savant syndrome, showing the real possibilities of the brain.
Braincast 019 - Stress
October 25, 2008 15:31 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBStress is not just stress – it was designed to safe our life. But nowadays we even have stress with stress, and this is just sassy. In this episode you find some inner-headly backgrounds. And even some good news.
Braincast 018 - The underestimated animal kingdom
October 11, 2008 14:39 - 15 minutes - 14 MBMan is the pinnacle of creation and shall rule the world – that´s how we like it to be. But the difference between us and those brute animals is not that big, as this braincast demonstrates.
Braincast 017 - The world out there
October 04, 2008 16:55 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBIt the world out there would exist without us noticing, has been a heavy disput between philosophers for centuries. With "neurological constructivism", neuroscience found a position that offers great possibilities.
Braincast 016 - Altruism
September 27, 2008 19:10 - 18 minutes - 17 MBA peaceful topic at last: altruism, fairness, kindness. From scratch healthy brains are not capable of anything else – and they don´t want to, too. An episode of bright prospects.
Braincast 015 - Basics - Imaging Techniques
September 19, 2008 17:34 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBHow do we know what we know about the brain? And why did it become so much so fast? Braincast 15 wraps this dry topic to digest easily.
Braincast 014 - Memory
September 13, 2008 16:40 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBNo function of the brain gets criticised more often. But the reasons are mostly wrong, nobody really wants absolute memory, as Braincast 14 shows. That memory is a quite creative affair – that would be a neat critique.
Braincast 013 - Free will
August 30, 2008 15:43 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBThe ship of free will is sinking – at least some influential brain researchers say so. Braincast 13 examines backgrounds and backdoors of one of the most controversial topics between our ears.
Braincast 012 - Best before
August 22, 2008 18:06 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBFor decades they told us our brains were doomed, its cells vanish and we would become more dense every day. This is not invariably the case. That and more good news in a Braincast about the date of expiry.
Braincast 011 - Basics: Structures
August 08, 2008 14:51 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBLimbic system, amygdala or neocortex – what does that actually mean? In Braincast 11 we are talking structure and layout of the brain. It might be a little dry. But it is imporatant.
Braincast 010 - Development
July 25, 2008 16:04 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBThe 10th episode – a small anniversary with a closer look on the development of toddlers. It shows that TV is not that good, love is essential and experience is everything. And that even kids five months old wonder about grammatical mistakes.
Braincast 009 - Love
July 12, 2008 17:29 - 19 minutes - 17.7 MBReal feelings at Braincast: vital, neurological and hormonal insights about infatuation, love and being dumped. Featuring voles and fidelity, homosexuality and hypothalamus, orgasms in scanners and bad news for men.
Braincast 008 - Basics: Brain Cells
July 12, 2008 17:28 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBThis Braincast looks deep into the structure of our brain: what do brain cells look like, how do they operate, how do they communicate and – just a tiny start – how do meaning and decission emerge from that?
Braincast 007 - The Phantom Body
June 21, 2008 16:27 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBAre we our body? Or does it just carry us through the world? Braincast 7 is about this internal relationship of brain, body and mind. This is much more complex than it feels like, and has some strange side-effects, e.g. an orgasm in a foot.
Braincast 006 - Reward System
June 07, 2008 16:06 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBMan is driven by emotions. So the reward system promises heavenly joy once we reach our goal. This makes it rather a motivational system – and it´s one of the best ideas of evolution.
Braincast 005 - A short History of Brain Science
May 30, 2008 17:44 - 14 minutes - 13.1 MBThe brain once was a cooling system and a soul organ. It consisted of cavities and gear wheels. Today we know better for we screen even the tiniest structures. Here a brief (historical) summary of models and methods.
Braincast 004 - Intelligence
May 24, 2008 18:04 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBOne of the most important application of the brain is intelligence. In this episode we talk about definitions, benchmark data and background, about where and what for.
Braincast 003 - Emotional and other blindnesses
May 17, 2008 17:50 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBBetween mind and brain there is room for different kinds of blindness. Some, like the face blindness – base on structural damage. Others – like emotional blindness – are grounded on lacks in parenting. In this episode we discuss both.
Braincast 002 - Signal and Noise
May 10, 2008 15:50 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBWhy do we have a brain at all? Not everybody needs it and it just burns up a lot of energy. But apart from our own body we have to deal with the world, have to decode it´s signals from all the noise ...
Braincast 001 - Braincast one
May 03, 2008 18:06 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBBraincast is the podcast on the frequency of mind and brain. Episode one is a short description of what we are up to.