Neural Circuits of Learning in the Spotlight
In the Spotlight
English - March 25, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsScience science outreach science communication grad school scientists Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
How do neuroscientists tackle important questions about the brain? In this episode, Neuroscience PhD student Chiaki Santiago instils her wisdom about how we make discoveries about the brain, the nature vs. nurture debate, and common misconceptions we might have about the field. Discoveries about learning and memory in the brain may even be used to inform education policy - there's so much to unpack!
If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out:
So You Want to be a Neuroscientist? by Ashley Juavinett (book)"Experience-dependent structural synaptic plasticity in the mammalian brain" in Nature Reviews (scientific article)"Growing evidence of brain plasticity" by Michael Merzenich (TedTalk)Stories of WiN (Women in Neuroscience) Podcast: Episode with Brenda Bloodgood (podcast)
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