Neuroscience
"New Thinking about the Brain" on the Connection
WBUR's radio show "The Connection" discussed "New Thinking about the Brain" today. Guests Earl Miller, Professor of Neuroscience and Associate Director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and Matt Wilson, Professor of Neuroscience also of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT. They discuss learning & memory and studies they're doing on both the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus.
Link includes RealAudio link to hear the show. At the bottom of the page are links to more Connection shows about consciousness and the brain.
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The Picower Institute
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT's Brain and Cognitive Sciences Complex (pictured), the largest neuroscience research facility in the world, just opened Dec 2005 and is generating some fascinating research. (Like the window in...
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"learning, Memory And The Brain" On Npr
A radio interview with Dr. Larry Squire on the topic of "Learning, Memory and the Brain" aired on NPR last week. An audio stream of the show can be found on the NPR site, as well as a podcast link. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology...
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Memory Circuitry
This press release from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute discusses a newly published paper on memory formation in the brain:Brain Circuit May Permit Scientists to Eavesdrop on Memory Formation
07 Oct 2004
Howard Hughes Medical Institute...
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Two Cool Webcasts
MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory celebrated its formal opening on Dec. 1 with a “major scientific symposium” entitled the Future of the Brain. The event focused on the future of neuroscience research, and included several Nobel Laureates,...
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Readng More Or Less?
Fascinating podcast (!) about reading in the age of the Internet. On his "Open Source Radio" show, Christopher Lydon asks his "literary blogger" guests (and the audience) if they are reading more or less since the advent of the Internet ~10 years ago....
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