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New Books in Neuroscience

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Recent Guests

Steve Ramirez
Associate professor in Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University
Boston University
Episode: Steve Ramirez, "How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Rafael Yuste
Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Neurotechnology Center at Columbia University, expert on cerebral cortex functions.
Columbia University
Episode: Rafael Yuste, "Lectures in Neuroscience" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Marc Berman
Cognitive neuroscientist and professor at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
Episode: Marc Berman, "Nature and the Mind: The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical, and Social Well-Being" (Simon and Schuster, 2025)
Eduardo Mercado III
Professor of Psychology at the University of Buckeye, SUNY, and a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow
SUNY
Episode: Eduardo Mercado III, "Why Whales Sing" (JHU Press, 2025)
Gaurav Suri
Associate Professor of Psychology at San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
Episode: Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland, "The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines" (Basic Books, 2025)
Jay McClelland
Professor of Psychology and of Computer Science and Linguistics at Stanford University
Stanford University
Episode: Gaurav Suri and Jay McClelland, "The Emergent Mind: How Intelligence Arises in People and Machines" (Basic Books, 2025)
Jeffrey D. Sharon
Director of the Balance and Ball Center and Associate Professor at UCSF
University of California, San Francisco
Episode: Jeffrey D. Sharon, "The Great Balancing Act: An Insider's Guide to the Human Vestibular System" (Columbia UP, 2025)
Christopher Kemp
Author and research scientist specializing in neuroscience
Independent
Episode: Christopher Kemp, "Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigation" (Norton, 2022)
Dr. Judith Grisel
Behavioral neuroscientist and professor of psychology at Bucknell University
Bucknell University
Episode: Judith Grisel, "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction" (Doubleday, 2019)

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Gregory McNiff
Host of New Books in Neuroscience

Reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars from 20 ratings
  • Impressively informative podcast

    This podcast showcases extremely fascinating discussions from a range of leading voices in neuroscience. Every episode I have listened to has been incredibly interesting and very useful.

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    Future neurologist
    United States3 years ago

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Steve Ramirez, "How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: How do you think about how memories impact how we think about the future?
Memories are the building blocks that help us imagine uncertain tomorrows, allowing us to prepare for the future based on past experiences.
Steve Ramirez, "How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: Could you talk about the idea of an engram?
The engram is the physical manifestation of memory in the brain, and understanding it is essential to understanding how memory works.
Steve Ramirez, "How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Q: How did you get interested in the scientific study of memory?
It was through a series of accidents during college; I joined a lab studying Alzheimer's and later found a supportive environment in a lab focused on the neuroscience of learning and memory.
Rafael Yuste, "Lectures in Neuroscience" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Q: How is the learning process like FPGAs and specifically the role of pruning?
The brain develops by starting with a large neural network and then pruning unnecessary connections, akin to how FPGAs are designed to adapt.
Rafael Yuste, "Lectures in Neuroscience" (Columbia UP, 2023)
Q: What type of machine would you characterize the brain as?
Yuste describes the brain as a prediction machine that is always active and generating predictions about the future.

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