Knowing Neurons – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to the fourth episode of our Science Policy mini-series. In this episode, we interview Prof. Andrea Lavazza. Prof. Lavazza is a professor of neuroethics at the University of Pavia in Italy. Among other topics, we discussed what is the field of neuroethics concerned with, how philosophy can help us with informing policy and decision-making, or ethical issues that come with using neuroimaging in the courtroom.   

Welcome to the third episode of our Science Policy mini-series, where Daniel talked with Katie Cooke. Katie participated in our last year's Science Policy Paper Competition with her paper 'Gender Dysphoria: What it is and Why Does it Matter?'. We discussed what is gender-affirming health care, why is it important to allow access to it, and if there is enough scientific evidence to ban it.

Knowing Neurons interviews Dr. Karl Friston, a theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging. One of the most influential neuroscientists in history, Dr. Friston invented statistical parametric mapping (SPM), voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and dynamic causal modeling (DCM), and has been cited over 245,000 times. The free-energy principle is his major contribution to theoretical neurobiology, and serves as a unified theory for how the brain acts and perceives information. 

LINKS: Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging - https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/. Dr. Friston’s Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_J._Friston

Written and produced by Ayushe Sharma, Chaoqun Yin and Elizabeth Burnette.

Music Used:
"Bleeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demo
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"Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod
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Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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"Study and Relax" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5764-study-and-relax
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In this special Halloween episode, Knowing Neurons interviews Drs. Bradley Voytek and Timothy Verstynen, authors of Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep, about zombie neuroscience and science communication. Learn more about Bradley and Tim at voyteklab.com and cognitiveaxon.com and follow them on Twitter @bradleyvoytek and @TDVerstynen.
Written and produced by Ayushe Sharma, Chaoqun Yin and Elizabeth Burnette.

Music Used:
"Bleeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demo
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Study and Relax" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5764-study-and-relax
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

[Spanish Exclusive Episode] 

Knowing Neurons entrevista al Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau, Profesor de Neurología en UCLA, sobre su carrera como médico científico, su viaje educativo y la identidad y representación hispana y latina dentro del campo de las ciencias. Obtenga más información sobre el laboratorio de Dr. Portera en porteralab.dgsom.ucla.edu. Escrito y producido por Jayleska Johnson, Daniela Semerjian y Jenna Hartstein. Música de Kevin MacLeod.

Knowing Neurons interviews Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau, Professor of Neurology at UCLA, about his career as a physician scientist, his educational journey, and Hispanic/Latino identity and representation within the field of science. Learn more about the Portera lab at porteralab.dgsom.ucla.edu. Written and produced by Jayleska Johnson, Daniela Semerjian, and Jenna Hartstein. 

Music Used:
"Bleeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demo
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Study and Relax" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5764-study-and-relax
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Knowing Neurons interviews Dr. Ashley Juavinett, Assistant Teaching Professor at UC San Diego and author of "So You Want to be a Neuroscientist." Follow Ashley on twitter at @analog_ashley and on instagram at @neurosciencepaths.
Written and produced by Chaoqun Yin and Elizabeth Burnette.

Music Used:
"Bleeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demo
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Study and Relax" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5764-study-and-relax
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Welcome to the second episode of our Science Policy mini-series, where we interview Kathleen Carmichael. Kathleen participated in last year's ⁠Science Policy Paper competition⁠ with her paper, ⁠'Revealing Injured Minds: Harnessing Cutting-Edge Neuroimaging for Enhanced Brain Injury Claim Validity'⁠. We discuss the different issues she touches upon in her work, such as the challenges that come with the potential use of neuroimaging measures in the courtroom. These include but are not limited to education, privacy, and accessibility.

Kathleen's social media:

⁠Twitter⁠

⁠LinkedIn⁠

Additional Science Policy Pieces by Kathleen:

The Brain in the Courtroom: Neuroscience’s Influence on the Criminal Justice System. (Essay/Opinion piece)

Science Policy Around the Web – August 22, 2023: Family of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were taken for research, settles with company that profited. (Article summary)

Science Policy Around the Web – April 28, 2023: Complaints grow over $1 billion U.S. Antarctic icebreaker design. (Article summary)

Written and produced by Daniel Janko, Rana El-Danaf, Bharti Upparu, and Knowing Neuron's Science Policy team

Music Used: 

"Bleeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: ⁠⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demo⁠⁠

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 

⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠ 

"Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: ⁠⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea⁠⁠ 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 

⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠⁠ 

"Study and Relax" by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: ⁠⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5764-study-and-⁠⁠relax⁠⁠

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

⁠⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In the first episode of our Science Policy mini-series, Knowing Neurons interview Erin Morrow. Erin participated in last year's Science Policy Paper competition with her paper, 'The Truth is in Your Eyes: Regulating the Covert Use of Pupil Biofeedback'. We discuss the different issues she touches upon in her work as well as other ethical concerns related to the latest developments in the filed of brain-computer interface.

Erin's social media:

Twitter

LinkedIn

Written and produced by Daniel Janko, Rana El-Danaf, Bharti Upparu and Knowing Neuron's Science Policy team

Music Used: 

"Bleeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demo⁠

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 

⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ 

"Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea⁠ 

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 

⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/⁠ 

"Study and Relax" by Kevin MacLeod 

Link: ⁠https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5764-study-and-relax⁠

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0

⁠https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Knowing Neurons interviews Dr. Bradley Love, Professor of Cognitive and Decision Sciences at University College London and an inaugural Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. In this episode, we discuss his views on Marr's levels of analysis, computational modeling for studying the brain, and his interdisciplinary research into cognitive science and artificial intelligence. Learn more about Bradley's research at http://bradlove.org/.

Papers discussed: 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022249616000031

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=H8dnlegAAAAJ&citation_for_view=H8dnlegAAAAJ:eflP2zaiRacC

https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=H8dnlegAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=H8dnlegAAAAJ:ZzlSgRqYykMC

Written and produced by Ebrahim Feghhi, Elizabeth Burnette, Chaoqun Yin, Danny Kusko, and Ayushe Sharma.

Music Used:
"Bleeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demo
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Study and Relax" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5764-study-and-relax
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Knowing Neurons interviews Dr. Sara Manning Peskin, clinical neurologist at the University of Pennsylvania and author of "A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales from the Hijacked Brain." We discuss Sara’s scienctific and medical background and writing career, as well as the science, history, and diagnostic detective work behind the fascinating set of stories and characters featured in the book itself.
Written and produced by Chaoqun Yin, Elizabeth Burnette, Ebrahim Fegghi, Danny Kusko, and Ayushe Sharma.

Music Used:
"Bleeping Demo" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7012-bleeping-demo
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Study and Relax" by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5764-study-and-relax
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/