Chicago Brain Buddies

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A fun-loving neuroscientist and science-loving stand up comedian wax humorous about brains and stuff. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Aaron Freeman

  • Nov 19, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 23m AVG DURATION
  • 12 EPISODES


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Episode 12

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 18:11


At the Society for Neuroscience' 2018 meeting in San Diego Ca. #SFN2018 Brain Buddy Aaron Freeman talks with Dr. Bob Schafer of Lumosity about the real science behind "experience assisted neuroplasticity" and the controversy surrounding the product being marketed as a brain health, IQ-raising, Alzheimer's fighting, neuro super tool. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Placebo Biology!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2018 22:37


Have you ever gotten pain relief from a placebo? Placebos, chemically inert pills, injections, even surgeries, relieve pain, ease suffering, and improve health even when the patient knows they're not getting "real" medicine. New research opens a window as to how and why that happens. Inspired by a recent New York Times Magazine article, Chicago Brain Buddies, comedian Aaron Freeman & University of Chicago Neuroscience professor and Coursera MOOC star, Peggy Mason, Peggy is still in Paris, France this week, merrily joke about and chat up placebo biology. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Law, Neuroscience, and Solitary Confinement w/ Law Professor Jules Lobel

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 20:07


Dr. Jules Lobel teaches law at the University of Pittsburgh. At the 2018 Society For Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, Ca Chicago Brain Buddies co-host Aaron Freeman talks with him about why he looked to neuroscience for a novel tool to persuade the criminal justice system to end solitary confinement. The courts have always drawn a sharp line between physical and psychological torture, the former is forbidden. Collaborating with neuroscientist Huda Akil Dr. Lobel demonstrated that social isolation damages the brains of prisoners, in some cases, for decades after their release. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Episode 9 - The Cerebellum, Autism & How Brains Get Organized

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2018 31:14


Your brain's cerebellum is not just for fine motor movements anymore! "The Great One," Dr. Peggy Mason & Chicago Brain Buddy Funnyman Aaron Freeman and our live online friends engage in a learning chat about the latest research from Princeton U on our "little brain" --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

How your brain predicts the future

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 34:32


New research reveals that human brains can predict sounds before they are spoken. A study of the auditory cortex shows that experimental subjects shown pictures have activation of their auditory cortices related to the specific sounds related to those images. In this Chicago Brain Buddies episode UChicago neuroscience Professor Peggy Mason & Chicago Council for Science and Technology Comedian Aaron Freeman joke about and explore the audio prognostications of our gray matter and what it may mean for medical science. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Exercise Fight's Alzheimer's Disease... at least, if you're a mouse

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018 37:25


Exercise fights your aging brain's Alzheimer's Disease, at least in mice. If you could get the neurological benefits of exercise from a combo of meds & gene therapy would you ever work out? Join Prof. Peggy "The Great One" Mason & m @ 3p for the latest! - Guest link https://belive.tv/br…/exercisedbrain-0k1bceujo9hr/show_guest --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Peggy's "New" Book!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 33:57


Medical Neurobiology volume 2 has hit the shelves. We talk with its famed author and Chicago Brain Buddy Peggy Mason! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Implicit Bias

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 30:23


"I know you think you understand what you thought I said but you don't realize that what you heard was not what I meant." In this episode the Buddies talk about the assumptions we make about the world before we know we have made them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Violence in Chicago the neuroscience of WBEZ's report "When Shooting Feels Like a Drug."

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 12:28


In this episode, we look at a bit of the neuroscience underlying the Chicago Public Radio report by WBEZ reporter Rob Wildeboer about a former gang member’s experience of gun violence. The report is part of WBEZ’s ongoing series “Every Other Hour,” a reference to the frequency with which someone in the city is shot. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Democratizing Medicine vs Trivializing Expertise

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 10:47


How worried are you about the effect of DIY genetic engineering? Biohacker Josiah Zayner is founder of Odin a company that sells home gene editing kits for fun and research. In this episode we talk about our fears and excitement about the product and its broader implications for the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

BioHacker - Researcher Heal Thyself

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 13:06


Josiah Zayner calls himself a biohacker. He suffers from something like irritable bowel syndrome which he attempted to self-treat by replacing his entire microbiome. His story was featured in the New York Times but we have our own, neurosciencey take on his adventure. The Times also produced a video about Dr. Zayner’s --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

Sen. John McCain and Glioblastoma

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 13:59


The Buddies talk about the neurobiology of glioblastoma with which the famed Arizona senator has been diagnosed. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chicago-brain-buddies/support

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