Podcasts about brain size

In this episode, I sit down with Matthew Lysiak, a nationally recognized investigative journalist and author of Fiat Food: Why Inflation Destroyed Our Health and How Bitcoin Fixes It. Together, we unpack how inflation has silently undermined our health. ––– Offers & Discounts –––

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Humans are social creatures; we live in family groups, socialise with friends, and work with colleagues both in person and online. Yet, how many friends do you really have? Evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar says it won't be more than 150. Proposed in the 1990s, ‘Dunbar's number' puts a limit on the number of stable relationships humans can maintain at any given time, and his ‘social brain hypothesis' suggests that brain size is directly related to social group size in mammals. In short, the bigger the group, the bigger the brain. In this interview with our sister publication, Research Outreach, we find out how Dunbar's education moved from philosophy to psychology and how his research moved from primates to people, as well as why size matters when it comes to social groups and evolution.Read more in Research Outreach 

My guest is Dr. Michael Platt, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. We discuss how factors such as hormonal or social status influence what we value, how we make decisions, and even our perceptions across a range of areas, from who and what we find attractive to our political affiliations. We also discuss how humans evaluate and shift power in relationships and form hierarchies in groups. Dr. Platt also shares new science-based tools for improving focus, creativity, and attention. Read the full show notes for this episode at hubermanlab.com. Sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman Our Place: https://fromourplace.com/huberman Wealthfront**: https://wealthfront.com/huberman BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/huberman Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman **This experience may not be representative of the experience of other clients of Wealthfront, and there is no guarantee that all clients will have similar experiences. Cash Account is offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. The Annual Percentage Yield (“APY”) on cash deposits as of December 27,‬ 2024, is representative, subject to change, and requires no minimum. Funds in the Cash Account are swept to partner banks where they earn the variable‭ APY. Promo terms and FDIC coverage conditions apply. Same-day withdrawal or instant payment transfers may be limited by destination institutions, daily transaction caps, and by participating entities such as Wells Fargo, the RTP® Network, and FedNow® Service. New Cash Account deposits are subject to a 2-4 day holding period before becoming available for transfer. Timestamps 00:00:00 Dr. Michael Platt 00:02:12 Humans, Old World Primates & Decision-Making; Swiss Army Knife Analogy 00:07:52 Sponsors: Our Place & Wealthfront 00:11:01 Attention Allocation, Resource Foraging 00:16:40 Social Media; Marginal Value Theorem, Distraction 00:22:22 Tool: Remove Phone from Room; Attention & Urgency 00:25:23 Tool: Self Conversation; Visual Input, Attention as a Skill 00:29:29 Warming-Up Focus, Tool: Visual Aperture & Attention 00:38:57 Sponsor: AG1 00:40:13 Control of Attention, Tool: Changing Environment 00:44:07 Attention Continuum, Professions, Measuring Business Skill with Neuroscience 00:53:06 Theory of Mind, Covert Attention, Attentional Spotlights 01:00:05 Primates, Hormone Status, Brain Size, Monogamy 01:09:31 Monkeys, Neuronal Multiplexing & Context; Equitable Relationships 01:20:05 Sponsor: BetterHelp 01:21:11 Relationships, Power Dynamics, Neuroethology 01:29:34 Humans, Females & Hormone Status; Monkeys, Social Images, Hormones 01:38:03 Humans, Attractiveness, Value-Based Decision Making 01:44:32 Altruism, Group Selection & Cooperation, Selflessness 01:49:08 Males, Testosterone, Behavior Changes 01:55:46 Sponsor: Function 01:57:34 Oxytocin, Pro-Social Behaviors, Behavioral Synchrony 02:08:13 MDMA, Oxytocin, Anxiety; Social Touch, Despair & Isolation 02:17:12 Isolation, Social Connections & Strangers, Tool: Deep Conversation Questions 02:21:17 Bridging the Divide, Tribes & Superficial Biases 02:26:58 Testosterone, Risk-Taking Behavior 02:30:52 Decision-Making, Tool: Accurate or Fast? 02:38:31 Decision-Making, Impact of Time & Fatigue 02:45:23 Advertising, Status, Celebrity, Monkeys 02:52:19 Hierarchy; Abundance & Scarcity, Money & Happiness, Loss Aversion 03:02:47 Meme Coins, Celebrity Endorsement, Social Sensitivity 03:12:22 Decisions & Urgency; Bounded & Ecological Rationality 03:18:09 Longevity Movement; Mortality & Motivation 03:24:48 Retirement?, Serial Pursuits & Pivoting 03:30:17 Apple or Samsung?, Brand Loyalty, Empathy 03:38:15 Political Affiliation, Empathy 03:46:22 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter Disclaimer & Disclosures

Spiegs wants to access Ant Herron's massive football brain (size matters) full 1255 Fri, 14 Feb 2025 01:38:44 +0000 YlCrud4inyhdEOb0G8n4tHoMX4SFYDOo sports Spiegel & Holmes Show sports Spiegs wants to access Ant Herron's massive football brain (size matters) Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes bring you Chicago sports talk with great opinions, guests and fun. Join Spiegel and Holmes as they discuss the Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls, Cubs and White Sox and delve into the biggest sports storylines of the day. Recurring guests include Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson, former Bears coach Dave Wannstedt, former Bears center Olin Kreutz, Cubs manager Craig Counsell, Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner and MLB Network personality Jon Morosi. Catch the show live Monday through Friday (2 p.m. - 6 p.m. CT) on 670 The Score, the exclusive audio home of the Cubs and the Bulls, or on the Audacy app. 2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc. Sports False https://player.ampe

Join us for an engaging episode featuring Lucy Shiels, an audiologist from the University of Melbourne, who specialises in assessing and supporting listening difficulties in neurodivergent children. She investigates whether remote microphone technology can enhance focus for children with ADHD and autism in noisy classroom environments. Samantha Melrose, a graduate researcher under the supervision of Professor Patrick Humbert at the La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, discusses her exciting research into gut health in astronauts exposed to low gravity environments and her Gastronaut-01 experimental mission to space on the rocket Mapheus-15 campaign in Kiruna, Sweden. In our weekly science news segment, we explore intriguing topics such as the structure of large hailstones and the evolution of human brain size. Tune in with presenters Dr. Shane, Dr. Lauren, and Dr. Ray for an informative and captivating episode.Program page: Einstein-A-Go-GoFacebook page: Einstein-A-Go-GoTwitter: Einstein-A-Go-Go

Does having a big brain make you better at finding food? It's a difficult question to answer ethically. Unless you have access to an island.

Episode: 2749 The Neanderthals — smart enough for football?  Today, the Neanderthals.

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Full disclosure - I haven't always loved crows. It wasn't that many years ago when I walked into an aviary at Woodland Park Zoo and had a panic attack. Being shut into a confined space with birds flitting here and there called to mind Alfred Hitchcock's classic, The Birds. I had to step outside and collect myself on a stone bench. Later though, when I became a mother, I saw birds through the eyes of my children. We set up fairy houses in the yard and watched for hummingbirds. My first trip to Alaska sealed the deal. Yeah, we have bald eagles in Seattle. They sometimes circle in the skies overhead, but that's NOTHING compared to what Homer, Alaska had in store. They linger on the spit feet away, perched three across on a driftwood log beside our firepit. They were glorious. It was after that trip that I began to take note of all our neighborhood birds. During a stretch of brittle winter weather, a duo of crows looked at me through the patio doors. They were hungry. I began to feed them and they cawed in thanks. They would hang back on the gate and watch as I brewed my morning coffee. They knew after feeding my cats and dog, I'd sprinkle something nutritious in the yard for them. They knew I was a crow lover, but, and maybe it was the bird dog growling behind me, they never fully trusted me. No matter. I was head over heels in love with crows. Soon two became three. Three became four. The word had gotten out that I had a soft spot for these remarkable, beautiful creatures. It was around that time when I heard an interview on NPR of two UW researchers that were studying crows. They told the story of a woman who fed them for years and the crows, in turn, left her tiny treasures, like a I LIKE IKE pin. I wanted my crows to bring me something, too, so I upped the quality of my offerings. My love affair with crows continues to this day. I found a kindred spirit on TikTok, The Corvid Corner. She not only feeds crows, she rescues them, and goes so far as to make her own suet cakes for these glorious birds. Bear with my scratchy voice as I struggled with the flu during this interesting conversation with my new friend across the pond. We talk candidly about the birds that have stolen our hearts.Please give her a follow on TikTok and watch her incredible, uplifting, and often informative videos there. Here's one article about UW professors studying crows!EMAIL US YOUR FEEDBACK OR STORY!(Let us know if you wish to remain anonymous or if using your first name is okay)Email us at: Curious_Cat_Podcast@icloud.comCurious Cat and Crew on Socials:Curious Cat on TwitterCurious Cat on InstagramCurious Cat on TikTokArt Director – Nora HotesAudio Engineer - Aidan ConnersSOMETHING SPECIAL IS COMING TO CURIOUS CAT SEASON 3! SUBSCRIBE NOW SO YOU DON'T MISS AN EPISODE!

Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.11.03.514996v1?rss=1 Authors: Seidlitz, J., Mallard, T. T., Vogel, J. W., Lee, Y. H., Warrier, V., Ball, G., Hansson, O., Hernandez, L. M., Mandal, A. S., Wagstyl, K., Lombardo, M. V., Courchesne, E., Glessner, J. T., Satterthwaite, T. D., Bethlehem, R. A. I., Lifespan Brain Chart Consortium,, Tasaki, S., Ng, B., Gaiteri, C., Smoller, J. W., Ge, T., Gandal, M. J., Alexander-Bloch, A. F. Abstract: Human brain size increases dynamically through early development, peaks in adolescence, and varies up to two-fold among adults. Although previous studies have elucidated changes in brain size across evolution, development, traits, and diseases, the molecular underpinnings of interindividual variation in brain size remain unknown. Here, we leverage postmortem brain RNA sequencing and estimates of brain weight (BW) in 2,531 individuals across three independent datasets, to identify 928 genes that show genome-wide significant associations with either higher or lower BW (BW+, BW-, respectively). These BW gene sets showed distinct neurodevelopmental trajectories and spatial patterns that mapped onto developmental, functional and cellular axes of brain organization. Expression differences among evolutionarily conserved BW genes were predictive of interspecies differences in brain size, and functional annotation of BW genes revealed enrichment for neurogenesis and cell-cell communication. Genome-wide, transcriptome-wide, and phenome-wide association analyses of in vivo neuroimaging phenotypes confirmed that the genetic regulation of BW- transcripts influences cortical surface area and volume, as well as behavioral traits related to brain function and disease. Cumulatively, our study represents a major step towards the goal of delineating the causal mechanisms of human brain size variation in health and disease. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC

The Archaeology Podcast Network is taking a bit of a break for October, 2022. In the mean time, we're introducing you to some of the other fantastic shows that we produce. Here's the “A Life in Ruins” Podcast with one of their more popular episodes. Enjoy! On this episode of A Life In Ruins Podcast, we have our good friend and frequent collaborator Stefan Milo on the podcast. Stefan is in the process of researching for a video on human brain size, and we talk about what he has found. Researchers have noted a decrease in brain size in humans within the last 30,000 years. We take a deep dive into how brain size has changed throughout the evolution of the genus Homo and potential reasons for the decrease in brain size. We talk about the possibility of human self-domestication and the theories surrounding it. Links When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New Change-Point Analysis and Insights From Brain Evolution in Ants by DeSilva et al. Hypotheses for the Evolution of Reduced Reactive Aggression in the Context of Human Self-Domestication by Richard W. Wrangham Guest Links Stefan Milo's Youtube Channel Stefan Milo's Website Stefan Milo's Instagram and Twitter: @historysmilo Stefan Milo's book Tales of Ancient Worlds: Adventures in Archaeology A Life in Ruins Contact Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

In today's episode of Barbell Shrugged you will learn: How alcohol affects brain size and the latest research  Cognitive changes caused by alcohol volume and frequency Guidelines for improving micronutrient absorption. How to improve protein digestion and absorption How to use blood flow restriction to improve hypertrophy When is the best time to incorporate blood flow restriction Potential issues to BFR and why you need specialized equipment   To learn more, please go to https://rapidhealthreport.com Connect with our guests: Anders Varner on Instagram Doug Larson on Instagram Coach Travis Mash on Instagram Dan Garner on Instagram ————————————————  Please Support Our Sponsors Eight Sleep - Save $150 on the Pod Pro and Pod Pro Cover

I am extremely honoured to be a part of Orthomolecular News Service, and lately, Dr Richard Cheng and I had a fascinating talk regarding brain development, which I have shared with you this week on the Unstress. (Link in bio to listen)   Join me today as I go through my conversation with Richard and cover important issues including brain development, Robin Dunbar's Human Evolution, regenerative agriculture, tuberculosis bacteria, and so much more! ----  You can also watch this episode at https://drronehrlich.com/  ----- TIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH? Join me in my online health programs.  ----- CONNECT WITH ME You can ask questions via social media using my Instagram or Facebook or TikTok or YouTube page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's episode is a little different in that it started out as an invitation for me to be interviewed and turned into a chat that I thought you might enjoy. Let's all welcome back Dr Richard Cheng. Last year we had a conversation about the benefits of Vitamin C and the American & Chinese approaches to the pandemic. It was a great episode. This week, join us as Richard and I tackle evolution, brain size, orthomolecular medicine, and so much more. It was a worthwhile conversation to share with you. ----- CREDITS: Host: Dr Ron Ehrlich Guest: Dr Richard Cheng Producer: Amelia Navascues ----  You can also watch this episode at https://drronehrlich.com/  ----- TIME TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH? Join me in my online health programs.  ----- CONNECT WITH ME You can ask questions via social media using my Instagram or Facebook or TikTok or YouTube page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of A Life In Ruins Podcast, we have our good friend and frequent collaborator Stefan Milo on the podcast. Stefan is in the process of researching for a video on human brain size, and we talk about what he has found. Researchers have noted a decrease in brain size in humans within the last 30,000 years. We take a deep dive into how brain size has changed throughout the evolution of the genus Homo and potential reasons for the decrease in brain size. We talk about the possibility of human self-domestication and the theories surrounding it. If you have left a review of the podcast on iTunes or Spotify, please email us at alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com so we can get shipping information to send you a sticker. If you are listening to this episode on the "Archaeology Podcast Network All Shows Feed," please consider subscribing to the "A Life in Ruins Podcast" channel to support our show. Listening to and downloading our episodes on the A Life in Ruins channel helps our podcast grow. So please, subscribe to the A Life in Ruins Podcast, hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network, on whichever platform you are using to listen to us on the "All Shows Feed." Support our show by following our channel. Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot! Connect with James on Twitter: @paleoimaging Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information. For rough transcripts of this episode go to www.archpodnet.com/ruins/105 Links When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New Change-Point Analysis and Insights From Brain Evolution in Ants by DeSilva et al. Hypotheses for the Evolution of Reduced Reactive Aggression in the Context of Human Self-Domestication by Richard W. Wrangham Guest Links Stefan Milo's Youtube Channel Stefan Milo's Website Stefan Milo's Instagram and Twitter: @historysmilo Stefan Milo's book Tales of Ancient Worlds: Adventures in Archaeology Contact Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

On this episode of A Life In Ruins Podcast, we have our good friend and frequent collaborator Stefan Milo on the podcast. Stefan is in the process of researching for a video on human brain size, and we talk about what he has found. Researchers have noted a decrease in brain size in humans within the last 30,000 years. We take a deep dive into how brain size has changed throughout the evolution of the genus Homo and potential reasons for the decrease in brain size. We talk about the possibility of human self-domestication and the theories surrounding it. If you have left a review of the podcast on iTunes or Spotify, please email us at alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com so we can get shipping information to send you a sticker. If you are listening to this episode on the "Archaeology Podcast Network All Shows Feed," please consider subscribing to the "A Life in Ruins Podcast" channel to support our show. Listening to and downloading our episodes on the A Life in Ruins channel helps our podcast grow. So please, subscribe to the A Life in Ruins Podcast, hosted by the Archaeology Podcast Network, on whichever platform you are using to listen to us on the "All Shows Feed." Support our show by following our channel. Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot! Connect with James on Twitter: @paleoimaging Interested in sponsoring this show or podcast ads for your business? Zencastr makes it really easy! Click this message for more info. Start your own podcast with Zencastr and get 30% off your first three months with code RUINS. Click this message for more information. For rough transcripts of this episode go to www.archpodnet.com/ruins/105 Links When and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size? A New Change-Point Analysis and Insights From Brain Evolution in Ants by DeSilva et al. Hypotheses for the Evolution of Reduced Reactive Aggression in the Context of Human Self-Domestication by Richard W. Wrangham Guest Links Stefan Milo's Youtube Channel Stefan Milo's Website Stefan Milo's Instagram and Twitter: @historysmilo Stefan Milo's book Tales of Ancient Worlds: Adventures in Archaeology Contact Email: alifeinruinspodcast@gmail.com Instagram: @alifeinruinspodcast Facebook: @alifeinruinspodcast Twitter: @alifeinruinspod Website: www.alifeinruins.com Ruins on APN: https://www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins Store: https://www.redbubble.com/people/alifeinruins/shop ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion

Many birds that play do it alone by swinging, sliding, or rolling around. Some species interact with objects, like dropping a stone and picking it up again. But a select few birds – like these crows – play with other members of their species. Scientists call this social play. It appears to have implications for the evolution of brain size among birds as well as our own species. Learn more at BirdNote.org.

Doing household chores can improve brain health in older adults.

"What can I do to get other family members to help with household chores?" Think differently about them! People who do more chores have larger brains.

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Richard Walter Wrangham (born 1948) is an English anthropologist and primatologist. His research and writing have involved ape behavior, human evolution, violence, and cooking. In this episode we discuss: Biological Anthropology Humans Importance of fire Use of fire at increasing our brain size How our biology depends on culture Difference between roles of men and women in Hunter-Gatherer societies Relationships in Hunter-Gatherer societies Why all human societies have been patriarchal and possibility of matriarchal societies Warfare Buy Richard's Books: Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003F5NSVK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07FDPZNMY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Make sure to Like, Share and Subscribe if you enjoyed the episode! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LittleBrainsBigTopics You can find us on: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkXYM0v5AtEiS1FV-7nkakQ/ https://www.facebook.com/Little-Brains-Big-Topics-100713241600938/?modal=admin_todo_tour https://www.instagram.com/littlebrainsbigtopics/ https://twitter.com/big_topics https://open.spotify.com/show/7fgsElbVdoSJyzMKmr83Dk https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/little-brains-big-topics/id1506431166

In this show you will learn: Why are we so complicated? Even Jesus would get frustrated. Peace, why it’s so hard to get over ourselves. Laughing, smiling and your brain. Happiness is not dependent on being partnered. Ionophores and what you should know Zinc a an ionophore and its role with hydroxychloroquine Air is the new food: pollution and brain health Gut microbes and viral infections Body weight has alarming impact on brain function Censorship in today’s pandemic medical space and Dr. Brownstein And more. This show combines science and entertainment with probing questions and perspectives. You won’t want to miss this!

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Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.06.04.135525v1?rss=1 Authors: Lau, H. Y. G., Fulcher, B. D., Fornito, A. Abstract: The structure of the adult brain is the result of complex physical mechanisms acting through development. Accordingly, the brain's spatial embedding plays a key role in its structural and functional organization, including the gradient-like patterning of gene expression that encodes the molecular underpinning of functional specialization. But we do not understand how this transcriptional heterogeneity is spatially organized across the major alterations in brain geometry that occur through development. Here we investigate the spatial embedding of transcriptional patterns of over 1800 genes across seven time points through mouse-brain development using data from the Allen Developing Mouse Brain Atlas. We find that the similarity of transcriptional patterns decreases exponentially with separation distance across all developmental time points, with a correlation length scale that satisfies a power-law scaling relationship with a linear dimension of brain size. This scaling suggests that the mouse brain achieves a characteristic spatial balance between local transcriptional similarity (within functionally specialized brain areas) and longer-range diversity (between functionally specialized brain areas) throughout its development. Extrapolating this mouse-developmental scaling relationship to predict the correlation length of gene expression in the human cortex yields a slight overestimate, consistent with the human cortex being more molecularly diverse and functionally specialized than the mouse brain. We develop a simple model of brain growth as spatially autocorrelated gene-expression gradients that expand through development, which captures key features of the mouse developmental data. Complementing the well-known exponential distance rule for structural connectivity, our findings thus characterize an exponential distance rule for transcriptional gradients that scales across mouse-brain development, providing new understanding of the molecular patterns underlying the functional specialization in the brain. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

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Recent discoveries about the brain have uncovered more of its complexity and changed what we thought we knew about it. Will more discoveries in the future change our views again? Robert J. Marks discusses neuroplasticity, restoring brain function through brain stimulation, and other fascinating discoveries about the human brain with Yuri Danilov. Show Notes 0:01:13 | Introducing Yuri Danilov, Senior Read More › Source

Recent discoveries about the brain have uncovered more of its complexity and changed what we thought we knew about it. Will more discoveries in the future change our views again? Robert J. Marks discusses neuroplasticity, restoring brain function through brain stimulation, and other fascinating discoveries about the human brain with Yuri Danilov. Show Notes 0:01:13 | Introducing Yuri Danilov, Senior… Source

This week on The Method Section, Tom investigates brain size and complexity and how it relates to animal intelligence. Does having a bigger brain correlate to the intelligence of an animal or is it the relative brain size and complexity that determines it? Or is it none of these? Find out a bit about the history of comparative brain size studies, what we learnt from them and why they needed to change! Tom takes a look at the marine mammals, specifically cetaceans and looks at their case of being intelligent, are they as smart as people think? Music by: Joakim Karud - https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud.

Inder Verma and colleagues describe how a breast cancer-associated gene might be implicated in brain size control in mammals.

The size of brains in the animal kingdom is wildly different, from melon-sized in blue whales to pea-sized in shrews. But does a bigger brain mean a more powerful one? CrowdScience listener Bob wondered just this as he watched various sized dogs running amok in his local park: the Great Dane has a much larger brain than a Chihuahua’s, yet the job of ‘being a dog’ surely requires the same brain power. So why have a big brain if a small one would do? A search for the answer takes Geoff Marsh to dog agility trials, behind the scenes at London’s Natural History Museum and a laboratory that studies bumble bees. It turns out that size does matter, but not in the way you might think. Presenter: Geoff Marsh Producer: Dom Byrne (Photo: Great Dane HARLEQUIN and a chihuahua Getty Images)

You done did it now!  Social media across the board has banned Alex Jones and he is PISSED!  How do Eddie and Ray feel about this UNPRECEDENTED move by the major power players on the internet?...well, maybe Alex Jones was on to something because it has been tested and proven, your cell phone is LISTENING to all of your real life conversations!  How is this even possible?  We discuss in-depth, don't miss it!  We also talk about the science behind the importance of hugging your baby, people getting paid $40/hour to cuddle with your co-workers, and the results when an octopus was given MDMA!  Thanks for sitcking with us, we love you guys! Be the envy of all your friends and get your official JOAT swag at https://shop.spreadshirt.com/jerk-of-all-trades-podcast/ Holla for a Dolla! Get a shoutout for $1 on the podcast! www.patreon.com/joatpodcast Also don't forget to check out audibletrial.com/JOATPODCAST for your free audiobook and 30 day trial to audible.com! Hit us up at JerkOfAllTradesPodcast@gmail.com or visit JOATPodcast.com All artwork for JOAT was created by Joe Woiak. Make sure to check him out at https://www.instagram.com/Stinkygoblin_emporium/ Shoutout to THUNDER DRIVER for the new JOAT Podcast Soundtrack!  Check them out at thunderdriver1.bandcamp.com! Episode 51: Alex Jones banned from having friends, hugging increases brain size, and more!

Dr. David Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and the author of the terrifically titled #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar, Your Brain's Silent Killers. Dr. Perlmutter is going to tell you 2 things you can do right now to actually regrow your own brain cells. Pretty cool. On the show we chat about: The surprising reason you should be eating more cholesterol. How eating fat makes you smart. The brain-building effects of musical training. The 2 things you can do right now to literally regrow your brain. And much more... Alright, let's go hang out with Dr David Perlmutter. Click here to read the show notes on fatburningman.com.

Dr. Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and author of #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain. In this interview, he's going to tell you 2 things you can do right now to actually regrow your own brain cells.

Dr. David Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and the author of the terrifically titled #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar, Your Brain's Silent Killers. Dr. Perlmutter is going to tell you 2 things you can do right now to actually regrow your own brain cells. Pretty cool. On the show we chat about: The surprising reason you should be eating more cholesterol. How eating fat makes you smart. The brain-building effects of musical training. The 2 things you can do right now to literally regrow your brain. And much more... Alright, let's go hang out with Dr David Perlmutter. Click here to read the show notes on fatburningman.com.

Dr. Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and author of #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain. In this interview, he's going to tell you 2 things you can do right now to actually regrow your own brain cells.

Dr. Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and author of #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain. In this interview, he's going to tell you 2 things you can do right now to actually regrow your own brain cells.

Dr. Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and author of #1 New York Times bestseller, Grain Brain. In this interview, he's going to tell you 2 things you can do right now to actually regrow your own brain cells.

BRIAN HARE is an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University in North Carolina and founder of the Duke Canine Cognition Center. He is the co-author (with Vanessa Woods) of The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/brian_hare-absolute-brain-size-matters

The idea that the larger the brain, the higher the intelligence is an old one, but it's pretty much utterly false. Modern investigation into how the brain works suggests there's a lot more to take into account when comparing brain biology to intellect. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The idea that the larger the brain, the higher the intelligence is an old one, but it's pretty much utterly false. Modern investigation into how the brain works suggests there's a lot more to take into account when comparing brain biology to intellect. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

For this episode, special guest Nancy Padilla (E5: Neural Oscillations) returns to talk about a topic she now studies: social neuroscience. We get into the methods this rather new field uses to probe the neural processes behind social interaction, including the inherent difficulties in studying such a complex subject. We go from special pathways for bottom-up social processing such as smells and facial recognition to ideas about theory of mind and cooperation. In the process, we hit on the mirror neuron system, simultaneous dual-brain recordings, and the role of philosophy in the field. Two common questions throughout are: (1) are humans unique amongst animals? and (2) is social processing unique amongst neuroscience topics? Ultimately, we try to discover if social neuroscience is greater than the sum of its parts. We read: Conceptual Challenges and Directions for Social Neuroscience Brain Basis of Human Social Interaction: From Concepts to Brain Imaging Brain-to-Brain coupling: A mechanism for creating and sharing a social world And mentioned: Episode 10: Brain Size

Vanderpump Rules jumps into the second part of its reunion with some more LaLa snaps, Nikolai tell offs and a Jax and Brit preview. What big words will Katie spew this week? Enjoy! Subscribe at http://www.patreon.com/watchwhatcrappens for bonus episodes, ringtones, and live group video chat parties. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Following yesterday's US House Committee on Science,Space,and Technology's controversial hearing on scientific method and climate change, Adam Rutherford meets atmospheric scientist Professor Michael Mann after he emerged from the heated debate and who's just published a new paper suggesting a direct link between extreme weather and greenhouse gases via a particular behaviour of the jet stream across the northern hemisphere How has intelligence evolved? For over 2 decades the idea has prevailed that primate brain size and intelligence has been driven mainly by complex social hierarchies. But a new study by Alex DeCascien of New York University suggests that diet is a better predictor of brain size. This month is the 6th anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of Japan's coastline. Roland Pease reports on new research that aims to embrace uncertainty to improve quake forecasting And we hear how you can join in the search for the missing mysterious 9th planet of our solar system. Adam Rutherford hears from astronomer Brad Tucker on Walkabout at the Mount Stromlo Observatory in New South Wales Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

It's the big 1-0 here at Unsupervised Thinking and for it we are tackling a big topic: brain size! [insert obligatory "does size matter" joke here]. Ever since humans started using their intelligence to compare their brains to that of other animals, we've been searching for what makes us so much more intelligent than those other animals. In this episode we ask are we so much more intelligent? And if so is it due to our brain mass? volume? number of neurons? After summarizing how these properties vary across species, we get into the evolutionary pressures that would lead to big brains and how scientists study brain size today. Finally, we look within humans to see how brain size varies across people and whether it's correlated with intelligence. Throughout we learn that Conor is freaked out by the fact that whales are mammals in water and Josh has some really weird ideas about fabric.

The idea that the larger the brain, the higher the intelligence is an old one, but it's pretty much utterly false. Modern investigation into how the brain works suggests there's a lot more to take into account when comparing brain biology to intellect. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

The idea that the larger the brain, the higher the intelligence is an old one, but it's pretty much utterly false. Modern investigation into how the brain works suggests there's a lot more to take into account when comparing brain biology to intellect. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Inder Verma and colleagues describe how a breast cancer-associated gene might be implicated in brain size control in mammals.

You guys have been requesting today's guest for a while now. Dr. David Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and the author of the terrifically titled, #1 New York Times Bestseller, “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers.” This show was a ton of fun for me personally, and is chock-full of awesome information. On the show we talk about: The surprising reason you should be eating more cholesterol. How eating fat makes you smart. The brain-building effects of musical training. The 2 things you can do right now to literally regrow your brain. Big news and updates: The Fat-Burning Man Show managed to break iTunes charts and get BOTH the audio and video podcasts in the TOP 10! Thank you as always for the amazing support. If you have a moment, we would love it if you left a review! As if that wasn't already exciting enough, we also released The Fat-Burning Chef this week! Be sure to head to the Facebook page as well for a whole bunch of giveaways.   #Ketogenic diet can actually lead to mitochondrial biogenesis. Who couldn't use more mitochondria? #grainbrain Click to Tweet! What's one thing you learned from Dr. Perlmutter that you'll start doing TODAY to help your brain?

You guys have been requesting today's guest for a while now. Dr. David Perlmutter is a board-certified neurologist and the author of the terrifically titled, #1 New York Times Bestseller, “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers.” This show was a ton of fun for me personally, and is chock-full of awesome information. On the show we talk about: The surprising reason you should be eating more cholesterol. How eating fat makes you smart. The brain-building effects of musical training. The 2 things you can do right now to literally regrow your brain. Big news and updates: The Fat-Burning Man Show managed to break iTunes charts and get BOTH the audio and video podcasts in the TOP 10! Thank you as always for the amazing support. If you have a moment, we would love it if you left a review! As if that wasn't already exciting enough, we also released The Fat-Burning Chef this week! Be sure to head to the Facebook page as well for a whole bunch of giveaways.   #Ketogenic diet can actually lead to mitochondrial biogenesis. Who couldn't use more mitochondria? #grainbrain Click to Tweet! What's one thing you learned from Dr. Perlmutter that you'll start doing TODAY to help your brain?

In this Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Seminar, Stephen Montgomery (University of Cambridge) discusses "The evolutionary history and genetics of primate brain size." 15 June 2011.

Transcript: Humans are special. There is no escaping that fact. On this planet, humans are the only creatures that have evolved the capability to adapt to their environment and control their global environment. Humans have also developed the ability for abstract thought, for mathematics, and humans have figured out ways of understanding the entirety of the universe that they live in which is a fantastic achievement in only a few thousand years. But what at a genetic level is special about the large brains of humans? In one sense, the complexity is truly amazing. The human genome has information content in a four letter alphabet equivalent to a large book or an encyclopedia, some billions of bits of information. However, the human brain has ten to the twelve or a trillion cells, and these cells have ten to the power fifteen or a thousand trillion connections. These electrical-chemical connections and the networks they form are the basis for our intelligence. Ten to the power fifteen is a huge number, and it implies a large amount of complexity. Obeying Moore’s Law, if computers were to continue to develop as they have done, computers could potentially rival this level of connectivity and storage of information in about twenty years. We have no idea whether this means that humans can develop technology that becomes intelligent as well.

Transcript: The normal rate of evolution via natural selection is slow at a genetic level. There typically is one mutation for every 100,000 divisions of a cell. However, when brains form, the acceleration of evolution is possible, because brains enable the manipulation of the environment. On Earth, brain size tends to scale with the size of the organism. Humans have a relatively large brain for their size, but similar ratios are seen in orcas and other marine mammals, and elephants are not that dissimilar. We believe the complexity of the human brain outstrips the complexity of any other brain of an animal on Earth, but evaluating the intelligence of other animals that we share the planet with is difficult. Orcas, for example, are top of the food chain in the oceans, have a large and complex brain surface, have a complex language, as yet not understood by us, engage in play, have complex social networks, hunt in groups, and do other sophisticated behaviors. How intelligent are orcas, or even other great apes? It is hard to say. We share 95% or our DNA with the great apes, and some species of chimpanzees are so similar to us that they’re barely a different species, and yet humans are special in their high capacity for abstract thought.

This week, we turned 5! No wonder we act like preschoolers! Do you pray for health? What about money? Or venereal disease? But do you pray to Vladimir Putin? It depends on the size of your brain!

This week, we turned 5! No wonder we act like preschoolers! Do you pray for health? What about money? Or venereal disease? But do you pray to Vladimir Putin? It depends on the size of your brain!

Why is Jupiter round and how does it hold onto its gas, how does skin thickness vary around the body, why does milk soothe the effects of chilli, how do brain sizes vary amongst animals, what makes a person blush, why don't we deafen ourselves when we shout and what makes bottoms attractive? Join Dr Chris as he pits his wits against this week's crop of questions... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Why is Jupiter round and how does it hold onto its gas, how does skin thickness vary around the body, why does milk soothe the effects of chilli, how do brain sizes vary amongst animals, what makes a person blush, why don't we deafen ourselves when we shout and what makes bottoms attractive? Join Dr Chris as he pits his wits against this week's crop of questions... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Tom talks about streamlining communication, Biota.org Chat, changing brain sizes, predators, event-driven simulation and an INTEL update

Tom talks about streamlining communication, Biota.org Chat, changing brain sizes, predators, event-driven simulation and an INTEL update