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Send us a Text Message.Today's episode is our first as we delve into how neuroscience informs our understanding of dyslexia. We will touch on the evidence for a neurobiological basis that increases the risk of experiencing challenges with reading and spelling words. Today's guest is a leading neuroscientist in the field of literacy and dyslexia research. Dr. Ozernov-Palchik is a research scientist at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a senior research scientist at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. She also served as the program director and lecturer for the Mind, Brain, and Education master's program at Harvard Graduate School of Education from 2019 to 2022. Dr. Ozernov-Palchik received her Ph.D. in cognitive science and child development from Tufts University. Her research focuses on the neurocognitive mechanisms of reading and language comprehension, exploring how these processes vary across individuals and throughout development. She employs advanced cross-disciplinary methods, including adult and pediatric multimodal neuroimaging, randomized controlled trials, psycholinguistic experiments, and longitudinal modeling. In addition to her research, Dr. Ozernov-Palchik has been a strong advocate for universal screening for early literacy and evidence-based literacy instruction, both locally and nationally. She has received the Early Career Award from the International Dyslexia Association and has an impressive publication record. Moreover, she has presented her work at numerous national and international conferences and meetings.Share your thoughts and follow your host on X @OdegardTim

In this episode, I interviewed Dr. Ubadah Sabbagh & Dr. Daniel Gonzales. Ubadah is a Syrian neuroscientist and NIH K00 Fellow at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, and Daniel just started a faculty position at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. They met over social media, are freakin' HILARIOUS, and I am so glad I got to put them together in a Zoom room! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fromwheredoesitstem/message

Greg and Matias interview Ed Boyden about neuroscience frontiers and its applications to mental health.Ed is a pioneer in understanding the fundamental mechanisms of the brain. He runs a lab at MIT for Synthetic Neurobiology and is a professor across the departments of neurotechnology, biological engineering, and cognitive science at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research. His inventions include optogenetic tools and expansion microscopy. He is co-founder of Cognito Therapeutics, Elemind, TI Solutions, and Synlife, and scientific advisor to several other companies. In this episode, we discuss…Academia vs. startups for neuroscience advancementEvaluating data vs intuition to assess new technologiesBreakthroughs like optogenetics and expansion microscopyHow to translate neurotech into companies/commercializationApproaches for clearly communicating and "storytelling" complex science.Credits:Created by Greg Kubin and Matias SerebrinskyHost: Matias Serebrinsky & Greg KubinProduced by Jonathan A. Davis,  Nico V. Rey & Caitlin NerFind us at businesstrip.fm and psymed.venturesFollow us on Instagram and Twitter!Theme music by Dorian LoveAdditional Music: Distant Daze by Zack Frank

Step into the captivating world of Dr. Ev Fedorenko, the maestro of neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. In this cerebral adventure, we explore language models, challenge the link between language and thought, and unravel the evolutionary tale that shaped the intricate language landscape of the human brain. Join us as we navigate the polyglot's maze, where emotions and stress leave their mark on the dance of linguistic cognition. Welcome to a brief, yet riveting, exploration of the science behind language, guided by the brilliance of Dr. Fedorenko. [00:49] - About Dr Ev Fedorenko Ev Fedorenko is a cognitive neuroscientist specializing in the study of language. Throughout her entire adult life, she has dedicated herself to understanding how the human brain supports the use of language. Currently serving as an associate professor in the Neuroscience and Brain and Cognitive Science department at MIT, she is also affiliated with the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Her contributions extend to having a lab named after her, the EV lab, which is focused on unravelling the mysteries of how the brain creates language. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support

In questo audio il prezioso incontro con Davide Zoccolan neuroscienziato Marinella Senatore artista. L'intervista è in Contemporaneamente di Mariantonietta Firmani, il podcast pensato per Artribune.In Contemporaneamente podcast trovate incontri tematici con autorevoli interpreti del contemporaneo tra arte e scienza, letteratura, storia, filosofia, architettura, cinema e molto altro. Per approfondire questioni auliche ma anche cogenti e futuribili. Dialoghi straniati per accedere a nuove letture e possibili consapevolezze dei meccanismi correnti: tra locale e globale, tra individuo e società, tra pensiero maschile e pensiero femminile, per costruire una visione ampia, profonda ed oggettiva della realtà. Davide Zoccolan e Marinella Senatore ci parlano di attività cerebrale e processo creativo collettivo, tra arte e neuroscienze, matematica ed empatia, interazioni tra reti neurali e sinergie di gruppi sociali. Multidisciplinarità e partecipazione come metodo e contenuto dell'opera. Il processo cognitivo che consente di interpretare ciò che vediamo, dal punto di vista computazionale è molto complesso, il suo studio ha permesso lo sviluppo dell'intelligenza artificiale ispirata all'architettura del cervello, e molto altro.ASCOLTA L'INTERVISTA!! GUARDA IL VIDEO!! https://youtu.be/b3pmFtkXVfc BREVI NOTE BIOGRAFICHE DEGLI AUTORIDavide Zoccolan neuroscienziato, laurea in fisica all'Università di Torino 1997; dottorato in biofisica presso la Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) Trieste, 2002. Dal 2003 al 2008 negli Stati Uniti è ricercatore in neuroscienze sistemiche e computazionali. Prima presso il McGovern Institute for Brain Research del Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). E poi al Rowland Institute della Harvard University, a Cambridge, Massachusetts.Successivamente, nel 2009 rientra in Italia e fonda il Laboratorio di Neuroscienze Visive nell'Area Neuroscienze della SISSA. Nel laboratorio studia le basi neuronali della visione mediante esperimenti di psicofisica e neurofisiologia, con metodi computazionali e “machine learning”. Inoltre, va detto che il Laboratorio nasce grazie al finanziamento dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e della Compagnia di San Paolo. Poi, nel 2014, ottiene un Consolidator Grant dallo European Research Council (ERC), il più prestigioso programma di finanziamento dell'Unione Europea. Ed ancora, fra il 2015 e il 2021 è professore associato di Psicobiologia e Psicologia Fisiologica. Dal 2021 è professore ordinario di Neurofisiologia. Già coordinatore del dottorato in Neuroscienze Cognitive della SISSA (2020 – 2022). Attualmente è coordinatore dell'Area di Neuroscienze dell'istituto. Marinella Senatore artista, studia musica, belle arti e cinema; la sua opera multidisciplinare fondata sulla partecipazione pubblica, attiva un dialogo tra storia, cultura e strutture sociali. Oltre ad insegnare in diverse università, sostiene regolarmente lectures presso numerosi istituti internazionali. Infatti, dal 2021 unica artista europea insegnante al The Alternative Art School (TAAS).Nel 2013 fonda The School of Narrative Dance, una scuola multidisciplinare, nomade e gratuita, basata su un'idea di educazione partecipativa e antigerarchica. La sua attività è oggi ampiamente riconosciuta in Italia e all'estero, grazie alla partecipazione in mostre personali e collettive nei più importanti spazi espositivi internazionali e all'invito in prestigiose biennali. Tra i numerosi premi a lei assegnati si menzionano: il Premio ACACIA 2021; la quarta e l'ottava edizione dell'Italian Council (2018-2019); l'International Art Grant a Dresda, 2017; il Premio MAXXI, 2014; il Premio “Museo Chiama Artista” di AMACI, 2014; la Borsa per Giovani Artisti del Castello di Rivoli, 2013; la Fellowship presso The American Academy in Rome, 2012; il New York Prize, 2010; la Dena Foundation Fellowship, 2009.

Understanding key factors that impact the real estate market is crucial when investing. Knowing how economic factors and government policies affect real estate investment potentials will instruct you on how, when, where, and what to invest in. Furthermore, learning how these forces work for or against each other will help you generate creative solutions and even discover unique opportunities amidst the complex and volatile markets that we're experiencing today.   Join us in our episode today as we bring in real estate expert Eric Silverman of Eastham Capital. We explore the impact that economic factors have on the multifamily market cycles and how investors should respond with creative solutions because opportunities are waiting even in a downturn phase. Find out his real estate outlook for the next 3 to 5 years as we also zero in on the value of strategic partnerships in growing a real estate business. Listen until the end and you'll hear how Eastham Capital's funds have evolved in the last 15 years. Lots of insight and lessons to learn so tune in now!   Key Points from This Episode: Eric's analysis of the impact of economic factors (interest rate, inflation rate, consumer price index, capital markets, supply and demand) on the multifamily real estate market conditions (debt cost, mortgage cost, debt service, rent growth, occupancy rate, etc.) What's the buying condition as Eric anticipated a volatile market? What are Eric's predictions on price corrections in the regions where they operate?  What creative solutions does Eric's company utilize to buy deals and why do others resort to mezzanine debt? What's the impediment to capital raising in the current market condition? Why rent growth, considered an inflation hedge by investors but actually pushes inflation up as housing costs go up, may drive more rent control legislation. Eric's predictions on deal pricing, rental demand, house buying in the next three to five years, and why he's bullish on the multifamily market  What will be the most compelling opportunities and the biggest risks in the next 3 to 5 years? Eric's advice to his younger self about forming valuable and lasting strategic partnerships The evolution of Eastham Capital's funds What role does mindset play in navigating the complex economic environment and multifamily real estate market? Eric's parting thoughts or words of wisdom Eric's contact details Tweetables: "Every effort that we can put into talking to up-and-coming and potential partners and trying to find ways to work with people to get those relationships going, that has really generated our best values over time." - Eric Silverman   “We need to be creative. We want to be in the market, we want to buy deals, but we don't want to overpay for deals.” - Eric Silverman   “The impediment to fundraising at the moment is uncertainty, uncertainty about where inflation is going to land.” - Eric Silverman   “When I project out a little bit further, I think that the tailwind of demand for rentals is super strong in the United States in pretty much every market.” - Eric Silverman   “From a multifamily perspective, it's not recession-proof but it can be recession-resilient because everybody needs a place to live.” —Tyler Chesser   “Investors need to be patient and find their spots. But stay in the business, keep working deals, keep looking for opportunities.” -  Eric Silverman   “Complex problems require creative solutions which create opportunities.” - Tyler Chesser   Links Mentioned Eric Silverman on LinkedIn Eastham Capital CF Capital   About Eric Silverman Eric Silverman is a founder and managing director of Eastham Capital.  Along with Matt Rosenthal, Eric is responsible for overseeing all operations of the company. He is also a founder of St. James Capital, LLC, an FHA-approved lender specializing in multifamily residential housing financial services.  From 1995-2010, Eric was President and then Chairman of RentGrow, Inc., until it was sold in 2010 to Yardi Systems. Before joining RentGrow, Eric was a founder and principal in St. James Mortgage Company, a Fannie Mae-approved residential mortgage banker. From 1991 to 1994, he directed and implemented the company's retail expansion into Massachusetts and New Hampshire and managed operations in those states. Eric learned the real estate industry through Holtzman and Silverman Construction and Realty, his family-owned business based in Michigan. H & S is a developer and manager of apartment and retail properties. Eric graduated from Bowdoin College in 1985 with an AB in Mathematics. In 1991, he earned the degree of Master of Science in Management, with a concentration in Finance, from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is an active alumnus of MIT, where he served as a judge in the $100K entrepreneurship competition for seven years. He is a founding director of Leader Bank in Arlington, MA. Eric is also on the Board of The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Network – Partners Continuing Care, and he is a Friend of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. --------------- Are you a real estate investor looking to elevate your income, freedom & lifestyle? If so, optimize your daily performance by downloading our free guide, Raising the Bar - 5 Steps to Elevate Your Habits, at elevatepod.com. In this guide, created by your host Tyler Chesser, you'll learn why you do what you do, how to easily institute cues in your environment to trigger desired behavior, directly applicable steps to create a fulfilling future and much more. Get your free copy at elevatepod.com and kick-start your new habits today. Your future self will thank you! This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital, a national real estate investment firm. CF Capital's mission is to provide property investment and asset management solutions to help investors like you maximize their returns by investing in high-value multifamily communities. If you are looking for risk-adjusted alternative investments in quality apartment communities, and are seeking tax optimized cash flow with appreciation upside without all the hassle of management, you might benefit from learning more about investing alongside our team. You're invited to reach out and learn how you can invest with us by visiting cfcapllc.com. We're also currently offering a free ebook called The Bottom Line - 10 Ways to Increase Cash Flow in an Apartment Complex. Whether you're a new or an experienced investor, we're confident you'll find massive value in this resource. Get your free copy today at cfcapllc.com. 

Have you found yourself saying:  “IF ONLY I could do this other thing, I would be happy or satisfied or better off.  IF ONLY this happened, I would be happy. “Or you know you need something but you don't know what that is.What does it take for you to love what you are good at?Today I'm honored to have with me a friend, someone with whom I share many interests and that is a brilliant mind and soul.Rebecca Saxe is a professor of cognitive neuroscience and associate Dean of Science[1] at MIT. She is an associate member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and a board member of the Center for Open Science. She is known for her research on the neural basis of social cognition. Has her own lab: SaxeLab, and a long list of awards, and recognitions, the last one I read, is that she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science for 2022. She has a TED talk watched over 3.5 million times. Has been featured in a Nextflix documentary about babies, just to name a few things.In this episode, she shares parts of her journey to becoming the amazing scientist she is today, with its ups and downs.And with her we talk about:The value of curiosity.The importance of good mentors.The impact of not being able to do what brings joy in your life.Burn-out.The trap of seeking external validations.The importance of having a healthy balance in how we perceive failure and success.How to recover love and passion for what you do.The importance of checking your own definition of success.The power of a pause and choosing what to pause from.She gives a new perspective on “me time” for women.She shares some of her findings about our moral judgments about other people's intentions, and our ability to read other people's emotions.The importance of humility and revising our expectations.We talk about identity in times of changeShe also talks about Universities as a place to grow and learn.So much to learn from this brilliant woman.To contact or know more about Rebecca Saxe:      Twitter: @rebecca_saxe      Web: Saxelab.mit.edu      Wikipedia: Rebecca_Saxe      TED talk: (https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_saxe_how_we_read_each_other_s_minds?language=en)Thank you so much for sharing your LOVE for the Podcast by sharing it with Friends, Subscribing, Rating & Leaving a Review. With Love  - CristinaTo support the podcast:Patreon: Patreon.com/ChangeMakerTo contact Cristina Pujol:      LinkedIn: @cpujoljensen      Web: TuyTuMente.com      Instagram: @CristinaPujol7 @changemakersmind      Instagram  of "Tú y Tu Mente": @tu_ytumente      Facebook: @tuytumenteMusic: Gonzalo Grau - Frutero ModernoEl Frutero Moderno en Spotify

Game-based assessments (GBAs) have been shown to be a powerful context to measure students' 21st century skills. By eliciting evidence of skills in an embedded, authentic and playful environment, they present the potential for assessments to go beyond measuring outcomes of content knowledge to shed light on thought processes.Yoon Jeon (YJ) Kim is an Assistant Professor of Design, Creative, and Informal Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at UW–Madison. Before joining UW-Madison, she was the founder and director of MIT Playful Journey Lab where she led an interdisciplinary team of game designers, developers, and researchers to create playful assessment tools. Her work centers on the topic of innovative assessment and application of playful activity design to challenge what and how we are measuring learning. YJ's playful assessment research ranges from a computer game using evidence-centered design and analytics techniques to paper-based embedded assessment tools for making. The core of her work is close Louisa Rosenheck is a thought leader in the ed tech field, with a passion for game-based learning and playful pedagogies. She works to promote deeper learning through designing playful experiences, developing creative ways to assess learning, and building capacity in other organizations to implement innovative digital learning and curriculum in their own contexts. She is a co-author of the book Resonant Games and teaches a graduate course on ed tech design at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She spent over a decade doing research on digital games and creative learning at MIT, and is now the Director of Pedagogy for the Kahoot! Group.Nancy Tsai is a 4th year postdoctoral research fellow at McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT where she collaborates with cross-functional teams to translate cognitive neuroscience research to inform the development of learning products/programs. Her expertise is on the effects of stress on prefrontal development and function (e.g. Executive Functions). She teaches graduate level coursework at Harvard Graduate School of Education and at MIT, and collaborates with outside organizations such as Accenture and UNICEF to translate cutting edge cognitive neuroscience research to real world application. Links from this episode:https://fielddaylab.wisc.edu/play/shadowspect/https://playful.mit.edu/About NSF programs including Cyberlearning: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/research-emerging-technologies-teaching-and-learningGame-Based Assessment: The Past Ten Years and Moving Forward: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337038333_Game-Based_Assessment_The_Past_Ten_Years_and_Moving_Forward See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we will be joined by Ubadah Sabbagh, PhD (he/him) & Kaela S. Singleton, PhD (she/her)! Dr Kaela S. Singleton is a Black, Samoan, Queer developmental neuroscientist and postdoc in Dr Victor Faundez's lab at Emory University. Her research focuses on the cellular and molecular signals that control neuron development in normal and disease states. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Biology Department at Agnes Scott College and President-Elect and Co-Founder of Black In Neuro. Dr Ubadah Sabbagh is a neuroscientist at the McGovern Institute at MIT, where he is a postdoctoral associate in Dr Guoping Feng's laboratory. Dr Sabbagh attended community college for three years before transferring to the University of Missouri–Kansas City, where he earned his bachelor's degree in biology. He later earned his PhD in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health at Virginia Tech, where he studied connections between the eyes and the brain. Outside of the lab, Dr Sabbagh is heavily involved in science outreach, advocacy, and policy. He co-founded and serves on the Board of Black In Neuro and has written extensively on topics at the intersection of science and policy. Check out Dr Sabbagh's website for his full guide on How to find, apply for, and choose a postdoc. A full-text transcript of this episode is available via google doc. Join us every second Saturday at 3 pm EDT/12 pm PDT for the YouTube live stream and check out the PhD Balance YouTube Channel for all the videos! The podcast episodes are posted the Tuesday after the live stream! Want to be a guest or know somebody we should be talking to? Fill out our google form! Follow our host Liesl on Twitter: @SourKrause94 Check out the PhD Balance website for more info on Grad Chat!

Nancy Kanwisher, founding member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and professor in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, describes the effort to understand the mind as “the grandest scientific quest of all time,” partly because it seeks to answer fundamental questions that all people ponder from time to time: What is knowledge? How does memory work? How do we form our perceptions of the world? In this episode, Prof. Kanwisher gives a nutshell history of her field and describes how scientists use imaging techniques to study the brain structures involved in different cognitive skills. She also reflects on the usefulness of personal anecdotes as a teaching technique in courses like her 9.13 The Human Brain. Kanwisher believes scientists have a moral obligation to share the results of their research with the world—which may explain why she has published her course materials for 9.13 on OpenCourseWare—but she doesn't see that sharing as an onerous responsibility. “The stuff I do is easily shareable with people,” she says, “but it's also fun. It's really fun to get an idea across and see somebody resonate to it.”Relevant ResourcesMIT OpenCourseWareThe OCW Educator PortalShare your teaching ideas and insights with Nancy KanwisherProfessor Kanwisher's course on OCW (9.13 The Human Brain)Professor Kanwisher at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain ResearchProfessor Kanwisher's series of short videos on brain scienceMusic in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions Connect with UsIf you have a suggestion for a new episode or have used OCW to change your life or those of others, tell us your story. We'd love to hear from you! Call us @ 617-715-2517On our siteOn FacebookOn TwitterOn Instagram Stay CurrentSubscribe to the free monthly "MIT OpenCourseWare Update" e-newsletter.Support OCWIf you like Chalk Radio and OpenCourseware, donate to help keep those programs going! CreditsSarah Hansen, host and producer (https://twitter.com/learning_sarah)Brett Paci, producer  (https://twitter.com/Brett_Paci)Dave Lishansky, producer (https://twitter.com/DaveResonates)Script writing assistance from Nidhi ShastriShow notes by Peter Chipman

Dr. Evelina Fedorenko is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies the human language system. She received her bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 2002, and her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. She was then awarded a K99R00 career development award from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. In 2014, she joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and in 2019 she returned to MIT where she is currently the Frederick A. (1971) and Carole J. Middleton Career Development Associate Professor of Neuroscience in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Dr. Fedorenko uses fMRI, intracranial recordings and stimulation, EEG/ERPs, MEG, as well as computational modeling, to study adults and children, including those with developmental and acquired brain disorders. FIND EVELINA ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook | Twitter ================================ SUPPORT & CONNECT: Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrich Twitter: https://twitter.com/denofrich Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/denofrich Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/den_of_rich/ Hashtag: #denofrich © Copyright 2022 Den of Rich. All rights reserved.

Dr. Evelina Fedorenko is a cognitive neuroscientist who studies the human language system. She received her bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 2002, and her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2007. She was then awarded a K99R00 career development award from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. In 2014, she joined the faculty at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and in 2019 she returned to MIT where she is currently the Frederick A. (1971) and Carole J. Middleton Career Development Associate Professor of Neuroscience in the Brain and Cognitive Sciences Department and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Dr. Fedorenko uses fMRI, intracranial recordings and stimulation, EEG/ERPs, MEG, as well as computational modeling, to study adults and children, including those with developmental and acquired brain disorders.FIND EVELINA ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebook | Twitter================================PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://www.uhnwidata.com/podcastApple podcast: https://apple.co/3kqOA7QSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2UOtE1AGoogle podcast: https://bit.ly/3jmA7ulSUPPORT & CONNECT:Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/denofrichTwitter: https://www.instagram.com/denofrich/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denofrich/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/denofrich

Anyone who travels knows you often don't sleep well on the first night at your new destination - especially if you have travelled across time zones. This experience is so common it has a name – it is called the “First Night Effect.” This episode begins with an explanation for why it happens and some advice to counter the effects. http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2816%2930174-9 You know you have a mind but what exactly is it? I know that's a weird question but think about it – you have a mind that determines who you are. So is your mind the same thing as your brain? If you took your brain and put it into someone else's body would it still be the same mind? Would you still be you? To discuss that, I have invited Alan Jasonoff, a Professor at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and author of the book The Biological Mind: How Brain Body and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are (https://amzn.to/2VDYqbR). Is beer better in a bottle or a can? What's the fastest way to chill champagne? These are just a few of the questions I tackle with expert advice on the proper ways to serve and drink wine, beer and spirits. https://www.womansday.com/food-recipes/food-drinks/a54470/ways-youre-drinking-wrong/ A lot of people are insecure and most of them would likely tell you that feeling insecure isn't easy and comes with its own set of problems. It's just plain hard to frequently doubt yourself and be overly sensitive to criticism - which are two elements of being insecure. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Is being insecure just part of your personality or something you can change? Where does that insecurity come from? Joining me to discuss this is Joseph Nowinski, he is a clinical psychologist and author of the book, The Tender Heart Conquering Your Insecurity (https://amzn.to/2VDTfca). PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Firstleaf – the wine club designed with you in mind! Join today and you'll get 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping! Just go to https://tryfirstleaf.com/SOMETHING Dell's Semi Annual Sale. Upgrade today by calling 800 buy Dell, or you can visit https://dell.com/Semi Annual Sale Search for Home Made, an original podcast by Rocket Mortgage that explores the meaning of home. Download the five star-rated puzzle game Best Fiends FREE today on the Apple App Store or Google Play! Discover is accepted at 99% of places in the U.S. that take credit cards! Learn more at https://discover.com/yes Learn about investment products and more at https://Investor.gov, Visit https://remy-cointreau.com to learn more about their exceptional spirits! https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr Mark Williams discusses his research on Neuro-diversity and addresses the blessings and cures of technology.Mentorships in Education is brought to you by Just Education, LLC and is hosted by Judith Epstein. Judi has a Master's degree in Education with a concentration in Language Acquisition. She is certified in special education with post-graduate coursework and professional development in Cognitive Behavior therapy (CBT), Social Thinking, Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Judi created Just Education, LLC and its podcast component, to compile a free resource library for mentors of students who struggle and address a wide variety of topics that are all related to education and student success.Connect With Dr Mark WilliamsDr Mark Williams WebsiteEmail: DrMark@DrMarkWilliams.comPhone:  + 61 2 9850 4438About Dr Mark  WilliamsMark is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Macquarie University with more than 20 years' experience in research and teaching and 70+ publications. Mark has studied how we interact with each other, how we learn and how we think. He has studied these questions in average individuals as well as a range of disorders such as autism, prosopagnosia (face blindness), dementia, addiction and eating disorders. Mark was awarded the CJ Martin Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Queen Elisabeth II Fellowship from the Australian Research Council. His work has been highlighted in the media both locally [Catalyst (ABC), Making Australia Happy (ABC), SkyNews] and internationally [The Guardian (UK), New York Times (USA), Economist, New Scientist, Leading Edge, (BBC: UK), Science in Action (BBC; International)]. He is also an editorial board member of several international journals.  Mark was working as a Research Scientist at MIT in the McGovern Institute for Brain Research (USA) when the first Smartphone was released. He has watched in both fascination and apprehension at the rise of technology in our education systems. In addition to his teaching and research work at Macquarie University, Mark now runs programmes for schools, parents, businesses and individuals to address the many problems that technologies (like smartphones) are creating. Learning outcomes, resilience, curiosity, tolerance and emotional intelligence are all declining whilst stress, anxiety, depression and suicide are rising. Money and technology alone are not the answer to innovative practices in our schools, workplaces and society. CONNECT WITH USConnect with Judi Our website and podcasts are available hereJudi on Linkedin

Joining host Meryl Comer are Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD, Founder and Chief Director  of Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas; Professor Nancy Kanwisher, McGovern Institute, MIT; Brooks Kenny, Executive Director of Women Against Alzheimer's.Watch for BrainStorm every other month and, in the alternating months, Alzheimer’s Talks, which features discussions of groundbreaking research and its importance to those living with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers.Support the show (https://www.usagainstalzheimers.org/ways-donate)

On April 1, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Jill Crittenden to talk about the striosomal and matrix compartments of the striatum, differences in their connections, and differences in their behavioral function. Dr. Crittenden is Scientific Advisor to the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. participating in the discussion: Charles J. Wilson, Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. James Jones, PhD, basal ganglia investigator and PhD student in the Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology at UTSA. Hosting: Salma Quraishi PhD is Assistant Professor Research at UTSA & Associate Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://neuroscience.utsa.edu Neuroscientists Talk Shop podcast: https://tinyurl.com/yxatz6fq UTSA Neurosciences Institute: https://neuroscience.utsa.edu The University of Texas San Antonio: https://www.utsa.edu

On April 1, 2021, University of Texas San Antonio neuroscientists sat down with Jill Crittenden to talk about the striosomal and matrix compartments of the striatum, differences in their connections, and differences in their behavioral function.Dr. Crittenden is Scientific Advisor to the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.participating in the discussion:Charles J. Wilson, Ewing Halsell Chair of Biology at UTSA & Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. James Jones, PhD, basal ganglia investigator and PhD student in the Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology at UTSA.Hosting:Salma Quraishi PhD is Assistant Professor Research at UTSA & Associate Director of the UTSA Neurosciences Institute. https://neuroscience.utsa.edu​​Neuroscientists Talk Shop podcast: https://tinyurl.com/yxatz6fq​​UTSA Neurosciences Institute: https://neuroscience.utsa.edu​​The University of Texas San Antonio: https://www.utsa.edu​

Dr. Edward Boyden is a World-Renowned Neuroscientist, Inventor, and Entrepreneur. He's the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT, Leader of the Synthetic Neurobiology Group, Associate Professor of MIT Media Lab & McGovern Institute, Investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. http://syntheticneurobiology.org http://edboyden.org Twitter ► https://twitter.com/eboyden3 ******* This interview is in partnership with Transformative Technology, an ecosystem dedicated to wiring humanity for the future. http://ttconf.org https://ttacademy.co https://transtechlab.org ******* Simulation interviews the world’s greatest minds to uncover the nature of reality and elevate our planet’s consciousness ► http://simulationseries.com ******* Design Merch, Get Paid, Spread Thought-Provoking Questions ► https://yoobe.me/simulation ******* Subscribe across platforms ► Youtube ► http://bit.ly/SimYoTu iTunes ► http://bit.ly/SimulationiTunes Instagram ► http://bit.ly/SimulationIG Twitter ► http://bit.ly/SimulationTwitter Spotify ► http://bit.ly/SpotifySim BiliBili ► http://bit.ly/SimBiliBili ******* Facebook ► http://bit.ly/SimulationFB Soundcloud ► http://bit.ly/SimulationSC LinkedIn ► http://bit.ly/SimulationLinkedIn Patreon ► http://bit.ly/SimulationPatreon Crypto ► http://bit.ly/CryptoSimu PayPal ► https://paypal.me/simulationseries ******* Nuance-driven Telegram chat ► http://bit.ly/SimulationTG Allen's TEDx Talk ► http://bit.ly/AllenTEDx Allen's IG ► http://bit.ly/AllenIG Allen's Twitter ► http://bit.ly/AllenT ******* List of Thought-Provoking Questions ► http://simulationseries.com/the-list Get in Touch ► simulationseries@gmail.com

Today's special guest Jim Karol is living proof that radical life transformation happens when we sharpen our thinking and regain our mental edge. Using daily memory-improvement techniques coupled with lifestyle changes, Jim grew from an unmotivated Pennsylvania steel worker to a “memory phenom” demonstrating his gifts on national media, including The Tonight Show, Ellen, Today, and The Howard Stern Show, among many others. Today, Jim uses his abilities to help professional athletes, business leaders, seniors and anyone else looking to enhance their memory.  He's done presentations at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, and works with the USO and other military charities, helping wounded warriors with PTSD and other medical challenges, inspiring them to turn their lives around from surviving to thriving. In his book Ultimate Memory Magic, Jim shares his cutting-edge "Cogmental Intelligence" program for improving memory and other aspects of mental function, at any age. With a foreword from bestselling author and physician Daniel G. Amen, the book will show how anyone can sharpen their thinking and regain their mental edge, rev up energy and self-esteem, build better relationships,and increase creativity and intuition. "The aim of this book," Jim says, "is to help you discover and apply your own potential for a more powerful mind, and at the same time, to help you improve your health, your relationships, your career, and your overall quality of life."  Through practical physical and mental exercises,Ultimate Memory Magic shows how anyone can achieve increased brain power and a more youthful functioning brain, as well as a stronger, healthier body.  

In this first episode, I talk with John Gabrieli, Ph.D., who is often referred to as the smartest man alive and as soon as I heard him speak it's easy to understand why. John Gabrieli is the director of the Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. John uses imaging and behavioral tests to understand how the human brain powers learning, thinking, and feeling.  John Gabrieli;Principal Investigator, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST); McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology; Grover Hermann Professor, Health Sciences and Technology; Professor, Brain and Cognitive Sciences Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center; Director, MIT Integrated Learning Initiative; Core Faculty, Institue for Medical Engineering and Science; Gabrieli Laboratory. (I told you he's the smartest guy on the planet) For more information on John Gabrieli's recent publications and cutting-edge research please visit http://gablab.mit.edu

In the previous episode (“Getting the Data”), we learned about the many neuroscience tools Prof. Ed Boyden (MIT Media Lab, McGovern Institute) and his team have invented and disseminated to control, map, and observe the brain.  In this second episode, join GLiMPSE for a discussion of the ‘illusion of reductionism’ in biology, new developments in […]

Ed Boyden is a professor in the MIT Media Lab (Synthetic Neurobiology) and McGovern Institute.  He’s developed several revolutionary tools for researchers, including optogenetics — for controlling neurons — and expansion microscopy — for generating molecular models of brain circuits.  Furthermore, he’s currently creating high fidelity technologies for monitoring brain activity, in situ.  In this first episode […]

When you travel, there is a good chance you don’t sleep all that well the first night you are at your destination. It is so common it has a name – it is called the “First Night Effect.” This episode begins with an explanation for why it happens and some advice to counter the effects. http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2816%2930174-9What exactly is your mind? I know that’s a weird question but think about it – you have a mind that determines who you are. So is your mind the same thing as your brain? If you took your brain and put it into someone else’s body would it still be the same mind? Would you still be you? To discuss that, I have invited Alan Jasonoff, a Professor at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and author of the book The Biological Mind: How Brain Body and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are (https://amzn.to/2VDYqbR). What’s better – beer in a bottle or a can? What’s the fastest way to chill champagne? These are just a few of the questions I tackle with expert advice on the proper ways to serve and drink wine, beer and spirits. https://www.womansday.com/food-recipes/food-drinks/a54470/ways-youre-drinking-wrong/Being an insecure person isn’t easy. You are frequently doubting yourself and you are very sensitive to criticism. And that is just the tip of the iceberg. Is being insecure just part of your personality or something you can change? Where does that insecurity come from? Joining me to discuss this is Joseph Nowinski, he is a clinical psychologist and author of the book, The Tender Heart Conquering Your Insecurity (https://amzn.to/2VDTfca).This Week’s Sponsors-LinkedIn. Go to www.LinkedIn.com/podcast to get $50 off your first job posting.-Ancestry. Go to www.Ancenstry.com/something to get your Ancestry DNA kit for only $50 (offer expires 5/13/19)-Better Help. Go to www.BetterHelp.com/SYSK to get 10% off your first month of counseling-Away Travel. For $20 off a suitcase go to www.awaytravel.com/something and use the promo code: something-Capital One. www.Capitalone.com. What’s in your wallet?

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Musicians are said to have better language skills. And scientific studies have backed that up. But it's not clear why that might be the case. Now a study of 74 Chinese kindergartners suggests six months of piano lessons can heighten the brain's response to changes in pitch. And kids who got piano lessons were also better at telling apart two similar-sounding Mandarin words, which contained different consonants, than were students who got extra reading training, or who went through regular kindergarten. The results are in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Yun Nan et al., Piano training enhances the neural processing of pitch and improves speech perception in Mandarin-speaking children]Now Mandarin is a tonal language—the famous example is the word 'ma' which can mean mother or horse depending on its pitch. So might musical training translate better to Mandarin, than, say, English?"Yeah it's possible that influenced the results." Robert Desimone, a neuroscientist at the McGovern Institute at MIT. But he says other studies do back up the fact that music lessons benefit language learners, even in countries without tonal languages. "And what our study added on top of that was some idea of the neural basis for those benefits."And if you don't own a piano, don't despair. The reading group actually did just as good on many measures as the piano group. "Reading's pretty good actually. We don't mean to downplay reading instruction."More important, he says, was to show piano wasn't worse than reading for these skills… perhaps encouraging cash-strapped schools to keep their music programs alive.—Christopher Intagliata [The above text is a transcript of this podcast.] [Rhapsody No. 2 in G Minor–Brahms Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0]

Musicians are said to have better language skills. And scientific studies have backed that up. But it's not clear why that might be the case. Now a study of 74 Chinese kindergartners suggests six months of piano lessons can heighten the brain's response to changes in pitch. And kids who got piano lessons were also better at telling apart two similar-sounding Mandarin words, which contained different consonants, than were students who got extra reading training, or who went through regular kindergarten. The results are in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Yun Nan et al., Piano training enhances the neural processing of pitch and improves speech perception in Mandarin-speaking children]Now Mandarin is a tonal language—the famous example is the word 'ma' which can mean mother or horse depending on its pitch. So might musical training translate better to Mandarin, than, say, English?"Yeah it's possible that influenced the results." Robert Desimone, a neuroscientist at the McGovern Institute at MIT. But he says other studies do back up the fact that music lessons benefit language learners, even in countries without tonal languages. "And what our study added on top of that was some idea of the neural basis for those benefits."And if you don't own a piano, don't despair. The reading group actually did just as good on many measures as the piano group. "Reading's pretty good actually. We don't mean to downplay reading instruction."More important, he says, was to show piano wasn't worse than reading for these skills… perhaps encouraging cash-strapped schools to keep their music programs alive.—Christopher Intagliata [The above text is a transcript of this podcast.] [Rhapsody No. 2 in G Minor–Brahms Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0]

Timothy brings you part 2 of his 3 part series from MIT's Sloan School of Management where he speaks to Dr. Sufana Almashhadi, a Postdoctoral Brain Research Fellow at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research about her journey as a Saudia Arabian woman in this critical chapter of history. Timothy also speaks to a Saudi Journalist, Layan Damanhouri about how women are processing the right to drive and what it means to the gender transformation journey. You'll be inspired and may just take ideas away to contribute to your own goals. cliffcentral.com

Timothy brings you part 2 of his 3 part series from MIT's Sloan School of Management where he speaks to Dr. Sufana Almashhadi, a Postdoctoral Brain Research Fellow at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research about her journey as a Saudia Arabian woman in this critical chapter of history. Timothy also speaks to a Saudi Journalist, Layan Damanhouri about how women are processing the right to drive and what it means to the gender transformation journey. You'll be inspired and may just take ideas away to contribute to your own goals.

Ed Boyden PhD, Associate Professor, Media Lab and McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology is exploring how light can be used to treat neurological diseases using non-invasive devices and genetic engineering.  He talks about the emerging field of neurotechnology, bringing together problem experts and solutions experts to find cures and treatments for brain diseases, and the need for more investigation of the mind/body connection.  I talked with Ed at the recent Future of Genomic Medicine Conference held in La Jolla CA by the Scripps Translational Science Institute.  @EdBoyden3 #FOGM17 @ScrippsSTSI Syntheticneurobiology.org

Face it – humans are pattern-seeking animals. We identify eyes, nose and mouth where there are none. Martian rock takes on a visage and the silhouette of Elvis appears in our burrito. Discover the roots of our face-tracking tendency – pareidolia – and why it sometimes leads us astray. Plus, why some brains can't recognize faces at all … how computer programs exhibit their own pareidolia … and why it's so difficult to replicate human vision in a machine Guests: Phil Plait – Astronomer, Skeptic, and author of Slate Magazine's blog Bad Astronomy Josef Parvizi – Associate professor, Stanford University, and clinical neurologist and epilepsy specialist at Stanford Medical Center Nancy Kanwisher – Cognitive neuroscientist, at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT Greg Borenstein – Artist, creative technologist who teaches at New York University Pietro Perona – Professor of electrical engineering, computation and neural systems, California Institute of Technology Descripción en español First released February 25, 2013. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ENCORE Face it – humans are pattern-seeking animals. We identify eyes, nose and mouth where there are none. Martian rock takes on a visage and the silhouette of Elvis appears in our burrito. Discover the roots of our face-tracking tendency – pareidolia – and why it sometimes leads us astray. Plus, why some brains can’t recognize faces at all … how computer programs exhibit their own pareidolia … and why it’s so difficult to replicate human vision in a machine Guests: Phil Plait – Astronomer, Skeptic, and author of Slate Magazine’s blog Bad Astronomy Josef Parvizi – Associate professor, Stanford University, and clinical neurologist and epilepsy specialist at Stanford Medical Center Nancy Kanwisher – Cognitive neuroscientist, at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT Greg Borenstein – Artist, creative technologist who teaches at New York University Pietro Perona – Professor of electrical engineering, computation and neural systems, California Institute of Technology Descripción en español First released February 25, 2013.

This week, we talk to Yingxi Lin about inhibition, memory, and talking to mice. Dr. Yingxi Lin is an assistant professor of neuroscience at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. Note to listeners: We had some technical difficulties during our interview with Yingxi Lin, so the audio quality is not as good as it should be, and some of her answers are a little difficult to understand in a few places.

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