Topic Glossary

Across Species

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Henry Kennedy on cortical connectivity and exponential distance rule Terence Deacon on evo-devo and brain development

Animal Models

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Ton Coolen on immune networks and neural networks Paul Verschure & Tony Prescott on synthetic psychology and robot models Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness

Architecture

Methods & Theory 4 episodes

Sten Grillner on lamprey and central pattern generator Terence Deacon on evo-devo and brain development John Doyle on network architecture and control theory Olaf Sporns on connectome and brain connectivity

Basal Ganglia

Neuroscience 7 episodes

Luis Puelles on neuroanatomy and prosomeric model Sten Grillner on Nobel Prize and scientific collaboration Bjorn Merker on brain systems and brain architecture Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex Cyriel Pennartz on hippocampus and ventral striatum

Biological Systems

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Ton Coolen on immune networks and neural networks Hillel Chiel on biomechanics and neural control John Doyle on network architecture and control theory

Brain

Neuroscience 16 episodes

Sten Grillner on Nobel Prize and scientific collaboration Giacomo Rizzolatti on mirror neurons and action understanding Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness Stephen Noctor on cortical development and precursor cells Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex

Brain Development

Evolution & Development 3 episodes

Zoltan Molnar on subplate neurons and cortical development Barbara Finlay on brain evolution and evo-devo Terence Deacon on evo-devo and brain development

Brain Evolution

Evolution & Development 3 episodes

Barbara Finlay on brain evolution and evo-devo Nick Strausfeld on brain evolution and cambrian explosion Jon Kaas on brain evolution and neocortex

Brain Project

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Sten Grillner on Nobel Prize and scientific collaboration Christine Aicardi on responsible research and research ethics

Brain Regions

Neuroscience 13 episodes

Viktor Jirsa on epilepsy and virtual brain Aurore Thibault on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state Michael Arbib on mirror neurons and schema theory Olaf Sporns on connectome and brain connectivity Bjorn Merker on brain systems and brain architecture

Brain Size

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Stuart Wilson on self-organization and cortical maps Barbara Finlay on brain evolution and evo-devo Henry Kennedy on cortical connectivity and exponential distance rule

Brain States

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness Paul Verschure on consciousness and distributed adaptive control

Brain-computer Interface

Technology & AI 2 episodes

Eberhard Fetz on brain-computer interface and neurochip Adrian Owen on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state

Cell Model

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Yaki Setty on synthetic biology and agent-based modeling

Cell Population

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Zoltan Molnar on subplate neurons and cortical development Yaki Setty on synthetic biology and agent-based modeling Ton Coolen on immune networks and neural networks

Cell Types

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Stephen Noctor on cortical development and precursor cells Edvard Moser on grid cells and entorhinal cortex

Cells Fire

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells John Lisman on theta-gamma code and brain oscillations

Cerebellum

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Narender Ramnani on cerebellum and cortico-cerebellar loops Germund Hesslow on cerebellum and pavlovian conditioning Sam Wang on cerebellum and climbing fibers

Chemical Sensing

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Tim Pierce on olfaction and chemical sensing Joseph Ayers on biomimetic robotics and lobster robot

Climate Change

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Connie Hedegaard on climate policy and EU politics Larry Kramer on philanthropy and Hewlett Foundation Paul Verschure & Tony Prescott on synthetic psychology and robot models

Climbing Fibers

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Germund Hesslow on cerebellum and pavlovian conditioning Sam Wang on cerebellum and climbing fibers

Closed Loop

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Jonathan Whitlock on markerless motion capture and posterior parietal cortex Daniel Polani on information theory and embodied cognition

Cognitive Control

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Edward Slingerland on religion and collaboration and alcohol and society Etienne Koechlin on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control Viktor Lamme on consciousness and recurrent processing

Cognitive Science

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Edward Slingerland on religion and collaboration and alcohol and society Paul Verschure & Tony Prescott on synthetic psychology and robot models Randall Beer on dynamical systems and information theory

Collaboration

Behavior & Psychology 7 episodes

Guenther Knoblich on joint action and entrainment Giovanni Pezzulo on predictive brain and embodied cognition Theo Mulder on scientific collaboration and research consortium Susan Fitzpatrick on scientific collaboration and interdisciplinary research Sten Grillner on Nobel Prize and scientific collaboration

Common Ancestor

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Nick Strausfeld on brain evolution and cambrian explosion Michael Arbib on mirror neurons and schema theory

Computational Model

Technology & AI 2 episodes

Viktor Jirsa on epilepsy and virtual brain Allard Roubroeks on neuroimaging and fmri analysis

Conceptual Space

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Peter Gardenfors on conceptual spaces and knowledge representation Friedemann Pulvermuller on word meaning and embodied semantics

Consciousness

Neuroscience 7 episodes

Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness Aurore Thibault on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state Paul Verschure on consciousness and distributed adaptive control Kevin O'Regan on consciousness and qualia Adrian Owen on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state

Control Systems

Technology & AI 2 episodes

Huosheng Hu on robotic fish and underwater robotics Riccardo Sanz on machine consciousness and control engineering

Convergent Science Network

Methods & Theory 54 episodes

Jonathan Whitlock on markerless motion capture and posterior parietal cortex Luis Puelles on neuroanatomy and prosomeric model Zoltan Molnar on subplate neurons and cortical development Yoram Vodovotz on inflammation and immune system Vincent Hayaward on haptics and touch

Cortex

Neuroscience 13 episodes

Aldo Genovesio on prefrontal cortex and goal representation Moshe Bar on proactive brain and prediction Bjorn Merker on brain systems and brain architecture Jon Kaas on brain evolution and neocortex Kathy Rockland on neocortex and cortical anatomy

Cortical Development

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Zoltan Molnar on subplate neurons and cortical development Stephen Noctor on cortical development and precursor cells

Data Points

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Alexander Nuyken on digital health and healthcare transformation Peter Gardenfors on conceptual spaces and knowledge representation

Decision Making

Neuroscience 4 episodes

Encarni Marcos on prefrontal cortex and decision making Aaron Schurger on free will and readiness potential Matthew Diamond on whisker system and decision-making Ranulfo Romo on decision-making and somatosensory cortex

Deep Nucleus

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Germund Hesslow on cerebellum and pavlovian conditioning Sam Wang on cerebellum and climbing fibers

Degrees Freedom

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Benny Hochner on octopus and motor control Hillel Chiel on biomechanics and neural control

Developmental Biology

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Luis Puelles on neuroanatomy and prosomeric model Yaki Setty on synthetic biology and agent-based modeling

Disorders Of Consciousness

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Aurore Thibault on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state Adrian Owen on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state

Dopamine Neurons

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Marco Diana on addiction and dopamine Sten Grillner on lamprey and central pattern generator

During Development

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Stuart Wilson on self-organization and cortical maps Zoltan Molnar on neocortex evolution and homology

Dynamical Systems

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

José Halloy on collective behavior and bio-hybrid robots Randall Beer on dynamical systems and information theory Murray Shanahan on metastability and chimera states

Electric Field

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Yoseph Bar-Cohen on electroactive polymers and artificial muscles Federico Carpi on electroactive polymers and dielectric elastomers

Electroactive Polymers

Technology & AI 2 episodes

Yoseph Bar-Cohen on electroactive polymers and artificial muscles Federico Carpi on electroactive polymers and dielectric elastomers

Embodied Cognition

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Daniel Polani on information theory and embodied cognition Giovanni Pezzulo on predictive brain and embodied cognition Brian Kolb on epigenetics and brain plasticity

Entorhinal Cortex

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Kate Jeffery on spatial cognition and grid cells Edvard Moser on grid cells and entorhinal cortex

Epigenetics

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Brian Kolb on epigenetics and brain plasticity Danielle Stolzenberg on epigenetics and maternal behavior

Episodic Memory

Neuroscience 4 episodes

Luis Fuentemilla on memory consolidation and sleep Francesca Cacucci on hippocampus development and grid cells John Lisman on theta-gamma code and brain oscillations David Redish on cognitive rat and mental time travel

Error Signal

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Narender Ramnani on cerebellum and cortico-cerebellar loops Guenther Knoblich on joint action and entrainment

Estrogen Receptor

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Danielle Stolzenberg on epigenetics and maternal behavior Donald Pfaff on generalized arousal and brainstem

European Commission

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Connie Hedegaard on climate policy and EU politics Martin McKee on public health and health policy Christine Aicardi on responsible research and research ethics

Evolutionary

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Nick Strausfeld on brain evolution and cambrian explosion Bill Hansson on insect olfaction and antennal lobe

External World

Methods & Theory 4 episodes

Ranulfo Romo on decision-making and somatosensory cortex Giovanni Pezzulo on predictive brain and embodied cognition Paul Verschure & Tony Prescott on synthetic psychology and robot models Andy Phillipides on insect navigation and ant vision

Firing Rate

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Encarni Marcos on prefrontal cortex and decision making Matthew Diamond on whisker system and decision-making Cyriel Pennartz on hippocampus and ventral striatum

Frontal Areas

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Ranulfo Romo on decision-making and somatosensory cortex Etienne Koechlin on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control

Frontal Pole

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Etienne Koechlin on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control Aldo Genovesio on prefrontal cortex and goal representation

Gene Expression

Evolution & Development 5 episodes

Luis Puelles on neuroanatomy and prosomeric model Brian Kolb on epigenetics and brain plasticity Zoltan Molnar on neocortex evolution and homology Danielle Stolzenberg on epigenetics and maternal behavior Peter Mombaerts on olfactory system and odorant receptor genes

Global Workspace

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness Viktor Lamme on consciousness and recurrent processing

Grid Cells

Behavior & Psychology 5 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Francesca Cacucci on hippocampus development and grid cells Kate Jeffery on spatial cognition and grid cells John Lisman on theta-gamma code and brain oscillations Edvard Moser on grid cells and entorhinal cortex

Head Direction Cells

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Francesca Cacucci on hippocampus development and grid cells Kate Jeffery on spatial cognition and grid cells

Hippocampus

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Edvard Moser on grid cells and entorhinal cortex Cyriel Pennartz on hippocampus and ventral striatum

Human Beings

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Deepa Narayan on power and love and global development Donald Pfaff on generalized arousal and brainstem

Human Development

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Francesca Cacucci on hippocampus development and grid cells Brian Kolb on epigenetics and brain plasticity

Human Rights

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Ernst Numann on rule of law and judicial collaboration Annie Sparrow on global health and public health Meg Jones on United Nations and international collaboration

Immune System

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Yoram Vodovotz on inflammation and immune system Ton Coolen on immune networks and neural networks

Inferior Olive

Methods & Theory 4 episodes

Narender Ramnani on cerebellum and cortico-cerebellar loops Mark Blumberg on rem sleep and twitching Germund Hesslow on cerebellum and pavlovian conditioning Sam Wang on cerebellum and climbing fibers

Information Flow

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Margaret Levi on institutional design and communities of fate Randall Beer on dynamical systems and information theory

Information Processing

Methods & Theory 4 episodes

Elena Galea on astrocytes and glia Daniel Polani on information theory and embodied cognition Randall Beer on dynamical systems and information theory David Redish on cognitive rat and mental time travel

Information Theory

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Daniel Polani on information theory and embodied cognition Randall Beer on dynamical systems and information theory

Insect Brain

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Nick Strausfeld on brain evolution and cambrian explosion Bill Hansson on insect olfaction and antennal lobe

Interaction World

Behavior & Psychology 2 episodes

Paul Verschure on consciousness and distributed adaptive control Kevin O'Regan on consciousness and qualia

Internal Models

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Lars Muckli on predictive processing and visual cortex Etienne Koechlin on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control Alex Kacelnik on new caledonian crow and tool use

Learning Memory

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Benny Hochner on octopus and motor control Danielle Stolzenberg on epigenetics and maternal behavior

Lobster

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Joseph Ayers on biomimetic robotics and lobster robot Frank Grasso on biomimetic robotics and lobster olfaction

Macaque Monkeys

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex

Machine Learning

Technology & AI 3 episodes

Joscha Bach on artificial general intelligence and deep learning Marc Toussaint on planning as inference and graphical models Kate Jeffery on spatial cognition and grid cells

Mammalian Brain

Evolution & Development 4 episodes

Bjorn Merker on brain systems and brain architecture Barbara Finlay on brain evolution and evo-devo Zoltan Molnar on neocortex evolution and homology Jon Kaas on brain evolution and neocortex

Memory Consolidation

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Luis Fuentemilla on memory consolidation and sleep David Redish on cognitive rat and mental time travel

Mental Health

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Annie Sparrow on global health and public health Martin McKee on public health and health policy

Minimally Conscious State

Neuroscience 4 episodes

Aurore Thibault on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state Adrian Owen on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state Aaron Schurger on free will and readiness potential Paul Verschure on consciousness and distributed adaptive control

Mirror Neurons

Neuroscience 5 episodes

Giacomo Rizzolatti on mirror neurons and action understanding Michael Arbib on mirror neurons and schema theory Stephen Noctor on cortical development and precursor cells Stefano Ferraina on transitive inference and prefrontal cortex Dmitri Chklovskii on predictive coding and lattice filter

Monitoring

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Etienne Koechlin on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control Aldo Genovesio on prefrontal cortex and goal representation

Motor Control

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Mark Blumberg on rem sleep and twitching Benny Hochner on octopus and motor control Dana Ballard on active vision and saliency maps

Motor Cortex

Neuroscience 14 episodes

Matthew Diamond on whisker system and decision-making Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex Etienne Koechlin on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control Aldo Genovesio on prefrontal cortex and goal representation Adrian Owen on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state

Motor Neurons

Neuroscience 5 episodes

Benny Hochner on octopus and motor control Barbara Finlay on brain evolution and evo-devo Eberhard Fetz on brain-computer interface and neurochip Sten Grillner on lamprey and central pattern generator Hillel Chiel on biomechanics and neural control

Motor Programs

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Giacomo Rizzolatti on mirror neurons and action understanding Benny Hochner on octopus and motor control Giovanni Pezzulo on predictive brain and embodied cognition

Motor Simulation

Technology & AI 2 episodes

Guenther Knoblich on joint action and entrainment Giovanni Pezzulo on predictive brain and embodied cognition

Motor Systems

Methods & Theory 7 episodes

Giacomo Rizzolatti on mirror neurons and action understanding Narender Ramnani on cerebellum and cortico-cerebellar loops Mark Blumberg on rem sleep and twitching Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex Friedemann Pulvermuller on word meaning and embodied semantics

Mushroom Bodies

Methods & Theory 4 episodes

Nick Strausfeld on brain evolution and cambrian explosion Mandyam Srinivasan on honeybee cognition and waggle dance Joseph Ayers on biomimetic robotics and lobster robot Bill Hansson on insect olfaction and antennal lobe

Natural Selection

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Stuart Wilson on self-organization and cortical maps Alex Kacelnik on new caledonian crow and tool use Terence Deacon on evo-devo and brain development

Negative Feedback

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Yoram Vodovotz on inflammation and immune system José Halloy on collective behavior and bio-hybrid robots

Nervous System

Methods & Theory 12 episodes

Yoram Vodovotz on inflammation and immune system Vincent Hayaward on haptics and touch Ton Coolen on immune networks and neural networks Mark Blumberg on rem sleep and twitching Benny Hochner on octopus and motor control

Neural Activity

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Elena Galea on astrocytes and glia Eberhard Fetz on brain-computer interface and neurochip Allard Roubroeks on neuroimaging and fmri analysis

Neural Circuits

Neuroscience 6 episodes

Michael Arbib on mirror neurons and schema theory Allard Roubroeks on neuroimaging and fmri analysis Zoltan Molnar on neocortex evolution and homology Gary Marcus on canonical microcircuit and variable binding Zoltan Molnar on subplate neurons and cortical development

Neural Control

Neuroscience 6 episodes

Yoram Vodovotz on inflammation and immune system Eberhard Fetz on brain-computer interface and neurochip Hillel Chiel on biomechanics and neural control Encarni Marcos on prefrontal cortex and decision making Aaron Schurger on free will and readiness potential

Neuroanatomy

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Luis Puelles on neuroanatomy and prosomeric model Partha Mitra on brain connectome and neuroanatomy

Non-human Primates

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Stefano Ferraina on transitive inference and prefrontal cortex Dorothy Fragaszy on tool use and capuchin monkeys

Octopus

Evolution & Development 2 episodes

Benny Hochner on octopus and motor control Frank Grasso on biomimetic robotics and lobster olfaction

Olfactory Bulb

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Barbara Finlay on brain evolution and evo-devo Tim Pierce on olfaction and chemical sensing Peter Mombaerts on olfactory system and odorant receptor genes

Olfactory System

Neuroscience 4 episodes

Tim Pierce on olfaction and chemical sensing Peter Mombaerts on olfactory system and odorant receptor genes Nick Strausfeld on brain evolution and cambrian explosion Bill Hansson on insect olfaction and antennal lobe

Optical Flow

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Mandyam Srinivasan on honeybee cognition and waggle dance Joseph Ayers on biomimetic robotics and lobster robot

Orders Magnitude

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Vincent Hayaward on haptics and touch Henry Kennedy on cortical connectivity and exponential distance rule

Path Integration

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Andy Phillipides on insect navigation and ant vision

Pattern Completion

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Luis Fuentemilla on memory consolidation and sleep John Lisman on theta-gamma code and brain oscillations

Place Cells

Behavior & Psychology 8 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Francesca Cacucci on hippocampus development and grid cells Kate Jeffery on spatial cognition and grid cells Edvard Moser on grid cells and entorhinal cortex David Redish on cognitive rat and mental time travel

Place Fields

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Cyriel Pennartz on hippocampus and ventral striatum

Posterior Parietal Cortex

Neuroscience 4 episodes

Jonathan Whitlock on markerless motion capture and posterior parietal cortex Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness Etienne Koechlin on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control

Prediction

Behavior & Psychology 4 episodes

Lars Muckli on predictive processing and visual cortex Moshe Bar on proactive brain and prediction Giovanni Pezzulo on predictive brain and embodied cognition Dmitri Chklovskii on predictive coding and lattice filter

Predictive Coding

Behavior & Psychology 2 episodes

Lars Muckli on predictive processing and visual cortex Dmitri Chklovskii on predictive coding and lattice filter

Prefrontal Cortex

Neuroscience 21 episodes

Edward Slingerland on religion and collaboration and alcohol and society Marco Diana on addiction and dopamine Encarni Marcos on prefrontal cortex and decision making Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness Matthew Diamond on whisker system and decision-making

Problems Problems

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Alex Kacelnik on new caledonian crow and tool use Riccardo Sanz on machine consciousness and control engineering

Public Health

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Annie Sparrow on global health and public health Martin McKee on public health and health policy

Purkinje Cells

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Narender Ramnani on cerebellum and cortico-cerebellar loops Germund Hesslow on cerebellum and pavlovian conditioning Sam Wang on cerebellum and climbing fibers

Reaction Times

Behavior & Psychology 2 episodes

Guenther Knoblich on joint action and entrainment Xiao Jing Wang on working memory and prefrontal cortex

Receptive Fields

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Greg Recanzone on cortical plasticity and somatosensory cortex Dmitri Chklovskii on predictive coding and lattice filter

Receptor Neurons

Neuroscience 3 episodes

Tim Pierce on olfaction and chemical sensing Peter Mombaerts on olfactory system and odorant receptor genes Bill Hansson on insect olfaction and antennal lobe

Resting State

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Viktor Jirsa on epilepsy and virtual brain Bechir Jarraya & Lynn Uhrig on anesthesia and consciousness

Rhythmic Activity

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Mark Blumberg on rem sleep and twitching Sten Grillner on lamprey and central pattern generator

Right Exactly

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Gary Marcus on canonical microcircuit and variable binding Tim Pierce on olfaction and chemical sensing

Robots

Technology & AI 5 episodes

José Halloy on collective behavior and bio-hybrid robots Huosheng Hu on robotic fish and underwater robotics Yoseph Bar-Cohen on electroactive polymers and artificial muscles Joseph Ayers on biomimetic robotics and lobster robot Frank Grasso on biomimetic robotics and lobster olfaction

Self-organizing Processes

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Stuart Wilson on self-organization and cortical maps Terence Deacon on evo-devo and brain development

Sensory Information

Methods & Theory 6 episodes

Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex Jon Kaas on brain evolution and neocortex Zoltan Molnar on subplate neurons and cortical development Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Ranulfo Romo on decision-making and somatosensory cortex

Sensory Motor

Technology & AI 4 episodes

Francesca Cacucci on hippocampus development and grid cells Mark Blumberg on rem sleep and twitching Giovanni Pezzulo on predictive brain and embodied cognition Kevin O'Regan on consciousness and qualia

Sensory Systems

Technology & AI 3 episodes

Matthew Diamond on whisker system and decision-making Dmitri Chklovskii on predictive coding and lattice filter Bill Hansson on insect olfaction and antennal lobe

Single Neurons

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Stefano Ferraina on transitive inference and prefrontal cortex Bill Hansson on insect olfaction and antennal lobe

Somatosensory Cortex

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Ranulfo Romo on decision-making and somatosensory cortex Greg Recanzone on cortical plasticity and somatosensory cortex

Spatial

Behavior & Psychology 5 episodes

Neil Burgess on boundary vector cells and place cells Francesca Cacucci on hippocampus development and grid cells Edvard Moser on grid cells and entorhinal cortex David Redish on cognitive rat and mental time travel Cyriel Pennartz on hippocampus and ventral striatum

Spinal Cord

Neuroscience 7 episodes

Yoram Vodovotz on inflammation and immune system Stephen Noctor on cortical development and precursor cells Ranulfo Romo on decision-making and somatosensory cortex Eberhard Fetz on brain-computer interface and neurochip Sten Grillner on lamprey and central pattern generator

State Space

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Randall Beer on dynamical systems and information theory Marc Toussaint on planning as inference and graphical models

Sten Grillner

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Sten Grillner on Nobel Prize and scientific collaboration Sten Grillner on lamprey and central pattern generator

Striatum

Neuroscience 2 episodes

David Redish on cognitive rat and mental time travel Cyriel Pennartz on hippocampus and ventral striatum

Thalamus Fibers

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Zoltan Molnar on neocortex evolution and homology Henry Kennedy on cortical connectivity and exponential distance rule

Theoretical Physics

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Ton Coolen on immune networks and neural networks Dmitri Chklovskii on predictive coding and lattice filter

Time Scale

Methods & Theory 4 episodes

Elena Galea on astrocytes and glia Partha Mitra on brain connectome and neuroanatomy Moshe Bar on proactive brain and prediction John Doyle on network architecture and control theory

Understand Brain

Neuroscience 2 episodes

Dmitri Chklovskii on predictive coding and lattice filter Michael Arbib on mirror neurons and schema theory

Vegetative State

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Aurore Thibault on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state Adrian Owen on disorders of consciousness and vegetative state

Visual Areas

Methods & Theory 3 episodes

Giacomo Rizzolatti on mirror neurons and action understanding Semir Zeki on visual brain and parallel processing Viktor Lamme on consciousness and recurrent processing

Visual Inputs

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Edvard Moser on grid cells and entorhinal cortex Andy Phillipides on insect navigation and ant vision

Visual System

Methods & Theory 9 episodes

Luis Puelles on neuroanatomy and prosomeric model Lars Muckli on predictive processing and visual cortex Ranulfo Romo on decision-making and somatosensory cortex Greg Recanzone on cortical plasticity and somatosensory cortex Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex

Whisker System

Behavior & Psychology 2 episodes

Matthew Diamond on whisker system and decision-making Mitra Hartmann on active touch and whisker sensing

Without Having

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Annie Sparrow on global health and public health Alex Kacelnik on new caledonian crow and tool use

Working Memory

Neuroscience 4 episodes

Matthew Diamond on whisker system and decision-making Ranulfo Romo on decision-making and somatosensory cortex Xiao Jing Wang on working memory and prefrontal cortex Luis Fuentemilla on memory consolidation and sleep

Working Together

Methods & Theory 12 episodes

Luis Puelles on neuroanatomy and prosomeric model Connie Hedegaard on climate policy and EU politics Sijbrand de Jong on CERN and particle physics Margaret Levi on institutional design and communities of fate Rafael Malpica-Padilla on religious collaboration and Lutheran Church

World Monkeys

Methods & Theory 2 episodes

Jon Kaas on motor cortex and posterior parietal cortex Dorothy Fragaszy on tool use and capuchin monkeys

CSN Podcasts

Topic Glossary

Across Species

Animal Models

Architecture

Basal Ganglia

Biological Systems

Brain

Brain Development

Brain Evolution

Brain Project

Brain Regions

Brain Size

Brain States

Brain-computer Interface

Cell Model

Cell Population

Cell Types

Cells Fire

Cerebellum

Chemical Sensing

Climate Change

Climbing Fibers

Closed Loop

Cognitive Control

Cognitive Science

Collaboration

Common Ancestor

Computational Model

Conceptual Space

Consciousness

Control Systems

Convergent Science Network

Cortex

Cortical Development

Data Points

Decision Making

Deep Nucleus

Degrees Freedom

Developmental Biology

Disorders Of Consciousness

Dopamine Neurons

During Development

Dynamical Systems

Electric Field

Electroactive Polymers

Embodied Cognition

Entorhinal Cortex

Epigenetics

Episodic Memory

Error Signal

Estrogen Receptor

European Commission

Evolutionary

External World

Firing Rate

Frontal Areas

Frontal Pole

Gene Expression

Global Workspace

Grid Cells

Head Direction Cells

Hippocampus

Human Beings

Human Development

Human Rights

Immune System

Inferior Olive

Information Flow

Information Processing

Information Theory

Insect Brain

Interaction World

Internal Models

Learning Memory

Lobster

Macaque Monkeys

Machine Learning

Mammalian Brain

Memory Consolidation