Celebrating 4 Years of the Brain Science Podcast (BSP 71)

The latest episode of the Brain Science Podcast (BSP 71) is our 4th annual review episode. As usual I review highlights from this year's interviews, but this year I added a new feature: my personal reflections on how the Brain Science Podcast has impacted my life. This episode also contains a special announcement for UK listeners.

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Major Topics from Season 4:

• Emotions with Jaak Panksepp (BSP 65)
• Memory with Randy Gallistel (BSP 66)
• Consciousness with Thomas Metzinger (BSP 67)
• Alzheimer's Disease with Peter Whitehouse (BSP 68 and Books and Ideas 36)
• Glia Cells with R. Douglas Fields (BSP 69)
• Pop Psychology Myths with Scott Lilienfeld (BSP 70)

References: 

• Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions by Jaak Panksepp (BSP 65)
• Memory and the Computational Brain: Why Cognitive Science will Transform Neuroscience by C. R. Gallistel, Adam Philip King (BSP 66)
• The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind and the Myth of the Self by Thomas Metzinger (BSP 67)
• The Myth of Alzheimer's: What You Aren't Being Told About Today's Most Dreaded Diagnosis by Peter J. Whitehouse and Daniel George (BSP 68 and Books and Ideas 36)
• The Other Brain: From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science by R. Douglas Fields (BSP 69)
• 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, Barry L. Beyerstein (BSP 70)
• For additional references: follow links to episode show notes

Announcements:

• The Brain Science Podcast app is now available for both iPhone and ANDROID (NEW!)
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• The next episode of the Brain Science Podcast will come out in January 2010. 
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