Conversation – Knowing Neurons

Spinning Logic

May 24, 2017June 30, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 0 Comments Brain, Conversation, Future, Interview, Kate Fehlhaber, Neuroscience, Perception, Podcast, SciComm, Spinning Logic, STEM, Vision, Women

I had the opportunity to speak with Jason Havey, host of the Spinning Logic podcast! And it was a blast!!… Read more

Interviews Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Mental Health is a Part of Health: A Conversation with Shekhar Saxena

November 8, 2016June 30, 2017 Anita 0 Comments Anxiety, Conversation, depression, Global, Health, Interview, Mental, Neuroscience, Neuroscience 2016, Policy, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Research, Science, SfN, SfN16, Shekhar Saxena, Society for Neuroscience, WHO, World Health Organization

In a recent presidential town hall, President Obama looked directly into the camera and made a powerful statement about mental health. “If something inside you feels like it’s wounded, it’s… Read more

Brain Books Interviews Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

An Interview with Steve Silberman, Author of NeuroTribes

March 30, 2016March 5, 2017 Jillian L. Shaw 2 Comments Author, Autism, Conversation, Interview, Neurotribes, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, SciComm, Steve Silberman, Writer

Ten minutes before I was scheduled to begin my interview with celebrated writer Steve Silberman, I still had not figured out which questions I wanted to ask him. Staring down… Read more

Interviews

Explain Things To Me: Neuroscientist Kate Fehlhaber

October 16, 2015March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 0 Comments Anna Akana, Brad Gage, Conversation, ETTM, Expert, Interview, Kate Fehlhaber, Neuroscience, PhD, Podcast, Research, Science, Vision

Recently, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Anna Akana and Brad Gage for their podcast called “Explain Things To Me,” a show that features conversations with experts in… Read more

Brain Basics Brain Development Interviews SfN 2014

Science Fiction, Serendipity and Interneuron Specification: A Conversation with Dr. Gordon J. Fishell

November 3, 2014March 5, 2017 Anita 0 Comments Conversation, Excitation, GABA, glutamate, Gordon Fishell, Graduate School, Inhibition, Interneuron, Interview, NYU, Presidential Lecture, Research, SfN, SfN14

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/175092412″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] It is easy to assume that if a car has a gas pedal, it needs to have brakes, and similarly, if our brain… Read more

Did You Know? Interviews SfN 2014

From Stevens to Synapses: A Conversation with Kelsey Martin

October 22, 2014March 5, 2017 Jillian L. Shaw 0 Comments and Synapses, Conversation, DNA, Eric Kandel, gene, Interview, Kelsey C. Martin, Kelsey Martin, Learning, M.D./Ph.D., Memory, Neurons, Peace Corps., Plasticity, SfN14, Synapse, Synapses, The Living Record of Memory: Genes, UCLA

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/173263228″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Take your wildest guess. How many neurons make up the human brain? You’re not guessing wild enough if you said anything less than… Read more