Brain Stories: Recent Episodes
University College London (UCL)
Welcome to the brand new monthly podcast series from the UCL Neuroscience Domain presented by Caswell Barry (UCL Division of Biosciences), Steve Fleming (UCL Division of Psychology & Language Sciences) and Selina Wray (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology). UCL Brain Stories aims to showcase the best of UCL Neuroscience, highlighting the wide range of cutting-edge research going on within the Neuroscience Domain as well as bringing you the people behind the research to share their journey of how they ended up here. Each month we’ll be joined by a leading neuroscientist to offer their perspective on the big questions and challenges in Neuroscience research, to find out what stimulated their fascination with the brain and hear how they ended up becoming part of the UCL Neuroscience community.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
Professor Jenny Bizley talks to Caswell and Steve about how different sounds are perceived by the brain.
For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
Date of episode recording: 2023-08-29
Duration: 00:38:23
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Caswell Barry; Steve Flemming
Guests: Professor Jenny Bizley
Producer: Patrick Robinson
Professor Sarah Garfinkel talks to Caswell and Steve about her research exploring emotion and how brain body interactions may go awry in clinical conditions.
For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
Date of episode recording: 2023-07-14
Duration: 00:41:21
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Caswell Barry ; Stephen Flemming
Guests: Professor Sarah Garfinkel
Producer: Patrick Robinson
Katharina Schmack talks to Caswell and Steve about dopamine, hallucinations, how to juggle careers in science and medicine, and why sleep-deprived parents might hear things that are not really there.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
Hugo Spiers talks about taxis, how where you grew up affects your navigation skills, and the time that Benedict Cumberbatch ruined one of his experiments.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast
Date of episode recording: 2022-07-19
Duration: 00:56:28
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Selina Wray & Caswell Barry
Guests: Hugo Spiers
Producer: Patrick Robinson
Conversations with the speakers from the 2022 UCL Neuroscience Symposium.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
Date of episode recording: 2022-06-22
Duration: 00:35:39
Language of episode: English
Presenter:Selina Wray; Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming
Guests: UCL Neuroscience Symposium speakers
Producer: Patrick Robinson
Aman talks to Caswell and Steve about his journey from metallurgical engineering to multi-brain region neuroscience, how this has informed his rodent VR based studies of visual navigation, and what brains taste like.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
Date of episode recording: 2022-04-13
Duration: 00:43:13
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming; Selina Wray
Guests: Aman Saleem
Producer: Patrick Robinson
Benedetto De Martino talks to Selina and Caswell about decision making, why we make choices that are bad for us, and the importance of having a hobby - plus a banjo makes an appearance.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast
In our first episode in 2022, Caswell & Selina talk to Professor Sanjay Sisodiya (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) about his research into epilepsy and the intersection between climate change and neurological disease.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast
Date of episode recording: 2021-12-06
Duration: 15/12/21
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming; Selina Wray
Guests: Sanjay Sisodiya
Producer: Suzie McCarthy
In our fifth episode Selina and Steve chat to Professor Tamar Makin about her fascinating research on brain plasticity, artificial limbs and the potential for human augmentation.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast
Date of episode recording: 2021-11-24
Duration: 00:34:20
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming; Selina Wray
Guests: Professor Tamar Makin
Producer: Suzie McCarthy
In our third episode Andrew Macaskill joins Selina and Caswell to talk about how the brain weighs evidence and makes decisions - also why it's important for neuroscientists to get out of their comfort zone once in a while.
For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast
In our third episode Selina & Caswell talk to Professor Nick Fox about the importance of research into Alzheimer’s disease and the progress being made towards better diagnosis and treatment.
Find out more and access the transcript here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
Professor Nichola Raihani talks about her new book, Kalahari Babblers, Lizard Island and why we're better off together.
Find out more and access the transcript here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
Welcome to the brand new monthly podcast series from the UCL Neuroscience Domain presented by Caswell Barry (UCL Division of Biosciences), Steve Fleming (UCL Division of Psychology & Language Sciences) and Selina Wray (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology). UCL Brain Stories aims to showcase the best of UCL Neuroscience, highlighting the wide range of cutting-edge research going on within the Neuroscience Domain as well as bringing you the people behind the research to share their journey of how they ended up here. Each month we’ll be joined by a leading neuroscientist to offer their perspective on the big questions and challenges in Neuroscience research, to find out what stimulated their fascination with the brain and hear how they ended up becoming part of the UCL Neuroscience community.
In our 1st episode we are joined by Professor Sophie Scott, who chats to Selina & Steve about her journey from "polytechnic to PhD" and why understanding the science of laughter is important
More info and transcript on: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast
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