Two wildly different PhD students in neuroscience break down complicated topics regarding the human brain for a lay audience, highlighting the positive value that knowledge about the brain holds for the general public. The intricacies of the human brain, the woes of being a graduate student, and useful methods in maintaining our wellbeing in satisfying ways are just a few topics that hosts Jeff Mercurio and Paul LaFosse discuss on Brainy Days. If you’re looking for a casual way to learn more about your brain – and ultimately more about your own behavior – then this is the podcast for you.
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Two wildly different PhD students in neuroscience break down complicated topics regarding the human brain for a lay audience, highlighting the positive value that knowledge about the brain holds for the general public. The intricacies of the human brain, the woes of being a graduate student, and useful methods in maintaining our wellbeing in satisfying ways are just a few topics that hosts Jeff Mercurio and Paul LaFosse discuss on Brainy Days. If you’re looking for a casual way to learn more about your brain – and ultimately more about your own behavior – then this is the podcast for you.
Paul is back this week and takes the lead by describing two papers he came across which both utilize optogenetics and a technique our hosts haven’t yet discussed — calcium imaging. Balancing a conversation between science and general sensory perception, Jeff and Paul break down a couple experiments which use light to activate genetically modified cells in specific regions of a brain in order to alter an animal’s perception of its surrounding environment.
Brainy Days
Two wildly different PhD students in neuroscience break down complicated topics regarding the human brain for a lay audience, highlighting the positive value that knowledge about the brain holds for the general public. The intricacies of the human brain, the woes of being a graduate student, and useful methods in maintaining our wellbeing in satisfying ways are just a few topics that hosts Jeff Mercurio and Paul LaFosse discuss on Brainy Days. If you’re looking for a casual way to learn more about your brain – and ultimately more about your own behavior – then this is the podcast for you.
