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Neuroscience: Amateur Hour delves into the neuroscience of everyday experiences in every episode. From anxiety to pregnancy to our addictions to candy crush - come and learn a little bit more about what's happening upstairs.
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Episode 32: The Neuroscience of Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by uncontrollable movements, stiffness, and cognitive decline. Curious? Come learn more! Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram.Also if you have the means/desire to financially support this podcast - please go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neuroscienc...
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Episode 31: The Neuroscience of Dreams
Dreams are both scientifically fascinating and universal. Everyone dreams, at every age and they are often nonsensical, complex, and deeply subjective. How can you quantify something so personal in the activity of cells, circuits, and systems?Let's find out together!Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram.Also if you have t...
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Episode 30: The Connection Between your Gut and the Brain
Have you ever thought about why some feelings might be described as gut-wrenching? Or why do the first feelings of love make you feel butterflies in the stomach? It's time to explore how your gut and your brain are connected!Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram.Also if you have the means/desire to financially support thi...
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Episode 29: The Neuroscience of Alien Hand Syndrome
A tragic incident - a brain injury, a stroke, the development of a neurodegenerative disease, and all of a sudden, a patient's arm no longer belongs to them. It will pull their hair, pinch their cheeks, and grab miscellaneous objects, seemingly developing a mind of its own. How can something that belongs to you and is controlled by your brain, your electrical pulses, and your motor neurons ever develop a mind of its own? Listen to find out more!Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you ha...
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Episode 28: MRI or the Salmon in the Scanner with the Eventually To Be Dr. Ilya
Could a dead salmon be thinking or is something else at play? If you're curious about the answer to that question and want to learn more about magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), come and listen! Featuring special guest the Eventually To be Dr. Ilya, this episode discusses the science behind MRI, how noise can affect imaging and landmark studies in the field! Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neurosci...
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Episode 27: The Neuroscience of Octopuses
Two words - Octopus brains! Nine of them!!!But seriously, if you want to learn about the insanity of the dispersed octopus nervous system, come and take a listen! Please rate, review, and subscribe and if you have any questions, comments, concerns, queries, or complaints, please email me at neuroscienceamateurhour@gmail.com or DM me at NeuroscienceAmateurHour on Instagram.Also if you have the means/desire to financially support this podcast - please go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/neurosci...
Customer Reviews
Just the right level and tone
Thoughtful and knowledgeable host. Enough science but not too much. Each episode distinct, self-contained and really stimulating.
Love the episode on alien hand syndrome
I've only listened to one episode so far and it was very informative and interesting. I really like that the host takes an amateur approach, getting just technical enough to appeal to science lovers that are not professionals in the field. The episodes listened to, about alien hand syndrome, was well researched and led me to draw some parallels between aspects of the syndrome and an interview on the podcast The Daily. In The Daily episode, the Godfather of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, was explaining how AI mimics neural networks in the brain and eventually can learn from itself, becoming independent as the hand or limb does in AHS. Anyway, thanks for this thought provoking episode.
Very informational and interesting.
I really hope this show comes back. Great content.