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Neuroscience: Amateur Hour

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Today: #200 in Science on our combined chart.

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Oct 27#200#187
Oct 22#179#166
Oct 20—#197
Oct 16#166#150
Oct 15#169#153
Oct 14#149#131

Latest episodes

  • Episode 32: The Neuroscience of Parkinson's Disease

    June 20, 2024 · 23 min

    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…

  • Episode 31: The Neuroscience of Dreams

    January 25, 2024 · 23 min

    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…

  • Episode 30: The Connection Between your Gut and the Brain

    June 8, 2023 · 23 min

    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…

  • Episode 29: The Neuroscience of Alien Hand Syndrome

    May 21, 2023 · 23 min

    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…

  • Episode 28: MRI or the Salmon in the Scanner with the Eventually To Be Dr. Ilya

    October 6, 2022 · 29 min

    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…

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  • Episode 27: The Neuroscience of Octopuses

    September 8, 2022 · 12 min

    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…

  • Episode 26: The Neuroscience of Seizures and Epilepsy

    August 25, 2022 · 17 min

    Hello! I return! Today we will be talking about the neuroscience of seizures and epilepsy. Brought about an imbalance of the accelerators (excitatory circuits) and brakes (inhibitory circuits) of the brain, seizures are pretty terrifying…

  • End of Season 1

    July 14, 2022 · 1 min

    That's a wrap on Season 1 folks! See you all in a few weeks with more episodes about epilepsy, alcohol, and more!  Happy researching and I'll see you all again soon! Support the show

  • Episode 25: The Neuroscience of ... Neurons Firing?

    June 30, 2022 · 16 min

    Apologies for the absolute chaos that is this episode. Today I wanted to cover some foundational background concepts, including how a signal travel within a neuron from dendrites to the tip of the axon and how that neuron then…

  • Episode 24: The Neuroscience of Deafness

    June 23, 2022 · 14 min

    This episode is part two of my miniseries on the neuroscience of language production and processing and today we're touching on how the brain regions encoding those concepts change in deaf individuals. It turns out that the brain is the…

  • Episode 23: The Neuroscience of Smoking Cigarettes

    June 16, 2022 · 17 min

    Tobacco has a long and storied history but its effects on the modern world cannot be ignored. It was hailed as a cure to many ailments for years but as we understand more - we understand that its REALLY bad for you. Something like 80-90%…

  • Episode 22: The Neuroscience of Speech Production

    June 10, 2022 · 13 min

    So this week’s episode is all about speech production. Speech is a fundamental way of communicating our needs, desires, threats, resources, etc to our conspecifics. But do you know about the circuits and muscles and brain regions…

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About the show

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.