Cerebrum

Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D., director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai Health Systems and a professor of psychiatry, neuroscience, and pharmaceutical sciences at the Ichan School of Medicine, discussed her Cerebrum magazine cover story, "A Perfect Storm: Covid + Addiction."

Gina Martin is the founder and director of The Bob and Diane Fund, which honors her parents, Bob and Diane Martin. The couple were high school sweethearts married for nearly 50 years. In 2006, at the age of 65, Diane was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's, and she passed away five years later. Bob, her husband, loyal partner, and devoted caregiver, died just three months later. The fund gives an annual grant to a photographer whose work captures the essence of someone who has Alzheimer's disease or dementia. The work of the winner of the 2021 grant, Cheryle St. Onge, is featured in the winter 2022 edition of Cerebrum magazine.

The job of a magician is to exploit loopholes in the way you process reality. What are the psychological implications of deception? Hear from Daniel Roy, who received a B.S. degree in neurobiology from the University of Pennsylvania and is a professional magician who has performed at the Mirrors Magic Theater in Philadelphia, the Hollywood Magic Castle, and has appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us! on national television.

Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., co-director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory at Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital, talks about the internal-sense system, largely below our consciousness, that keeps our bodies and brains going.

podcast transcript: on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-barrett

Dilip V. Jeste, M.D, author and senior associate dean for healthy aging at the University of California, San Diego, talks about his Cerebrum magazine cover story, "Ageism: The Brain Strikes Back."

podcast transcript: on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-jeste

Mark Shelhamer, former chief scientist for the NASA Human Research Program, examines what spaceflight can teach us about cognitive performance and mental abilities.

Podcast Transcript

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Peter Campochiaro, M.D., a clinician and professor of ophthalmology and neuroscience, talks about about strategies to treat macular degeneration, a condition that affects 200 million people worldwide.

Podcast Transcript

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Vince Calhoun, author of our Cerebrum story, "The Promise of Big Data Imaging for Mental Health," discusses his pioneering research and the evolution of a growing field that has enormous potential to have an impact of both mental health and neurodegenerative treatment.

Podcast Transcript: on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-calhoun

Catherine Woolley, author of our Cerebrum cover story, "His and Hers: Sex Differences in the Brain," discusses what the research has told us so far and why more research is desperately needed.

Podcast Transcript: on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-woolley

In this episode, we discuss adolescence, what maturity means to a neuroscientist, and what brain development looks like in the age of Covid-19 with Abigail Baird, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Vassar College and principal investigator of the Laboratory for Adolescent Science. Visit www.theteenspecies.com to follow Baird's research and the latest information on her forthcoming Audible project, all about the teenage brain!