Cerebrum

Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum magazine story "Hear and Now," discusses his research and policy making role regarding a link between hearing loss, dementia, and cognitive function.

Podcast Transcript: http://on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-lin

Ilina Singh, Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum magazine cover story "Neuroscience for Global Mental Health," discusses her experience on the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and the NeuroGenE global initiative in psychiatric ethics.

Podcast Transcript: http://on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-singh

Gerard Karsenty, M.D., Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum story, "That Feeling in Your Bones," discusses his groundbreaking research regarding osteocalcin, a hormone that triggers a "fight or flight response" and possibly much more.

Podcast Transcript: https://on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-karsenty

Marc Brackett, Ph.D., founding director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and professor in the Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine, talks about his path to the field and how becoming a fifth degree black belt in Aikido and his own experience with therapy has informed his work.

Podcast Transcript: https://on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-brackett

Lee Alan Dugatkin, coauthor of "How to Tame a Fox," discusses his Cerebrum article and other significant findings since the book was published.

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Gregory Berns, M.D., Ph.D., author of our Cerebrum magazine cover story, "Decoding the Canine Mind," the Distinguished Professor of Neuroeconomics at Emory University and "How Dogs Love Us" (New Harvest, 2013), explains the challenges scanning the brain of a dog, what motivated him to specialize in canine cognition, and more.

Podcast Transcript: https://on.dana.org/cerebrum-transcript-berns

Roger E. Beaty, Ph.D., author of "The Creative Brain" and director of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Creativity Lab at Pennsylvania State University, discusses how he uses brain imaging and behavioral experiments to examine how creativity works in different contexts and domains.

Jerold Chun, M.D., Ph.D., professor and senior vice president of Neuroscience Drug Discovery at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, discusses a genetic approach to solving Alzheimer's disease, plus a promising therapeutic intervention.

Keely A. Muscatell, Ph.D., author of "Brains, Bodies, and Social Hierarchies" and director of the Social Neuroscience and Health laboratory at the University of North Carolina, discusses new research that ties income and other factors to stress and emotional responses.

Maheen Mausoof Adamson, Ph.D., a Stanford professor and senior scientific research director for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center in Palo Alto, CA, discusses the neuromodulation field, its potential, and what inspires her research.