Share Ep. 22 - Brain Structures: Shape, Volume and Heritability ft. Nadia Blostein

Copy link

October 26, 2020

Ep. 22 - Brain Structures: Shape, Volume and Heritability ft. Nadia Blostein

35 minutes

Our guest this week is McGIll Master's of Neuroscience candidate, Nadia Blostein, in an episode dedicated to subcortical brain structures, brain imaging, physical features of the brain and its evolution up the phylogenetic tree! You don't want to this delightful interview with a fresh-faced graduate student -- this could be you one day!

Bullet Point Topics:

Brain Volume + Shape

Hippocampus

Imaging Techniques - MRI, fMRI, PET

Evolutionary Brain Development

The science behind nature vs. nurture

Subcortical brain structures: striatum, thalamus, global pallidus

Phylogenetic tree

Trait preservation due to genetic heritability

Guest Appearance: Michael Smilovitch (from Ep. 6 - Virtual Reality & Immersion) reading from his "neuropoetry" collection

Find his other work on his website: michaelsmilovitch.com

Get access to his poetry collection directly here: theblastedtree.com/obscuritysquared-index