Best Audio Research Podcasts (2024)

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Immune cell interlopers breach-and repair-brain barrier in mice 6:05

14h ago6:05

6:05

The choroid plexus, the protective network of blood vessels and epithelial cells that line the brain's ventricles, recruits neutrophils and macrophages during inflammation, a new study shows.

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NeuroAI: A field born from the symbiosis between neuroscience, AI 7:22

4d ago7:22

7:22

As the history of this nascent discipline reveals, neuroscience has inspired advances in artificial intelligence, and AI has provided a testing ground for models in neuroscience, accelerating progress in both fields.

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Timing tweak turns trashed fMRI scans into treasure 5:53

20d ago5:53

5:53

Leveraging start-up "dummy scans," which are typically discarded in imaging analyses, can shorten an experiment's length and make data collection more efficient, a new study reveals.

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Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer's research 8:04

25d ago8:04

8:04

New results suggest the disease progresses differently in women, but we need more basic science to unpack the mechanisms involved.

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This paper changed my life: 'Spontaneous cortical activity reveals hallmarks of an optimal internal model of the environment,' from the Fiser Lab 5:33

1M ago5:33

5:33

Fiser's work taught me how to think about grounding computational models in biologically plausible implementations.

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The S-index Challenge: Develop a metric to quantify data-sharing success 5:43

1M ago5:43

5:43

The NIH-sponsored effort aims to help incentivize scientists to share data. But many barriers to the widespread adoption of useful data-sharing remain.

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A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery. 27:16

2M ago27:16

27:16

Science is built on trust. What happens when someone destroys it?

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Repeat scans reveal brain changes that precede childbirth 8:54

2M ago8:54

8:54

A detailed look at a "pregnant brain" highlights a need to investigate the neural alterations that occur during a transition experienced by nearly 140 million people worldwide each year.

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Reconstructing dopamine's link to reward 19:37

2M ago19:37

19:37

The field is grappling with whether to modify the long-standing theory of reward prediction error-or abandon it entirely.

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In updated U.S. autism bill, Congress calls for funding boost, expanded scope 5:35

2M ago5:35

5:35

The current Autism CARES Act sunsets in late September.

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From reductionism to dynamical systems: How two books influenced my thinking across 30 years of neuroscience 4:01

3M ago4:01

4:01

Nicole Rust describes her career-changing literary journey of joy, free will and the evolution of a field.

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Neuroscience needs a career path for software engineers 7:02

3M ago7:02

7:02

Few institutions have mechanisms for the type of long-term positions that would best benefit the science.

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Nonsense correlations and how to avoid them 6:13

3M ago6:13

6:13

This statistical error is common in systems neuroscience. Fortunately, straightforward methods can help you prevent it.

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Is it time to worry about brain chimeras? 9:26

4M ago9:26

9:26

Brains made of neurons from two species raise new concerns.

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Martin Giurfa's concept of home 15:06

4M ago15:06

15:06

The insect-cognition researcher has done his work across continents, but Argentina is never far from his mind.

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Women are systematically under-cited in neuroscience. New tools can change that. 5:29

4M ago5:29

5:29

An omitted citation in a high-profile paper led us to examine our own practices and to help others adopt tools that promote citation diversity.

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Future of BRAIN Initiative funding remains unclear 4:11

4M ago4:11

4:11

As the U.S. Congress begins to discuss federal science funding for 2025, any plans to compensate for this year’s cuts to the neuroscience program face an uphill battle.

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At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel 18:08

5M ago18:08

18:08

The French researcher’s accomplishments working with chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic highlight the importance of recording sleep in the wild.

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Can an emerging field called 'neural systems understanding' explain the brain? 21:09

5M ago21:09

21:09

This mashup of neuroscience, artificial intelligence and even linguistics and philosophy of mind aims to crack the deep question of what “understanding” is, however un-brain-like its models may be.

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Reviving 'inside-out' hypothesis of amyloid beta to explain Alzheimer's mysteries 8:40

5M ago8:40

8:40

New research is resurfacing old ideas about where the protein forms the disease’s hallmark plaques.

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At the credit crossroads: Modern neuroscience needs a cultural shift to adopt new authorship practices 9:46

6M ago9:46

9:46

Old heuristics to acknowledge contributors—calling out first and last authors, with everyone else in between—don’t work well for large collaborative and interdisciplinary projects, yet they remain the default.

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Should we use the computational or the network approach to analyze functional brain-imaging data-why not both? 7:10

6M ago7:10

7:10

Emerging methods make it possible to combine the two tactics from opposite ends of the analytic spectrum, enabling scientists to have their cake and eat it too.

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How to explore your scientific values and develop a vision for your field 5:47

6M ago5:47

5:47

As a new professor, I was caught off guard by one part of the job: my role as an evaluator.

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Carol Jennings, whose family's genetics informed amyloid cascade hypothesis, dies at 70 3:43

6M ago3:43

3:43

Her advocacy work aided the discovery of a rare inherited form of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and helped connect affected people with researchers.

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How to use race and ethnicity data responsibly in neuroscience research 7:08

6M ago7:08

7:08

Follow these four tips to avoid using the information in problematic ways, including as a proxy for environmental variables.

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Immune cell interlopers breach-and repair-brain barrier in mice 6:05

1
NeuroAI: A field born from the symbiosis between neuroscience, AI 7:22

1
Timing tweak turns trashed fMRI scans into treasure 5:53

1
Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer's research 8:04

1
This paper changed my life: 'Spontaneous cortical activity reveals hallmarks of an optimal internal model of the environment,' from the Fiser Lab 5:33

1
The S-index Challenge: Develop a metric to quantify data-sharing success 5:43

1
A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery. 27:16

1
Repeat scans reveal brain changes that precede childbirth 8:54

1
Reconstructing dopamine's link to reward 19:37

1
In updated U.S. autism bill, Congress calls for funding boost, expanded scope 5:35

1
From reductionism to dynamical systems: How two books influenced my thinking across 30 years of neuroscience 4:01

1
Neuroscience needs a career path for software engineers 7:02

1
Nonsense correlations and how to avoid them 6:13

1
Is it time to worry about brain chimeras? 9:26

1
Martin Giurfa's concept of home 15:06

1
Women are systematically under-cited in neuroscience. New tools can change that. 5:29

1
Future of BRAIN Initiative funding remains unclear 4:11

1
At the end of the earth with Paul-Antoine Libourel 18:08

1
Can an emerging field called 'neural systems understanding' explain the brain? 21:09

1
Reviving 'inside-out' hypothesis of amyloid beta to explain Alzheimer's mysteries 8:40

1
At the credit crossroads: Modern neuroscience needs a cultural shift to adopt new authorship practices 9:46

1
Should we use the computational or the network approach to analyze functional brain-imaging data-why not both? 7:10

1
How to explore your scientific values and develop a vision for your field 5:47

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Carol Jennings, whose family's genetics informed amyloid cascade hypothesis, dies at 70 3:43

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How to use race and ethnicity data responsibly in neuroscience research 7:08

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