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Unpopular Neuroscience

Unpopular Neuroscience

By: Patrick D. Watson
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 Neuroscientists Katie McAllister and Patrick Watson discuss the nervous system, scrutinize pop neuroscience, and attempt to understand why—despite millions of published articles and advances in artificial intelligence—everyone still seems to think the brain is a mysterious organ.Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Biological Sciences Philosophy Science Social Sciences
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  • Consciousness, Man.

    Consciousness, Man.
    Jun 23 2025

    What is consciousness?

    To the general public it's one of the most profound and enduring mysteries of the human psyche. To specialists it's something we don't worry about much. In this episode, Katie and Patrick explore the semantic gap between broad popular conceptions of consciousness and narrower understanding held by neuroscientists and philosophers.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Cognitive Biases: Why Everyone Is Stupid Except Me!

    Cognitive Biases: Why Everyone Is Stupid Except Me!
    Apr 20 2025

    On this episode Katie & Patrick discuss why cognitive biases are so popular—at least when applied to other people—even though these reasoning foibles are not exclusive to humans, probably not caused by the brain, and unlikely to explain much about behavior.
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    57 mins
  • Learning Science, Learning Magic

    Learning Science, Learning Magic
    Mar 28 2025

    Everyone knows that learning takes hard work, deep reading, study, and repeated practice. But wouldn't it be rad if it didn't? On this episode Katie and Patrick talk about the science of learning and the often more appealing—but less real—magic of learning.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
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