Convergent Science Network Podcast

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Welcome to the Convergent Science Network Podcast! 

During the BCBT Summerschools (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) hosting professors Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott interviewed several speakers after their lectures. Interviews are also conducted on other occasions with various scientist in converging fields.

About the hostsPaul Verschure is ICREA Professor at SPECS, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona; Tony Prescott is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sheffield.

The Convergent Science Network of biomimetic and biohybrid systems (CSN, www.csnetwork.eu) is a coordination action for the development of future real-world technologies. CSN is supported through the Future and Emerging Technology programs (FET) of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) work programme of Framework Programme 7 of the European Commission.

Audio (post-)production: Sytse Wierenga. Podcast site: Alberto Betella.

Thoughts, discussions, and achievements in neurobiology, biomimetic and biohybrid systems

We can learn a lot from brains and bodies when making machines and robots. But reversely, building complex machine systems can also give ideas about how brains and bodies have implemented their functioning over the evolution of ages. This podcast discusses various themes and aspects in-between robotics, neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, biology, and technology.

Neuroscience

Interview Giacomo Rizzolatti

05-04-2018

Giacomo Rizzolatti takes us on a tour through his long study of the mirror neuron system of the brain and how it revolutionized the study of mind

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 118.61MB - Duration: 1:02:57 m (263 kbps 44100 Hz)




Interview Matthew E. Diamond

05-04-2018

Matthew E. Diamond (SISSA, Trieste) discusses the neural correlates of decision making, and his studies of that in both humans and rats.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 187.25MB - Duration: 1:21:44 m (320 kbps 44100 Hz)




Interview Ranulfo Romo

05-04-2018

Ranulfo Romo (University of Mexico) discusses the conscious and unconscious manifestations of decision making in the brain, focusing especially if and how neurons can process more than single sensory modalities.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 154.74MB - Duration: 1:07:32 m (320 kbps 44100 Hz)




Interview Barbara Finlay

05-04-2018

Barbara Finlay (Cornell University, New York) focuses on causal relations between brain structure and an animal’s evolutionarily differentiated behaviour. She discusses the ways brains do change, but in a quite constraint fashion.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 135.74MB - Duration: 1:14:03 m (256 kbps 44100 Hz)




Interview Zoltán Monár

05-04-2018

Zoltán Monár (Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford) discusses his work on the development of the brain. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 85.64MB - Duration: 1:02:21 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)




Interview Yaki Setty

05-04-2018

Yaki Setty (Computational Systems Biology, Max Planck Institute, Saarbrücken) discusses his work on the modeling of neurogenesis and related developmental processes. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 79.46MB - Duration: 57:52 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)




Interview Stefano Ferraina

05-04-2018

Stefano Ferraina (Physiology, Sapienza University, Rome) discusses his work on primate decision making and inference. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 88.15MB - Duration: 1:04:11 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)




Interview Jon Kaas (2014)

05-04-2018

Jon Kaas (Vanderbilt University, Nashville) discusses his view on the evolution of brains from early mammals to humans. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 89.5MB - Duration: 1:05:10 m (192 kbps 44100 Hz)




Interview Henry Kennedy

05-04-2018

Henry Kennedy (Stem-Cell and Brain Research Institute, Lyon) discusses his work on the anatomical structure of the primate cortex. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 70.36MB - Duration: 51:14 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)




Interview David Redish

05-04-2018

David Redish (Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, ) discusses his work on the neuronal substrate of spatial navigation, memory and regret. Interviewed by Paul Verschure and Tony Prescott.

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Filetype: MP3 - Size: 138.61MB - Duration: 1:40:56 m (192 kbps 48000 Hz)




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