The first ever live recording of the UCL Brain Stories podcast live from the Bloomsbury Studio at the Bloomsbury Theatre and Studio on 18th October 2023. Caswell and Selina spoke to Diksha Gupta, Rick Adams, and Benedetto De Martino on all things Neuro AI. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-10-18TDuration: 01:35:46Language of episode: EnglishPresenter: Caswell Barry; Selina...

Professor Jenny Bizley talks to Caswell and Steve about how different sounds are perceived by the brain. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-08-29Duration: 00:38:23Language of episode: EnglishPresenter: Caswell Barry; Steve FlemmingGuests: Professor Jenny BizleyProducer: Patrick Robinson

Peter Kok talks to Selina and Steve about how the brain determines our visual experience of the world and how his research aims to understand the neural circuit underlying this. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-08-17Duration: 00:42:40Language of episode: EnglishPresenter: Selina Wray; Steve FlemmingGuests: Peter KokProducer: Patrick Robinson

Professor Sarah Garfinkel talks to Caswell and Steve about her research exploring emotion and how brain body interactions may go awry in clinical conditions. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-07-14Duration: 00:41:21Language of episode: EnglishPresenter: Caswell Barry ; Stephen FlemmingGuests: Professor Sarah GarfinkelProducer: Patrick Robinson

Kate Jeffery talks to Steve and Caswell about memory, how place cells might be the neural basis of our sense of space, the joys of training rats to climb around in three dimensions, and what all this has got to do with architecture. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-01-31Duration: 00:49:55Language of episode: EnglishPresenter: Steve Flemming; Caswell BarryGuests:...

Tobias Hauser talks to Steve and Caswell about common misconceptions around OCD, what the "computational" means in computational psychiatry, and the reasons why teenagers might hold the key to understanding the origins of mental health problems.

Katharina Schmack talks to Caswell and Steve about dopamine, hallucinations, how to juggle careers in science and medicine, and why sleep-deprived parents might hear things that are not really there.

Hugo Spiers talks about taxis, how where you grew up affects your navigation skills, and the time that Benedict Cumberbatch ruined one of his experiments. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast

Conversations with the speakers from the 2022 UCL Neuroscience Symposium.

Aman talks to Caswell and Steve about his journey from metallurgical engineering to multi-brain region neuroscience, how this has informed his rodent VR based studies of visual navigation, and what brains taste like. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2022-04-13Duration: 00:43:13Language of episode: EnglishPresenter: Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming; Selina WrayGuests: Aman SaleemProducer:...

Benedetto De Martino talks to Selina and Caswell about decision making, why we make choices that are bad for us, and the importance of having a hobby - plus a banjo makes an appearance. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast

In our first episode in 2022, Caswell & Selina talk to Professor Sanjay Sisodiya (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) about his research into epilepsy and the intersection between climate change and neurological disease. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2021-12-06Duration: 15/12/21Language of episode: EnglishPresenter: Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming; Selina WrayGuests: Sanjay...

In our fifth episode Selina and Steve chat to Professor Tamar Makin about her fascinating research on brain plasticity, artificial limbs and the potential for human augmentation. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2021-11-24Duration: 00:34:20Language of episode: EnglishPresenter: Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming; Selina WrayGuests: Professor Tamar MakinProducer: Suzie McCarthy

In our third episode Andrew Macaskill joins Selina and Caswell to talk about how the brain weighs evidence and makes decisions - also why it's important for neuroscientists to get out of their comfort zone once in a while. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast

In our fourth episode Selina & Caswell talk to Professor Nick Fox about the importance of research into Alzheimer’s disease and the progress being made towards better diagnosis and treatment. Find out more and access the transcript here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast

Professor Nicola Raihani talks about her new book, Kalahari Babblers, Lizard Island and why we're better off together.

In our 1st episode we are joined by Professor Sophie Scott, who chats to Selina & Steve about her journey from "polytechnic to PhD" and why understanding the science of laughter is important