BJKS Podcast

Benjamin Ehrlich is the author of the recent biography of Santiago Ramon y Cajal (The brain in search of itself), and The Dreams of Santiago Ramon y Cajal. We talk about Cajal's life and work, Cajal's unlikely beginnings in a rural Spain, how he discovered that neurons were separate from each other, leading to the neutron doctrine, how Cajal became famous seemingly overnight, Cajal's rivalry with Camillo Golgi, the relationship between art and science, how to write a biography of someone whose autobiographical writings were heavily influenced by picaresque novels, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: Why Cajal is worth talking about 0:01:42: Cajal's father 0:04:48: Cajal's childhood 0:17:22: Cajal's early work on the brain, and the status of neuroscience in the 1880s 0:23:45: The conference that made Cajal famous 0:29:42: Cajal's years as a famous scientist 0:35:33: Cajal's personality 0:41:14: Cajal & Golgi's rivalry 0:45:48: del Rio and the discovery of glia cells 0:49:13: Picaresque novels and the difficulty of trusting Cajal's stories of himself 1:02:52: A book or paper more people should read 1:04:14: Something Ben wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:04:57: Advice for PhD students/postdocs - people in a transitory period Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtBen (Ehrlich)'s links http://www.benehrlich.com/https://twitter.com/benehrlich11Ben (Kuper-Smith)'s links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References & links Kölliker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_von_K%C3%B6lliker Golgi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo_Golgi del Rio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%ADo_del_R%C3%ADo_Hortega Calvino (1972). Invisible cities. Ehrlich (2017). The Dreams of Santiago Ramón y Cajal. Ehrlich (2022). The brain in search of itself: Santiago Ramón y Cajal and the story of the neuron. Pitlor & Lee (editors). The Best American Short Stories 2023 .

Emily Finn is an assistant professor at Dartmouth College. We talk about her research on neural fingerprinting, naturalistic stimuli, how Emily got into science, the year she spent in Peru before her PhD, advice for writing well, and much more. There are occasional (minor) audio disturbances when Emily's speaking. Sorry about that, still trying to figure out where they came from so that it won't happen again. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: Supportive peer review 0:03:25: Why study linguistics? 0:11:05: Uncertainties about doing a PhD/taking time off 0:18:05: Emily's year-and-a-half in Peru 0:25:17: Emily's PhD 0:29:34: Neural fingerprints 0:49:25: Naturalistic stimuli in neuroimaging 1:24:01: How to write good scientific articles 1:30:55: A book or paper more people should read 1:34:58: Something Emily wishes she'd learnt sooner 1:39:20: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtEmily's links https://geni.us/finn-webhttps://geni.us/finn-scholarhttps://geni.us/finn-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References and links Episode w/ Nachum Ulanovsky: https://geni.us/bjks-ulanovsky Byrge & Kennedy (2019). High-accuracy individual identification using a “thin slice” of the functional connectome. Network Neuroscience. Burkeman (2021). Four thousand weeks: Time management for mortals. Finn, ... & Constable (2014). Disruption of functional networks in dyslexia: a whole-brain, data-driven analysis of connectivity. Biological psychiatry. Finn, Shen, ... & Constable (2015). Functional connectome fingerprinting: identifying individuals using patterns of brain connectivity. Nature Neuroscience. Finn, ... & Constable (2018). Trait paranoia shapes inter-subject synchrony in brain activity during an ambiguous social narrative. Nature Communications. Finn, ... & Bandettini (2020). Idiosynchrony: From shared responses to individual differences during naturalistic neuroimaging. NeuroImage. Finn & Bandettini (2021). Movie-watching outperforms rest for functional connectivity-based prediction of behavior. NeuroImage. Finn (2021). Is it time to put rest to rest?. Trends in cognitive sciences. Finn & Rosenberg (2021). Beyond fingerprinting: Choosing predictive connectomes over reliable connectomes. NeuroImage. Grall & Finn (2022). Leveraging the power of media to drive cognition: A media-informed approach to naturalistic neuroscience. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Hasson, ... & Malach (2004). Intersubject synchronization of cortical activity during natural vision. Science. Hedge, Powell & Sumner (2018). The reliability paradox: Why robust cognitive tasks do not produce reliable individual differences. Behavior research methods. Sava-Segal, ... & Finn (2023). Individual differences in neural event segmentation of continuous experiences. Cerebral Cortex.

David Van Essen is an Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this conversation, we talk about David's path to becoming a neuroscientist, the Human Connectome project, hierarhical processing in the cerebral cortex, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: David's childhood: ravens, rockets, and radios 0:05:00: From physics to neuroscience (via chemistry) 0:13:55: Quantitative and qualitative approaches to science 0:19:17: Model species in neuroscience 0:31:35: Hierarchical processing in the cortex 0:46:54: The Human Connectome Project 0:55:00: A book or paper more people should read 0:58:01: Something David wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:00:31: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtDavid's links https://geni.us/VanEssen-webhttps://geni.us/VanEssen-scholarBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References & links David's autobiographical sketch for the Society for Neuroscience (in Volume 9): https://www.sfn.org/about/history-of-neuroscience/autobiographical-chapters Felleman & Van Essen (1991). Distributed hierarchical processing in the primate cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex. Glasser, Coalson, Robinson, Hacker, Harwell, Yacoub, ... & Van Essen (2016). A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex. Nature. Hubel & Wiesel (1962). Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex. The Journal of physiology. Maunsell & Van Essen (1983). The connections of the middle temporal visual area (MT) and their relationship to a cortical hierarchy in the macaque monkey. Journal of Neuroscience. Sheldrake (2021). Entangled life: How fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures. Van Essen & Kelly (1973). Morphological identification of simple, complex and hypercomplex cells in the visual cortex of the cat. In Intracellular Staining in Neurobiology (pp. 189-198). Van Essen & Maunsell (1980). Two‐dimensional maps of the cerebral cortex. Journal of Comparative Neurology. Van Essen (2012). Cortical cartography and Caret software. Neuroimage. Van Essen, Smith, Barch, Behrens, Yacoub, Ugurbil & WU-Minn HCP Consortium. (2013). The WU-Minn human connectome project: an overview. Neuroimage. Wooldridge (1963). The machinery of the brain.

Nachum Ulanovsky is a professor at the Weizman Institute. We talk about his research on spatial navigation in bats, how Nachum started working with bats, the importance of natural behaviour, how to build a 700m long tunnel for neuroscience, and much more. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: How Nachum started working with bats 0:09:29: The technical difficulties of working with bats and in a new species 0:16:03: The Egyptian Fruit Bat 0:19:42: Wild bats vs lab-born bats / spatial navigation in very large spaces 0:26:28: How to build a 700m long tunnel for neuroscience 0:44:30: 2 random questions about bats 0:53:48: The social lives of bats & social place cells 1:05:09: Why are there so many types of cells for spatial navigation? 1:13:01: Natural neuroscience 1:17:33: A book or paper more people should read 1:20:39: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtNachum's links https://geni.us/ulanovsky-webBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References & links Bracken Cave in Texas, with millions of bats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNPioS_roRE The Onion video on scientist who wasted life studying anteaters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXD9HnrNrvk Eilam-Altstadter ... (2021). Stereotaxic brain atlas of the Egyptian fruit bat. Eliav ... (2021). Multiscale representation of very large environments in the hippocampus of flying bats. Science. Finkelstein ... (2015). Three-dimensional head-direction coding in the bat brain. Nature. Geva-Sagiv ... (2015). Spatial cognition in bats and rats: from sensory acquisition to multiscale maps and navigation. Nat Rev Neuro. Geva-Sagiv ... (2016). Hippocampal global remapping for different sensory modalities in flying bats. Nat Neuro. Hafting ... (2005). Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex. Nature. Hodgkin & Huxley (1952). A quantitative description of membrane current and its application to conduction and excitation in nerve. The J phys. Hubel & Wiesel (1962). Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex. The J phys. Lettvin... (1959). What the frog's eye tells the frog's brain. Proceedings of IRE. Miller (1956). The magical number seven, plus or minus two ... Psych Rev. O'Keefe & Dostrovsky (1971). The hippocampus as a spatial map ... Brain research. Omer ... (2018). Social place-cells in the bat hippocampus. Science. Sarel ... (2017). Vectorial representation of spatial goals in the hippocampus of bats. Science. Sarel ... (2022). Natural switches in behaviour rapidly modulate hippocampal coding. Nature. Tsoar ... (2011). Large-scale navigational map in a mammal. PNAS. Ulanovsky ... (2003). Processing of low-probability sounds by cortical neurons. Nature neuroscience. Ulanovsky & Moss (2007). Hippocampal cellular and network activity in freely moving echolocating bats. Nat Neuro. Yartsev & Ulanovsky (2013). Representation of three-dimensional space in the hippocampus of flying bats. Science.

Tom Hardwicke is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. We talk about meta-science, incuding Tom's work on post-publication critique and registered reports, what his new role as editor at Psychological Science entails, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: What is meta-science/meta-research? 0:03:15: How Tom got involved in meta-science 0:21:51: Post-publication critique in journals 0:39:30: How Tom's work (registered reports) led to policy changes at journals 0:44:08: Tom is now the STAR (statistics, transparency, and rigor) editor at Psychological Science 0:48:17: How to best share data that can be used by people with different backgrounds 0:54:51: A book or paper more people should read 0:56:36: Something Tom wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:00:13: Jobs in meta-science 1:03:29: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtTom's links https://geni.us/hardwicke-webhttps://geni.us/hardwicke-scholarhttps://geni.us/hardwicke-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References & links Episodes w/ Nosek, Vazire, & Chambers: https://geni.us/bjks-nosek https://geni.us/bjks-vazire https://geni.us/bjks-chambers Foamhenge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamhenge METRICS: https://metrics.stanford.edu/ AIMOS: https://www.youtube.com/@aimosinc4164 Chambers & Mellor (2018). Protocol transparency is vital for registered reports. Nature Human Behaviour. Hardwicke, Jameel, Jones, Walczak & Weinberg (2014). Only human: Scientists, systems, and suspect statistics. Opticon1826. Hardwicke & Ioannidis (2018). Mapping the universe of registered reports. Nature Human Behaviour. Hardwicke, Serghiou, Janiaud, Danchev, Crüwell, Goodman & Ioannidis (2020). Calibrating the scientific ecosystem through meta-research. Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application. Hardwicke, Thibault, Kosie, Tzavella, Bendixen, Handcock, ... & Ioannidis (2022). Post-publication critique at top-ranked journals across scientific disciplines: a cross-sectional assessment of policies and practice. Royal Society Open Science. Hardwicke & Vazire (2023). Transparency Is Now the Default at Psychological Science. Psychological Science. Kidwell, Lazarević, Baranski, Hardwicke, Piechowski, Falkenberg, ... & Nosek (2016). Badges to acknowledge open practices: A simple, low-cost, effective method for increasing transparency. PLoS biology. Nosek, Hardwicke, Moshontz, Allard, Corker, Dreber, ... & Vazire (2022). Replicability, robustness, and reproducibility in psychological science. Annual review of psychology. Ritchie (2020). Science fictions: Exposing fraud, bias, negligence and hype in science.

Jessica Polka is Executive Director of ASAPbio, a non-profit that promotes innovation and transparency in life science publishing. We talk about her work at ASAPbio, how she got into it, preprints, the many functions of peer review, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: The Jessica-Polka 0:01:25: What is ASAPbio? 0:03:53: Do we still need to convince people to use preprints in 2024? / Different uses for preprints 0:17:53: Are preprints really that beneficial? 0:24:05: Peer review's many functions and audiences 0:36:36: Do we still need journals? 0:41:27: Why should we publish peer review? 0:54:08: What can we do as individual scientists (other than hope for systemic change)? 0:56:55: How Jessica got involved with ASAPbio, and her day-to-day work 1:08:20: A book or paper more people should read 1:11:13: Something Jessica wishes she'd learnt sooner 1:13:18: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtJessica's links https://geni.us/polka-webhttps://geni.us/polka-scholarhttps://geni.us/polka-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt Links mentioned The Jessica-Polka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=lDdnQytp2eY (there seem to be many versions) ASAPbio: https://asapbio.org/ Review Commons: https://www.reviewcommons.org/ Jessica's interview with Everything Hertz: https://everythinghertz.com/51 The Ingelfinger rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingelfinger_rule Crowd preprint review: https://asapbio.org/crowd-preprint-review Peer Community in Registered Reports: https://rr.peercommunityin.org/ cOAlition S: Towards Responsible Publishing: https://www.coalition-s.org/towards-responsible-publishing/ https://scite.ai Publish your reviews: https://asapbio.org/publishyourreviews ASAPbio fellows program: https://asapbio.org/fellows References Abbott (1884). Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Cialdini (1984). Influence: The psychology of persuasion. Eckmann & Bandrowski (2023). PreprintMatch: A tool for preprint to publication detection shows global inequities in scientific publication. Plos One. Moran & Lennington (2013). The 12 Week Year: Get more Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months. Penfold & Polka (2020). Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life sciences. PLoS Genetics. Polka, Kiley, Konforti, Stern & Vale (2018). Publish peer reviews. Nature.

Brian Boyd is a Distinguished Professor in English and Drama at the University of Auckland. We talk mainly about Vladimir Nabokov: Brian wrote the defining biography on Nabokov (in addition to books on more specific aspects about Nabokov), so we discuss Nabokov's life & work, Brian's approachh to writing biographies, with some hints of the new biography Brian is writing about Karl Popper. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: Why this is a special episode for me 0:07:02: Nabokov's family & childhood 0:15:54: The Russian Revolution, starting in 1917 0:19:52: Nabokov's study years in Cambridge and emigre years in Berlin in the 1920s and 30s 0:30:19: Nabokov's early American years: teaching and butterflies 0:35:56: Nabokov's Russian vs English works, and the problem of translations 0:41:48: Lolita 0:50:13: Pale Fire 1:02:46: Nabokov's writing process 1:07:26: Nabokov's reception 1:10:00: Writing Nabokov's biography: how it started, meeting Nabokov's family, researching and writing, and the responsibility of writing the defining work on someone 1:28:26: Which Nabokov book should new readers read first? 1:30:58: A book or paper more people should read 1:35:03: Something Brian wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:38:47: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtBrian's links https://geni.us/boyd-webBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References and links The estate Nabokov inherent and immediately lost in th revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rozhdestveno_Memorial_Estate Ada online, Brian's line-by-line annotations to Nabokov's Ada: https://www.ada.auckland.ac.nz/ Boyd (1985/2001). Nabokov's Ada: The Place of Consciousness. Boyd (1990). Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years. Boyd (1991). Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years. Boyd & Pyle (eds) (2000). Nabokov’s Butterflies . Boyd (2001). Nabokov's Pale Fire: The Magic of Artistic Discovery. Grass (1959). Die Blechtrommel. James (1897). What Maisie Knew. Machado de Assis (1882). The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas. [The 2 new translations are by Thomson-DeVeaux (Penguin Classics), and by Jull Costa & Patterson (Liveright)] Nabokov (1929). The (Luzhin) Defense. Nabokov (1936). Invitation to a Beheading. Nabokov (1947). Bend Sinister. Nabokov (1955). Lolita. Nabokov (1957). Pnin. Nabokov (1962). Pale Fire. Nabokov (1967). Speak, Memory. Nabokov (1969). Ada or Ardor. Tarnowsky (1908). Les femmes homicides. [Nabokov's great-aunt; see also: Huff-Corzine & Toohy (2023). The life and scholarship of Pauline Tarnowsky: Criminology's mother. Journal of Criminal Justice] Vila, Bell, Macniven, Goldman-Huertas, Ree, Marshall, ... & Pierce (2011). Phylogeny and palaeoecology of Polyommatus blue butterflies show Beringia was a climate-regulated gateway to the New World. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

Camillo Padoa-Schioppa is a Professor of Neuroscience at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this conversation, we talk about Camillo's work on economic values in the brain, whether it is causally involved in choice, Camillo's career, working with different species, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: The historic background of economic value 0:12:31: How Camillo became a neuroeconomist 0:38:50: What does neuroscience add to our understanding of behaviour? 0:47:52: Value in the brain / discussing Camillo's 2006 Nature paper 1:05:47: Does the brain even need to compute value? 1:11:59: Causality in neuroscience / discussing Camillo's 2020 Nature paper 1:27:19: Trivial decisions 1:31:26: Is it wise to do neuroscience in humans and in animals, or should I focus on one approach? 1:40:15: A book or paper more people should read 1:43:19: Something Camillo wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:45:53: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtCamillo's links https://geni.us/padoa-schioppa-webhttps://geni.us/padoa-schioppa-scholarhttps://geni.us/padoa-schioppa-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References Ballesta ... & Padoa-Schioppa (2020). Values encoded in orbitofrontal cortex are causally related to economic choices. Nature. Bentham (1780). An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation. Gigerenzer & Gaissmaier (2011). Heuristic decision making. Annual review of psychology. Hayden & Niv (2021). The case against economic values in the orbitofrontal cortex (or anywhere else in the brain). Behavioral Neuroscience. Homer. Iliad. Homer. Odyssey. Padoa-Schioppa (2009). Range-adapting representation of economic value in the orbitofrontal cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. Padoa-Schioppa (2011). Neurobiology of economic choice: a good-based model. Annual review of neuroscience. Padoa-Schioppa & Assad (2006). Neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex encode economic value. Nature. Padoa-Schioppa & Conen (2017). Orbitofrontal cortex: a neural circuit for economic decisions. Neuron. Padoa-Schioppa ... & Visalberghi (2006). Multi-stage mental process for economic choice in capuchins. Cognition. Padoa-Schioppa, Li & Bizzi (2002). Neuronal correlates of kinematics-to-dynamics transformation in the supplementary motor area. Neuron. Smith (1759). The theory of moral sentiments. Salzman ... & Newsome (1990). Cortical microstimulation influences perceptual judgements of motion direction. Nature. Salzman ... & Newsome (1992). Microstimulation in visual area MT: effects on direction discrimination performance. Journal of Neuroscience. Visalberghi & Trinca (1989). Tool use in capuchin monkeys: Distinguishing between performing and understanding. Primates. Episode w/ Smaldino: https://geni.us/bjks-smaldino_2

Juliana Schroder is a professor at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. In this conversation, we talk about her research in which she asks people to talk to strangers, and how this experience is usually a lot more pleasant than people expect. We talk about how the research came to be, what they found, how culture and norms affect the results, how to create robust and replicable field studies, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 00:00: The origin of Juliana's studies on talking to strangers 02:15: Why don't people talk to strangers (during commutes)? 05:46: What happens when strangers are forced to talk to each other? 08:47: How to start a conversation 13:31: Cultural differences in talking to strangers 31:19: How to create robust and replicable field studies 48:04: What's next for this line of research? 54:14: A book or paper more people should read 55:26: Something Juliana wishes she'd learnt sooner 57:13: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtJuliana's links https://geni.us/schroeder-webhttps://geni.us/schroeder-scholarhttps://geni.us/schroeder-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References Boothby, Cooney, Sandstrom & Clark (2018). The liking gap in conversations: Do people like us more than we think? Psychological Science. Epley (2015). Mindwise: Why we misunderstand what others think, believe, feel, and want. Epley, Kardas, Zhao, Atir & Schroeder (2022). Undersociality: Miscalibrated social cognition can inhibit social connection. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. Epley & Schroeder (2014). Mistakenly seeking solitude. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Kardas, Schroeder & O'Brien (2022). Keep talking: (Mis) understanding the hedonic trajectory of conversation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Roy (1997). The god of small things. Sandstrom, Boothby & Cooney (2022). Talking to strangers: A week-long intervention reduces psychological barriers to social connection. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Sandstrom & Boothby (2021). Why do people avoid talking to strangers? A mini meta-analysis of predicted fears and actual experiences talking to a stranger. Self and Identity. Schroeder, Lyons & Epley (2022). Hello, stranger? Pleasant conversations are preceded by concerns about starting one. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

Rick Betzel is an Associate professor at India University Bloomington. We talk about his research on network neuroscience, how to find good collaborators, Rick's path to network neuroscience, and much more. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: What's the purpose of connectomics if understanding a species' entire connectome (as in C elegans) doesn't allow us to fully understand its behaviour? 0:03:57: Rick's very very linear path to network neuroscience 0:19:41: Multi-scale brain networks 0:43:40: Collaborations (between people who collect data and people who analyse data) 0:52:33: The future of network neuroscience: generative modeling, network control, and edge-centric connectomics 1:13:15: A book or paper more people should read 1:15:55: Something Rick wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:18:01: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtRick's links https://geni.us/betzel-webhttps://geni.us/betzel-scholarhttps://geni.us/betzel-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References Akarca ... (2021). A generative network model of neurodevelopmental diversity in structural brain organization. Nat Comm. Barabási (2003). Linked. Barabási & Albert (1999). Emergence of scaling in random networks. Science. Betzel (2022). Network neuroscience and the connectomics revolution. In Connectomic deep brain stimulation. Betzel & Bassett (2017). Multi-scale brain networks. Neuroimage. Betzel & Bassett (2017). Generative models for network neuroscience: prospects and promise. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. Betzel ... (2012). Synchronization dynamics and evidence for a repertoire of network states in resting EEG. Front comp neuro. Bullmore & Sporns (2009). Complex brain networks: graph theoretical analysis of structural and functional systems. Nat Rev Neuro. Cook ... (2019). Whole-animal connectomes of both Caenorhabditis elegans sexes. Nature. Feltner & Dapena (1986). Dynamics of the shoulder and elbow joints of the throwing arm during a baseball pitch. J Appl Biomech. Lindsay (2021). Models of the mind. Nieminen ... (2022). Multi-locus transcranial magnetic stimulation system for electronically targeted brain stimulation. Brain stimulation. Oh ... (2014). A mesoscale connectome of the mouse brain. Nature. Rubinov & Sporns (2010). Complex network measures of brain connectivity: uses and interpretations. Neuroimage. Scheffer ... (2020). A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain. Elife. Sporns (2016). Networks of the Brain. Van Den Heuvel & Sporns (2011). Rich-club organization of the human connectome. J Neuro. Watts & Strogatz (1998). Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’networks. Nature. White ... (1986). The structure of the nervous system of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B. Winding ... (2023). The connectome of an insect brain. Science. Yan ... (2017). Network control principles predict neuron function in the Caenorhabditis elegans connectome. Nature.

Elisabeth Bik is a science integrity consultant. In this conversation, we talk about her work on reporting scientific errors and misconduct, how one becomes a full-time scientific integrity consultant, her postdoc work on the microbiome of dolphins, reactions to her work (both positive and negative), how to deal with online abuse, the arms race between fraudsters and fraud detectors, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: How Elisabeth became a full-time science integrity consultant 0:04:45: The microbiome of dolphins 0:12:02: What should I do if I find errors or fraud in a paper? 0:28:58: Reactions to Elisabeth's work: awards, online abuse, and lots of silence from journals 0:52:23: Should you report misconduct if you're in a vulnerable position? 0:58:19: What problems are worth reporting? 1:05:51: How does one become a (full-time) research integrity consultant? 1:13:21: The arms race between people commiting fraud and people detecting fraud 1:22:49: A book or paper more people should read 1:25:26: Something Elisabeth wishes she'd learnt sooner 1:29:09: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtElisabeth's links https://geni.us/bik-webhttps://geni.us/bik-scholarhttps://geni.us/bik-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References & links PubPeer: https://pubpeer.com/ COPE: https://publicationethics.org/ John Maddox Prize: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maddox_Prize Episode w/ Joe Hilgard: https://geni.us/bjks-hilgard Bik, Casadevall & Fang (2016). The prevalence of inappropriate image duplication in biomedical research publications. MBio. Bik, Costello, Switzer, Callahan, Holmes, Wells, ... & Relman (2016). Marine mammals harbor unique microbiotas shaped by and yet distinct from the sea. Nature Communications. Brown & Heathers (2017). The GRIM test: A simple technique detects numerous anomalies in the reporting of results in psychology. Social Psychological and Personality Science. Reich (2009): Plastic fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific

Peter Bandettini is director of the fMRI core facility at the National Institute of Mental Health. In this episode, we talk about the history, present, and future of fMRI, alongside Peter's career. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: How Peter got started working on fMRI in the early 1990s 0:05:48: What was possible in neuroimaging in the late 80s 0:18:44: Major advances in fMRI in the 1990s 0:26:39: History of structural MRI 0:29:02: Major advances in fMRI since 2000 0:40:11: The future of fMRI 0:58:19: What is Peter working on? 1:06:31: A book or paper more people should read 1:14:36: Something Peter wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:21:52: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtPeter's links https://geni.us/bandettini-webhttps://geni.us/bandettini-scholarBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholar References This episode broke the character limit of show notes, couldn't include all references. Bandettini ... (1992). Time course EPI of human brain function during task activation. Magnetic resonance in medicine. Belliveau ... (1991). Functional mapping of the human visual cortex by magnetic resonance imaging. Science. Biswal ... (1995). Functional connectivity in the motor cortex of resting human brain using echo‐planar MRI. Magnetic resonance in medicine. Blamire ... (1992). Dynamic mapping of the human visual cortex by high-speed magnetic resonance imaging. PNAS. Engel ... (1994). fMRI of human visual cortex. Nature. Finn ... (2015). Functional connectome fingerprinting: identifying individuals using patterns of brain connectivity. Nat Neuro. Gordon ... (2017). Precision functional mapping of individual human brains. Neuron. Gordon ... (2023). A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex. Nature. Hasson ... (2004). Intersubject synchronization of cortical activity during natural vision. Science. Huber ... (2017). High-resolution CBV-fMRI allows mapping of laminar activity and connectivity of cortical input and output in human M1. Neuron. Huth ... (2012). A continuous semantic space describes the representation of thousands of object and action categories across the human brain. Neuron. Kamitani ... (2005). Decoding the visual and subjective contents of the human brain. Nat Neuro. Kwong ... (1992). Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging of human brain activity during primary sensory stimulation. PNAS. Newbold ... (2020). Plasticity and spontaneous activity pulses in disused human brain circuits. Neuron. Norman ... (2006). Beyond mind-reading: multi-voxel pattern analysis of fMRI data. TiCS. Ogawa ... (1990). Brain magnetic resonance imaging with contrast dependent on blood oxygenation. PNAS. Ogawa ... (2000). An approach to probe some neural systems interaction by functional MRI at neural time scale down to milliseconds. PNAS. Sereno ... (1995). Borders of multiple visual areas in humans revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging. Science. Toi ... (2022). In vivo direct imaging of neuronal activity at high temporospatial resolution. Science.

Brian Nosek is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, and Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science. In this conversation, we discuss the Center for Open Science, Brian's early interest in improving science, how COS got started, what Brian would like to do in the future, and how to figure out whether ideas are working. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 00:00: Brian's early interest in improving science 15:24: How the Center for Open Science got funded (by John and Laura Arnold) 26:08: How long is COS financed into the future? 29:01: What if COS isn't benefitting science anymore? 35:42: Is Brian a scientist or an entrepreneur? 40:58: The future of the Center for Open Science 51:13: A book or paper more people should read 54:42: Something Brian wishes he'd learnt sooner 58:53: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtBrian's links https://geni.us/nosek-webhttps://geni.us/nosek-scholarhttps://geni.us/nosek-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References & Links Article about John Arnold: https://www.wired.com/2017/01/john-arnold-waging-war-on-bad-science/ Scientific virtues (including stupidity): https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/02/10/the-scientific-virtues/ Cohen (1994). The earth is round (p<. p05). American psychologist. Greenwald (1975). Consequences of prejudice against the null hypothesis. Psychological bulletin. Greenwald, McGhee & Schwartz (1998). Measuring individual differences in implicit cognition: the implicit association test. Journal of personality and social psychology. Hardwicke & Ioannidis (2018). Mapping the universe of registered reports. Nature Human Behaviour. Meehl (1967). Theory-testing in psychology and physics: A methodological paradox. Philosophy of science. Nosek, Banaji & Greenwald (2002). Harvesting implicit group attitudes and beliefs from a demonstration web site. Group Dynamics: Theory, research, and practice. Nosek & Bar-Anan (2012). Scientific utopia: I. Opening scientific communication. Psychological Inquiry. Nosek, Spies & Motyl (2012). Scientific utopia: II. Restructuring incentives and practices to promote truth over publishability. Perspectives on Psychological Science. Rosenthal (1979). The file drawer problem and tolerance for null results. Psychological bulletin. Open Science Collaboration (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science. Schwartz (2008). The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Journal of Cell Science. Uhlmann, Ebersole, Chartier, Errington, Kidwell, Lai, McCarthy, Riegelman, Silberzahn & Nosek (2019). Scientific utopia III: Crowdsourcing science. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Rachel Bedder is a postdoc with Yael Niv at Princeton. In this conversation, we talk about her research on rumination and repetitive negative thinking (in the context of a partially observable Markov decision process), her work as a curator, why she enjoys teaching without grades, how to manage yourself as a PhD student, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: Teaching maths in prison 0:06:40: Teaching without grades 0:15:42: Working as a full-time research assistant (after BSc) and dealing with lots of rejections 0:25:51: How Rachel ended up doing a postdoc with Yael Niv 0:32:08: Discussing Rachel's conference proceedings 'Modelling Rumination as a State-Inference Process' (featuring partially observable Markov decision processes) 0:56:49: Rachel's background in art and curation 1:10:58: How to not turn hobbies into a stressful thing you need to get done 1:14:46: A book or paper more people should read 1:16:47: Something Rachel wishes she'd learnt sooner 1:19:05: Advice for PhD students/postdocs, with a twist: 5 tips for managing yourself during a PhD Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtRachel's links https://geni.us/bedder-webhttps://geni.us/bedder-scholarhttps://geni.us/bedder-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References and links Episodes with Matthias Stangl and Toby Wise about postdoc jobs & fellowships: https://geni.us/bjks-wise-postdoc https://geni.us/bjks-postdoc-stangl Episode with Paul Smaldino on modelling social behaviour, and with Eiko Fried on theories in psychology https://geni.us/bjks-smaldino_2 https://geni.us/bjks-fried POMDPs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partially_observable_Markov_decision_process Dear World Project: https://engagement.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/projects/dear-world-project/ 5 tips for managing yourself during a PhD: https://www.rachelbedder.com/phdtips Scientific virtues (including stupidity): https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2022/02/10/the-scientific-virtues/ Bedder, Pisupati & Niv (2023) Modelling Rumination as a State-Inference Process. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tfjqn Burkeman (2021). Four thousand weeks: Time management for mortals. McCullers (1940). The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Montague, Dolan, Friston & Dayan (2012). Computational psychiatry. Trends in cognitive sciences.

Geoff Cumming is an Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University. In this conversation, we discuss his work on New Statistics: estimation instead of hypothesis testing, meta-analytic thinking, and many related topics. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: A brief history of statistics, p-values, and confidence intervals 0:32:02: Meta-analytic thinking 0:42:56: Why do p-values seem so random? 0:45:59: Are p-values and estimation complementary? 0:47:09: How do I know how many participants I need (without a power calculation)? 0:50:27: Problems of the estimation approach (big data) 1:00:08: A book or paper more people should read 1:02:50: Something Geoff wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:04:52: Advice for PhD students and postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtGeoff's links https://geni.us/cumming-webhttps://geni.us/cumming-scholarhttps://nerdculture.de/@thenewstatsBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References/links Dance of the p-values: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OL1RqHrZQ8 Significance roulette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcJImS16jR4 Episode with Simine Vazire (SIPS): https://geni.us/bjks-vazire Coulson, ...(2010). Confidence intervals permit, but don't guarantee, better inference than statistical significance testing. Front in Psychol. Cumming & Calin-Jageman (2016/2024). Introduction to the new statistics: Estimation, open science, and beyond. Cumming (2014). The new statistics: Why and how. Psychol Sci. Cumming & Finch (2005). Inference by eye: confidence intervals and how to read pictures of data. American Psychol. Errington, ... (2021) Reproducibility in Cancer Biology: Challpenges for assessing replicability in preclinical cancer biology. eLife. Errington, ... (2021) Investigating the replicability of preclinical cancer biology. eLife. Finch & Cumming (2009). Putting research in context: Understanding confidence intervals from one or more studies. J of Pediatric Psychol. Hedges (1987). How hard is hard science, how soft is soft science? The empirical cumulativeness of research. American Psychologist. Hunt (1997). How science takes stock: The story of meta-analysis. Ioannidis (2005). Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Medicine. Loftus (1996). Psychology will be a much better science when we change the way we analyze data. Curr direct psychol sci. Maxwell, ... (2008). Sample size planning for statistical power and accuracy in parameter estimation. Annu Rev Psychol. Oakes (1986). Statistical inference: A commentary for the social and behavioural sciences. Pennington (2023). A Student's Guide to Open Science: Using the Replication Crisis Reform Psychology. Rothman (1986). Significance questing. Annals of Int Med. Schmidt (1996). Statistical significance testing and cumulative knowledge in psychology: Implications for training of researchers. Psychol Methods.

Brooke Macnamara is an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University. In this conversation, we talk about her research on growth mindset and deliberate practice, whether deliberate practice is falsifiable, the benefits of diverse experiences, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: How Brooke started working on mindset and deliberate practice 0:02:10: (Growth) mindset: does it matter? 0:21:10: Mindset interventions 0:36:48: Deliberate practice 0:47:06: Benefits of diverse experiences 0:56:20: Is the theory of deliberate practice unfalsifiable? 0:59:36: What can we take practically from the growth mindset and deliberate pratice research? 1:01:06: A book or paper more people should read 1:02:10: Something Brooke wishes she'd learnt sooner 1:04:32: Advice for PhD students and postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtBrooke's links https://geni.us/macnamara-webhttps://geni.us/macnamara-scholarhttps://geni.us/macnamara-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References/links Brainology mindset intervention: https://www.mindsetworks.com/programs/brainology-for-schools Trello: https://trello.com Burgoyne, Hambrick, & Macnamara (2020). How firm are the foundations of mind-set theory? The claims appear stronger than the evidence. Psychol Science. Dweck (2006). Mindset-Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential. Epstein (2021). Range: Why generalists triumph in a specialized world. Ericsson & Harwell (2019). Deliberate practice and proposed limits on the effects of practice on the acquisition of expert performance. Frontiers in Psychol. Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Römer (1993). The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of expert performance. Psychol Rev. Gladwell (2008). Outliers: The story of success. Macnamara & Burgoyne (2023). Do growth mindset interventions impact students’ academic achievement? A systematic review and meta-analysis with recommendations for best practices. Psychol Bull. Macnamara, Hambrick & Oswald (2014). Deliberate practice and performance in music, games, sports, education, and professions: A meta-analysis. Psychol Science. Macnamara & Maitra (2019). The role of deliberate practice in expert performance: Revisiting Ericsson, Krampe & Tesch-Römer (1993). Royal Society Open Science. Macnamara, Moreau & Hambrick (2016). The relationship between deliberate practice and performance in sports: A meta-analysis. Perspec Psychol Science. Macnamara, Prather & Burgoyne (2023). Beliefs about success are prone to cognitive fallacies. Nat Rev Psychol. Sisk, Burgoyne, Sun, Butler & Macnamara (2018). To what extent and under which circumstances are growth mind-sets important to academic achievement? Two meta-analyses. Psychol Science.

Simine Vazire is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne. In this conversation, we talk about her work on meta-science, the purpose of journals and peer review, Simine's plans for being Editor-in-Chief at Psychological Science, the hidden curriculum of scienitic publishing, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: What is SIPS and why did Simine cofound it? 0:05:10: Why Simine resigned from the NASEM Reproducibility & Replicability committee 0:13:07: Do we still need journals and peer review in 2023? 0:28:04: What does an Editor-in-Chief actually do? 0:37:09: Simine will be EiC of Psychological Science 0:59:44: The 'hidden curriculum' of scientific publishing 1:04:03: Why Siminie created a GoFundMe for DataColada 1:15:10: A book or paper more people should read 1:17:10: Something Simine wishes she'd learnt sooner 1:18:44: Advice for PhD students and postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtSimine's links https://geni.us/vazire-webhttps://geni.us/vazire-scholarhttps://geni.us/vazire-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References/links Episode of Black Goat Podcast I mentioned: https://blackgoat.podbean.com/e/simine-flips-out/ Mini-interview with Simine in Science: https://www.science.org/content/article/how-reform-minded-new-editor-psychology-s-flagship-journal-will-shake-things My 2nd interview w/ Adam Mastroianni, and his blog post on peer review: https://geni.us/bjks-mastroianni_2 Interview w/ Chris Chambers and Peer community in RR https://geni.us/bjks-chambers Simine's vision statement for Psychological Science https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mozmB2m5kxOoPvQSqDSguRrP5OobutU6/view GOFUNDME for Data Colada's legal fees https://www.gofundme.com/f/uhbka-support-data-coladas-legal-defense Francesca Gino's response https://www.francesca-v-harvard.org/ NYT Magazine article about Amy Cuddy (and Joe Simmons) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/18/magazine/when-the-revolution-came-for-amy-cuddy.html Streisand effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Holcombe (during dogwalk). On peer review. Personal communication to Simine. Open Science Collaboration (2015). Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science. Science. Reich (2009): Plastic fantastic: How the Biggest Fraud in Physics Shook the Scientific

Nanthia Suthana is an Associate Professor at UCLA. In this conversation, we talk about her research using invasive brain recordings from humans, how the technologies have changed and what might happen in the future. We also talk about how she runs her lab, how to learn as a PI, and what Nanthia enjoys about mentoring students and postdocs. We had some minor audio issues, so Nanthia switched her recording setup twice during the conversation. Sound should still be good though. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 00:00: Was it good that Nanthia finished school so young? 01:27: How invasive recordings in humans have changed over the past 15 years 10:45: The future of invasive recordings in humans 19:29: Mentorship in academia 30:01: Learning as a PI 36:02: Book or paper more people should read 40:53: Something Nanthia wishes she'd learnt sooner 45:42: Advice for PhD students and postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtNanthia's links https://geni.us/suthana-webhttps://geni.us/suthana-scholarhttps://geni.us/suthana-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References and links Nanthia's episode in Stories of Women in Neuroscience: https://www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/2021/3/24/dr-nanthia-suthana Episodes w/ Matthias Stangl and Gareth Barnes: https://geni.us/bjks-barnes https://geni.us/bjks-stangl https://geni.us/bjks-postdoc-stangl Boto et al (2018). Moving magnetoencephalography towards real-world applications with a wearable system. Nature. Feinsinger et al (2022). Ethical commitments, principles, and practices guiding intracranial neuroscientific research in humans. Neuron. Gill et al (2023). A pilot study of closed-loop neuromodulation for treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder. Nature Communications. Hafting, Fyhn, Molden, Moser & Moser (2005). Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex. Nature. O'Keefe & Dostrovsky (1971). The hippocampus as a spatial map: preliminary evidence from unit activity in the freely-moving rat. Brain research. Preston, Kuper-Smith & Ehrsson (2015). Owning the body in the mirror: The effect of visual perspective and mirror view on the full-body illusion. Scientific Reports. Sacks (1985). The man who mistook his wife for a hat. Scoville & Milner (1957). Loss of recent memory after bilateral hippocampal lesions. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry. Stangl, Topalovic, ... & Suthana (2021). Boundary-anchored neural mechanisms of location-encoding for self and others. Nature. Stangl, Maoz & Suthana (2023). Mobile cognition: imaging the human brain in the ‘real world’. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Topalovic et al (2023). A wearable platform for closed-loop stimulation and recording of single-neuron and local field potential activity in freely moving humans. Nature Neuroscience.

Gillian Coughlan is a postdoc whose work focuses on the role of spatial navigation in dementia. In this conversation, we talk about how Gillian went from Ireland to doing a PhD in the UK, different ways for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, what beta-amyloid and tau are, what spatial navigation has to do with dementia, and whether early menopause can affect women's spatial navigation performance and risk of getting dementia. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 00:00: Playing the piano 07:13: How Gillian ended up doing her PhD with Michael Hornberger in Norwich 14:02: How to find a good mentor 16:48: Sea Hero Quest 22:28: Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease 32:37: The role of Beta-Amyloid and tau in dementia 34:41: Spatial navigation, the entorhinal cortex, and dementia 44:14: Does menopause affect spatial navigation and risk of dementia? 50:31: Book or paper more people should read 52:37: Something Gillain wishes she'd learnt sooner 55:31: Advice for PhD students and postdocs Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtGillian's links https://geni.us/coughlan-scholarhttps://geni.us/coughlan-twtBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References and links Episodes with Michael Hornberger and Hugo Spiers https://geni.us/bjks-hornberger https://geni.us/bjks-spiers Coughlan, DeSouza, Zhukovsky, Hornberger, Grady & Buckley (2023). Spatial cognition is associated with levels of phosphorylated-tau and β-amyloid in clinically normal older adults. Neurobiology of Aging. Coughlan, ... Buckley (2023). Association of age at menopause and hormone therapy use with tau and β-amyloid positron emission tomography. JAMA Neurology. Coughlan, Coutrot, Khondoker, Minihane, Spiers & Hornberger (2019). Toward personalized cognitive diagnostics of at-genetic-risk Alzheimer’s disease. PNAS. Coughlan, Laczó, Hort, Minihane & Hornberger (2018). Spatial navigation deficits—overlooked cognitive marker for preclinical Alzheimer disease?. Nature Reviews Neurology. Eger (2017). The Choice. Pertesi, Coughlan, Puthusseryppady, Morris & Hornberger (2019). Menopause, cognition and dementia–A review. Post reproductive health.

Lynn Nadel is an emeritus professor at the University of Arizona, where his research focuses on the role of the hippocampus in memory. This is our second conversation. We discuss how the Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map was received, Lynn's career, including his years as head of department at the University of Arizona, how to foster collaboration, why Lynn started the Hippocampal History project, and the development and clinical aspects of the hippocampus. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 00:00: Who was A. Black? 03:38: How was The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map received? 08:08: Lynn's wandering years 15:46: At the University of Arizona 21:24: How to foster collaboration 28:29: Being a head of department 38:22: The Hippocampal History project 42:56: Lynn's developmental work Podcast links https://geni.us/bjks-podhttps://geni.us/bjks-pod-twtLynn's links https://geni.us/nadel-webhttps://geni.us/nadel-mastodonBen's links https://geni.us/bjks-webhttps://geni.us/bjks-scholarhttps://geni.us/bjks-twt References Lynn's first episode: https://geni.us/bjks-nadel Black, Nadel & O'Keefe (1977). Hippocampal function in avoidance learning and punishment. Psychological Bulletin. Edgin, Spano, Kawa & Nadel (2014). Remembering things without context: development matters. Child development. Goddard (1964). Functions of the amygdala. Psychological bulletin. Lynch (1979). Representations in the Brain: The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map. John O'Keefe and Lynn Nadel. Science. Nadel & Moscovitch (1997). Memory consolidation, retrograde amnesia and the hippocampal complex. Current opinion in neurobiology. Nadel, Samsonovich, Ryan & Moscovitch (2000). Multiple trace theory of human memory: computational, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological results. Hippocampus. Nadel, Willner & Kurz (1986). The neurobiology of mental representations. In Myles Brand (ed.), The Representation of Knowledge and Belief. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. O'Keefe & Nadel (1978) The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map. Free download: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10103569/ O'Keefe & Nadel (1979). Précis of O'Keefe & Nadel's The hippocampus as a cognitive map. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Pennington, Moon, Edgin, Stedron & Nadel (2003). The neuropsychology of Down syndrome: evidence for hippocampal dysfunction. Child development. Ravindran (2022). Profile of Lynn Nadel. PNAS. Squire, Nadel & Slater (1981). Anterograde amnesia and memory for temporal order. Neuropsychologia. Sutherland & Rudy (1989). Configural association theory: The role of the hippocampal formation in learning, memory, and amnesia. Psychobiology.