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224 - Kelly Hennigan MacNiven (Neuroscientist)

224 - Kelly Hennigan MacNiven (Neuroscientist)

FromTangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan


224 - Kelly Hennigan MacNiven (Neuroscientist)

FromTangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

ratings:
Length:
106 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Kelly is a postdoc at Stanford. She's using fMRI to investigate whether cognitive processes may help predict relapse after addiction treatment. But we talk about everything from free will to hallucinogens to how the brain generates the feeling of having a mind.
Released:
Jan 24, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Tangentially Speaking is dedicated to the idea that good conversation is spontaneous, organic, revelatory, and free to go down unexpected paths with unexpected people. Come hang with comics, porn stars, bank robbers, drug smugglers, scientists, authors, and world travelers.