Welcome to Brain Science, the

podcast where we explore how recent discoveries in

neuroscience are unraveling the mystery of how our brains make us human.

I'm your host, Dr.. Ginger Campbell and this is episode 146.

Before I tell you a little bit about today's episode, I want to give a shout out of

congratulations to Dr. Pamela Gay for her upcoming induction into the Academy of

Podcasting Hall of Fame. I think Dr Gay is the first science podcaster to be

inducted and her show Astronomy Cast launched way back in 2004.

She has recorded over 300 episodes. I actually nominated her but I'm sure that I wasn't the only one.

So even though brain science is a podcast that focuses on neuroscience,

we don't just talk about the brain because you are not just your

brain any more than you are just your body. Over the years my guests have

debated the meaning of the term mind, but one thing that is certain is that the human mind requires the interaction of our brain, body, and the environment.

For long-term listeners, this might seem obvious.

But today's guest, Dr Alan Jazinoff, argues that there is a tendency to view the mind

as identical to just the brain. In his new book, The Biological

Mind, How Brain, Body and Environment Collaborate to make us who we are, Dr. Jazinoff from MIT explores the consequences

of having such a narrow view.

I really consider today's conversation to be a continuation of my previous

discussion of this topic back in episode 109 which I called avoiding

neuromania. Dr. Jazinoff's term for the problem is the cerebral mystique, and I hope you will find his ideas as stimulating as I did.

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