Episode 32: Talking About Neuroscience with Athanasios Bourganos (@Cognic)

Sense of Mind Podcast Episode 32: Talking About Neuroscience with Athanasios Bourganos (@Cognic)

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What is the history of neuroscience? What role does philosophy play in our understanding of how the brain works? In this interview, Athanasios Bourganos (also known as @Cognic on YouTube) and I discuss these fascinating questions. We also touch on free will, how to think about neuroscientific findings, science communication, and generally how the brain works.  

Athanasios Bourganos is a neuroscientist and content creator through his YouTube channel, Cognic (https://www.youtube.com/c/cognic). He wants to improve the public's understanding of neuroscience and the human brain via digestible videos that anyone can enjoy. Athanasios received an honors Bachelor of Science with a focus in Neuroscience from the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. He currently works as a researcher in the Mack lab at the University of Toronto. Athanasios recently developed a data visualizer for a project called HippCircuit, where he and the project lead are trying to create a tractography atlas of the human hippocampus (https://macklab.github.io/hippcircuit/).   Check out Athan’s channel: @Cognic (https://www.youtube.com/c/Cognic)   

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Chapters:

00:00 The History, Philosophy, and Communication of Neuroscience with Athan Bourganos 

01:13 Athan’s Background and Research Focus 

12:28 Issues with science communication 

17:24 The history of neuroscience 

27:24 artificial intelligence and the current era of neuroscience research 

39:41 cortex-centric thinking in neuroscience and the diversity of brains 

46:57 How does the brain work?

51:02 Do we have free will?

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