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The You Project#2085 You And Your Brain - Moheb CostandiMoheb Costandi is a neuroscientist turned science writer who spends his life exploring one of the biggest mysteries we all live inside - the human brain. He's written for Nature, Science, New Scientist, Scientific American (all a big deal in Academia) and The Guardian, and he's the author of books like Neuroplasticity, '50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know' and 'Body Am I’, which look at how the brain builds our sense of self, identity, and reality. Moheb has a gift for taking complex neuroscience and turning it into stories that actually make sense - stories about wh...
2026-01-1449 min
Leafing Through Science2. Beyond the Beat: The Heart You Didn’t Know You HadSian Harding, a world leader in cardiac research, joins Hedi to reveal the heart as you’ve never seen it before, as they discuss her book The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart. From how social rank, air pollution, noise, and even your mother’s pregnancy diet can shape heart health, to the heart’s mini-brain or growing hearts in the lab from skin cells, they uncover the remarkable ways this muscular organ does far more than “just” pump blood.They also talk about how the heart doesn’t only respond to emotions – it creates them too – and...
2025-05-1459 min
Leafing Through Science1. How the Brain Creates the Body: Who Moved My Hand? (Part 2)Following Episode 1 - Part 1, this second part of Hedi’s conversation with science writer Moheb Costandi unpacks how our sense of agency – the feeling of being in control of our actions and responsible for their outcomes – can be disrupted in conditions like Alien Hand Syndrome and schizophrenia, manipulated on the operating table, or even altered in everyday life. Their discussion also ranges from the science behind anorexia nervosa and Alice in Wonderland Syndrome to peripersonal space – the invisible bubble around our bodies that helps define the boundary between self and world. What do these insights reveal about the nature of consc...
2025-04-3029 min
Leafing Through Science1. How the Brain Creates the Body: Whose Leg is This? (Part 1)In this inaugural episode, Hedi sits down with veteran science writer Moheb Costandi about his fascinating book Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness.From phantom breasts and rubber hands to the Pinocchio illusion and out-of-body experiences; from amputating a healthy leg to feel whole, to scratching an itch with a ghostly third arm – prepare to journey through the strange and astonishing ways our brains construct a sense of bodily self. Moheb walks us through the science, the syndromes, and the people whose experiences reveal just how malleable – and downright bizarre – our sense of owning a body r...
2025-04-1640 min![Fundação (FFMS) - [IN] Pertinente](https://storage.buzzsprout.com/4mgyrmi8i81sr1ttpwghmonbg76t?.jpg)
Fundação (FFMS) - [IN] PertinenteEP 181 | CIÊNCIA: os mitos sobre o cérebro‘Burro velho não aprende línguas’. ‘A música clássica torna as crianças mais inteligentes’. 'Usamos apenas 10% do nosso cérebro'. Estes são apenas alguns dos muitos mitos sobre o funcionamento do cérebro. Neste episódio, a neurocientista Luísa Lopes vai conversar com Rui Maria Pêgo e explicar quais são verdade e quais estão longe da realidade. Ou até se, para alguns deles, a ciência ainda não tem resposta. O ser humano adora os mitos, lendas urbanas que se propagam entre as pessoas e se vão repetindo a...
2024-09-2047 minFundação (FFMS) - [IN] PertinenteEP 177 | CIÊNCIA: as fascinantes capacidades do cérebroA plasticidade cerebral está na ordem do dia e tem permitido avanços científicos notáveis na saúde humana, potenciados pela tecnologia. E ninguém melhor que a neurocientista Luísa Lopes para a explicar, guiada pela curiosidade de Rui Maria Pêgo.A plasticidade cerebral traduz a capacidade do cérebro de se ajustar e alterar ao longo da vida, em função de novas experiências e contextos. Esta incrível capacidade é especialmente relevante quando ocorrem lesões físicas, já que o nosso cérebro responde a estas lesões reorganizando-se através de uma ‘capacidade...
2024-08-2348 min
Caveman & CounselorCaring for Parents with DementiaJoin us on a heartfelt journey as we explore the realities of caring for someone with dementia.
Guests:
Elene Simerlink, former caregiver to 3 elderly parents with dementia.
Kae Hammond author of “Pathways: A Guidebook for Dementia & Alzheimer's Family Caregivers”, founder of Dementia Help Center, certified Brain Longevity Therapy Specialist, former caregiver to elderly parents with dementia.
Resources:
THRIVE, free support group in Coachella Valley, CA, call (760) 636-6355
Alzheimer’s Research & Prevention Foundation
Teepa Snow YouTube Channel
Nun Study
2023-08-071h 07
New Books in NeuroscienceMoheb Costandi, "Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness" (MIT Press, 2022)How the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.The body is central to our sense of identity. It can be a canvas for self-expression, decorated with clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, tattoos, and piercings. But the body is more than that. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness (MIT Press, 2022), Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the bo...
2023-04-0341 min
The MIT Press PodcastMoheb Costandi, "Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness" (MIT Press, 2022)How the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.The body is central to our sense of identity. It can be a canvas for self-expression, decorated with clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, tattoos, and piercings. But the body is more than that. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness (MIT Press, 2022), Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the bo...
2023-04-0338 min
New Books in PsychologyMoheb Costandi, "Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness" (MIT Press, 2022)How the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.The body is central to our sense of identity. It can be a canvas for self-expression, decorated with clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, tattoos, and piercings. But the body is more than that. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness (MIT Press, 2022), Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the bo...
2023-04-0342 min
New Books in MedicineMoheb Costandi, "Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness" (MIT Press, 2022)How the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.The body is central to our sense of identity. It can be a canvas for self-expression, decorated with clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, tattoos, and piercings. But the body is more than that. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness (MIT Press, 2022), Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the bo...
2023-04-0340 min
New Books in ScienceMoheb Costandi, "Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness" (MIT Press, 2022)How the way we perceive our bodies plays a critical role in the way we perceive ourselves: stories of phantom limbs, rubber hands, anorexia, and other phenomena.The body is central to our sense of identity. It can be a canvas for self-expression, decorated with clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, tattoos, and piercings. But the body is more than that. Bodily awareness, says scientist-writer Moheb Costandi, is key to self-consciousness. In Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness (MIT Press, 2022), Costandi examines how the brain perceives the body, how that perception translates into our conscious experience of the bo...
2023-04-0341 min
All In The MindYour body, your brain, your selfFrom phantom limbs to Alice in Wonderland syndrome — why does the brain sometimes mess up its awareness and understanding of the body it belongs to?Neuroscientist and author of Body Am I, Moheb Costandi explains.
2023-02-1030 min
Creepypasta Book ClubCREEPYPASTA BOOK CLUB EPISODE 17: MOTHER HORSE EYES (PART 1)Jonah and Wednesday start a new story this week! Join them as they navigate the twisting, pulsing, gristle maze of _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9’s Interface series. Get ready. She’s already here in....MOTHER HORSE EYES PART ONE!Vault Imaginary, a forum for horror creators: https://vaulti.boards.net/If you have a small horror or web fiction project you want in the spotlight, email us! Send your name, pronouns and project to creepypastabookclub@gmail.com.The Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/9M9H9E9...
2022-12-231h 20
Short Book ReviewsNueroplasticity by Moheb CostandiNeuroplasticity by Moheb Costandi
Moheb Costandi is a freelance science writer specializing in neuroscience. He writes the Neurophilosophy Blog, hosted by The Guardian. Neuroplasticity is a small book for the average reader that explains how our brains change constantly in response to actions and experiences.
https://www.ethanaycock.com/book-reviews/neuroplasticity
2021-07-2103 min
Chasing ConsciousnessMoheb Costandi - NEUROPLASTICITY EXPLAINEDHow easy is it to change our Habits?
Today we have the important job of working out what neuroplasticity is all about. 50 years ago we thought the adult brain remained the same after reaching maturity. Now since the discovery that in fact our neural networks remain ‘plastic’, which means adaptable, a host of research has opened up fuelled by our desire to thrive and improve rather than just survive. Along with that knowledge, as so often with popular science, has come a host of exaggerations and quick fix claims, that prey on the wishful thinker, and today we’r...
2021-07-011h 21
Reseña Semanal con @soytorresllamas / Full Season“Neuroplasticity” de Moheb CostandiEl cerebro es un bicho muy peculiar, que es resultado de millones de años de evolución, así que aprender como funciona no solo sirve para entendernos mejor, pero da algunas guías para optimizar y reflexionar sobre nuestra propia conducta.
2021-06-1139 min
Cré-Moé Cré-Moé PasAille qu'j'suis botte!Ressources sur la neuroplasticité Caroline Leaf, neurologiste: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf https://positivepsychology.com/neuroplasticity/Costandi, Moheb. Neuroplasticity. MIT Press, 2016.Doidge, Norman. The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity. Penguin Books, 2015.Fuchs, Eberhard, and Gabriele Flügge. "Adult Neuroplasticity: More than 40 Years of Research." Neural Plasticity, vol. 2014, 4 May 2014, www.hindawi.com/journals/np/2014/541870/. Accessed 11 Jan. 2017.Hampton, Debbie. "Neuroplasticity: The 10 Fundamentals of Rewiring Your Brain." Reset.me, 28 Oct. 2015, reset.me/story/neuroplasticity-the-10-fundamentals-of-rewiring-your-brain/. Accessed 11 Jan. 2017.Lewis, Tanya. "Human Brain: Facts, Functions & Anatomy." Live Science, 25 Mar. 2016, www.livescience.com/29365-human-brain.html...
2021-04-0728 min
Alıntılarla PodcastZihnimizin sınırlarını aşabilir miyiz?""Kitabına uygun beyin" diye bir şey yoktur. Beyniniz büyük ölçüde benzersizdir ve ana karnındaki dönemden bu yana geçirdiğiniz hayat tecrübeleriyle, bugünkü taleplerinizi karşılayacak şekilde size özel biçimlenmiştir." -Moheb Costandi
2021-03-3011 min
The Behavioral Observations Podcast with Matt CicoriaBlind Spots in the American Education System with Kim BerensDr. Kim Berens (@KimberlyBerens5) joins me for a third time to discuss her new book, Blind Spots: Why Students Fail and the Science That Can Save Them.* In this show, we talk about her motivation to write this book, what she believes is wrong with the current approach to educating children in the United States, and what can be done to remedy this situation. Like our recent episode with Amelia Bowler earlier this month, this is another great example of people trained in Behavior Analysis stepping out of our community and speak directly to a broader community...
2020-10-281h 49
Emotion At WorkEpisode 9 - Emotion at Work in NeuroscienceThis podcast is about sharing ideas, insights, research and experiences around emotion in the workplace. Since I decided to start the podcast I wanted to get a genuine neuroscientist on the show. This was important for me because there is a lot said about neuroscience in the workplace and I am just not sure that lab-based research can be generalized into the workplace.
I also talk a lot about being more evidence-based in our practice. But with neuroscience, it is so so niche. The types of tests being done/run, the methodologies used, the generalisability of the re...
2017-09-141h 13