Scientific Sense ®

Gill Eapen
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Sep 7, 2021 • 44min

Prof. Carol Gould of Florida Atlantic University on the histrionic personality disorder

Why the histrionic personality disorder should not be in the DSM: A new taxonomic and moral analysis Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Carol Gould is a Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University, where she teaches primarily Aesthetics, Philosophy of Psychiatry, and Ancient Greek Philosophy, areas in which she publishes widely. Many of her recent publications concern the relation between aesthetics, ethics, and personhood. She is currently completing a book on True Glamour, an unexplored topic in philosophy that stands at the intersection of Aesthetics, Ethics, and Philosophy of Psychiatry.
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Sep 5, 2021 • 1h 2min

Dr. Peter Vereš of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on Planetary Defense

Planetary Defense: Discovery and characterization of Near-Earth objects and possibilities to protect the Earth against the cosmic collisions. Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Dr. Peter Vereš is a research scientist at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, at the Minor Planet Center (MPC). MPC is the official worldwide organization in charge of collecting observational data of minor planets, calculating their orbits, computing ephemerides, announcing discoveries and publishing the data.   
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Sep 3, 2021 • 47min

Prof. Daniel Appelbaum of the University of Chicago on Radiomics, Theranostics and AI

Radiomics in Oncology, Theranostics in Nuclear Medicine and the rise of AI in the field. Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Daniel Appelbaum who  Professor of Radiology and the Director, of the Nuclear Medicine and PET Imaging at the University of Chicago.
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Sep 1, 2021 • 1h 4min

Prof. Ruchi Gupta of Northwestern University on Food Allergies

FOOD WITHOUT FEAR: Identify, Prevent, and Treat Food Allergies, Intolerances, and Sensitivities   Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Ruchi Gupta is Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on food allergies
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Aug 30, 2021 • 1h 5min

Prof. Henry Greenside of Duke University on How Nervous Systems Produce Behavior

From Matter to Minds : A Physics Perspective on How Nervous Systems Produce Behavior   Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Henry Greenside is Professor of Physics and Neurobiology at Duke University.  His research group study problems in theoretical neurobiology.
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Aug 28, 2021 • 1h 8min

Prof. Yael Niv is Professor of Princeton University on brain and behavior

The primacy of behavioral research for understanding the brain, Human orbitofrontal cortex represents a cognitive map of state space, A model of mood as integrated advantage, and The case against economic values in the orbitofrontal cortex (or anywhere else in the brain)   Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Yael Niv is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University. The main focus of her research is to elucidate the computational, cognitive and neural processes involved in learning task representations from experience.
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Aug 26, 2021 • 1h 6min

Prof. Timothy Buschman of Princeton University on Working Memory in the human brain

Balancing Flexibility and Interference in Working Memory, Shared mechanisms underlie the control of working memory and attention, Rotational dynamics reduce interference between sensory and memory representations, and Toward a neurobiology of internal selective attention Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Timothy Buschman is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Princeton University. His research aims to understand how the brain accomplishes intelligent and rational behavior by guiding our actions towards a goal.
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Aug 24, 2021 • 1h 2min

Prof. Sliman Bensmaia of the University of Chicago on Neuroprostheses and bionic hand

Intracortical microstimulation of human somatosensory cortex and Chronic Use of a Sensitized Bionic Hand Does Not Remap the Sense of Touch. Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sliman Bensmaia is Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago. His research focuses on how nervous systems give rise to flexible, intelligent behavior, especially sensory processing, that is how are robust and flexible neuronal representations of the environment constructed to support behavior?
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Aug 22, 2021 • 44min

Prof. Piyush Agarwal of the University of Chicago on the disparity in Urology speciality

Demand and capacity imbalance for urologists as population ages, The disparity in care for rural populations, Changing ideas in cancer, and the need for more female participation in urology. Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Piyush Agarwal is Professor of Surgery and Urology and Director, Bladder Cancer Program at the University of Chicago. His clinical and laboratory research focuses on bladder cancer, the urinary microbiome, molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy.
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Aug 20, 2021 • 48min

Prof. Issam Awad of the University of Chicago on Cerebral Cavernous Malformation (CCM)

Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) across multiple species and genotypes, Common transcriptome, plasma molecules, and imaging signatures in the aging brain and a Mendelian neurovascular disease, cerebral cavernous malformation, and A Roadmap for Developing Plasma Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers of Cerebral Cavernous Angioma With Symptomatic Hemorrhage (CASH)   Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof.  Issam Awad is Professor of Neurological Sciences and Surgery, Neurology, Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior at the University of Chicago. One of his research interests is the natural history and biologic behavior of vascular malformations of the brain

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