BS 185 Stephen Fleming on "the neuroscience of self-awareness"
Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone
Ginger Campbell, MD
4.8 • 896 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2021
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
This month's episode of Brain Science is an interview with Dr. Stephen Fleming, author of "Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness." We explore the concept of metacognition and learn that while explicit metacognition (thinking about thinking) may be unique to humans, it is built on building blocks shared with other species. We also explore what can go wrong and why it matters.
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Links and References:
- Know Thyself: The Science of Self-Awareness by Stephen M Fleming
- Making up the Mind: How the Brain Creates Our Mental World by Chris Frith (2007). Frith was interviewed in BSP 57
- Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking by Cecilia Heyes (2018). Heyes was interviewed in BS 168.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to brain science, the |
| 0:05.0 | brain science, the podcast where we explore how discoveries in |
| 0:08.9 | neuroscience are helping unravel the mystery of how our brain makes us human. I'm your host |
| 0:15.1 | Dr. Ginger Campbell and this is episode 185. If you're curious about how your |
| 0:21.1 | brain really works, this is the |
| 0:23.7 | podcast for you. |
| 0:25.7 | Today we'll be talking with Dr Stephen Fleming about his book, |
| 0:29.8 | Know Thyself, The Science of Self Awareness. Dr Fleming is part of a new generation of |
| 0:35.6 | neuroscientists who are developing quantitative tools for studying subjective |
| 0:41.6 | experience. |
| 0:43.1 | We've come a long way from the time |
| 0:45.5 | when people who studied the mind were forced into philosophy. |
| 0:50.0 | This is important to the rest of us |
| 0:51.5 | because it means that scientists are beginning to grapple |
| 0:55.0 | with issues of daily life such as understanding why we behave the way we do. |
| 1:02.0 | Before we jump into the interview, I want to remind you that you can find complete show |
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