Welcome to brain science, the

brain science, the podcast that explores how recent discoveries in

neuroscience are unraveling the mystery of how our brain makes us human.

I'm your host, Dr. Ginger Campbell, and this is episode 203.

Today is our 16th annual review episode and the free transcript of this episode is available

along with complete show notes at brainscience podcast.com. You can also send me feedback at brain science podcast at gmail.com.

I will be sharing highlights from 2022 in chronological which is one reason I mention that the transcript for this episode is free.

Before I talk about the individual episodes, I want to give a brief overview of the past year.

Some of the topics we explored were entirely new. We talked

about hearing and the grieving brain. We talked about brain development for the

first time since 2007 and we continued our ongoing

exploration of the neuroscience of consciousness. Finally we considered two topics that have often been covered on brain science, the role

of emotion and the importance of embodiment. Our discussion of embodiment included a new look at the importance of embodied

cognition in education and learning. I'll share some additional reflections on

2022 at the end, but now let's jump into our review.

B.S. 192 featured Nina Kraus, author of Sound Mind, how our brain constructs a meaningful Sonic

world. I was surprised when I realized that this is only the second time I've

talked about hearing. Back in episode 140, I described a talk I attended

about the role of hearing loss in the development of dementia. The bottom line is that if you have

hearing loss it's critical to your brain health to get hearing aids that

really work. This includes working with a professional to make sure that they are adjusted properly.

Kraus pointed out that people tend to take hearing for granted,

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