The brain science podcast is part of science podcasters. The website where you can find high quality science podcasts from a wide variety of fields. Welcome to the Brain Science Podcast. I'm your host Dr. Ginger Campbell and this is episode 83. Before we get started I want to remind you that you can get detailed show notes and free episode

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Today's episode is an interview with Dr. Bill Utah, whose latest book is Mind and

Brain, a Critical Appraisal of Cognitive Neuroscience.

This book was written for those working in the field, but it brings up issues that I think are important to anyone who is interested in how the brain makes us human.

The key question we will address is whether brain imaging can tell us how the brain

creates the mind. Those of you who are regular listeners will appreciate that this conversation

builds on the ideas of several recent episodes.

I strongly suggest that you listen to last month's episode first,

but don't worry if you're a new listener, because I will be back after the interview to review the key ideas and I will provide links to the related episodes in the show notes. My guest today is Dr. William Utah and his book is Mind and Brain a critical appraisal of

cognitive neuroscience. Bill it's great to have you on the brain science

podcast. Thank you for inviting me. Before we start talking about your latest book, Mind and Brain, perhaps you could tell us just

a little bit about yourself.

Well, I am more than anything else, an interdisciplinary.

And nowadays, I call myself a cognitive neuroscientist.

I started out in physics, went into the Air Force

and learned a lot of electronics, got a PhD in

experimental psychology and biophysics, worked for my first postdoctoral job at

IBM Research at the Watson Research Center.

Then was invited to the University of Michigan

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