The Mind's Hidden Switches
Science Talk
Scientific American
4.2 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2011
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 1:04.2 | posted on November 22nd, 2011. I'm Steve Murski. This week on the podcast, the ability of this chronic social stress to produce maladaptive |
| 1:14.9 | changes in brain and behavior are mediated through epigenetic modifications of gene expression |
| 1:20.8 | and particular emotional centers of the brain. |
| 1:23.4 | That's Eric Nessler. |
| 1:24.5 | He's a neuroscientist and the director of the Friedman Brain Institute |
| 1:28.1 | at Mount Sinai Medical Center here in New York City. |
| 1:31.5 | He's also the author of an article in the December issue of Scientific American Magazine |
| 1:35.4 | called Hidden Switches in the Mind. |
| 1:38.7 | On November 21st, I visited Nessler in his office at Mount Sinai. |
| 1:45.6 | The old nature versus nurture thing is very simplistic. |
| 1:51.8 | I think most people understand that it's simplistic at this point. |
| 1:54.4 | But this article really explains how they're dependent upon each other to an extent that most people probably still |
| 2:03.8 | don't appreciate. |
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