Unpopular Neuroscience

Author: Patrick D. Watson

Neuroscientists Katie McAllister and Patrick Watson discuss the nervous system, scrutinize pop neuroscience, and attempt to understand whydespite millions of published articles and advances in artificial intelligenceeveryone still seems to think the brain is a mysterious organ.
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Consciousness, Man.
Episode 7
Monday, 23 June, 2025

What is consciousness? To the general public it's one of the most profound and enduring mysteries of the human psyche. To specialists it's something we don't worry about much. In this episode, Katie and Patrick explore the semantic gap between broad popular conceptions of consciousness and narrower understanding held by neuroscientists and philosophers.