• #87: The Future of the Brain - Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD

  • Feb 15 2022
  • Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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#87: The Future of the Brain - Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD

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  • Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD is a Brazilian neuroscientist and physician famous for his pioneering work in the field of brain-machine interface (BMI) technology.

    Dr. Nicolelis’s extensive research with brain-machine interfaces blurs the lines between real life and science fiction.

    In the episode, we discuss neuroprosthetics, monkeys controlling robots, brain-to-brain communication, and the key implications of these wild, futuristic technologies for us all.

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    SHOW NOTES

    0:00 | Intro to Dr. Miguel Nicolelis

    4:20 | Monkeys Controlling Robots

    10:30 | Mirror Neurons & Brain-Machine Interface (BMI)

    13:02 | Advances & Applications of BMIs

    17:50 | BMIs for Parkinson’s Disease

    21:36 | Upgrading the Human Mind?

    24:50 | Why Machines Will Never Think Like a Human

    29:56 | Brains are Changed by Digital Systems

    32:50 | Limitations of Computers

    37:07 | How Nature Shaped the Brain

    40:15 | We Only Experience a Sliver of Reality

    49:45 | Viruses of the Mind

    59:30 | Rapid Fire Questions
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