Ep. 22 - Brain Structures: Shape, Volume and Heritability ft. Nadia Blostein

<p>Our guest this week is McGIll Master's of Neuroscience candidate, Nadia Blostein, in an episode dedicated to subcortical brain structures, brain imaging, physical features of the brain and its evolution up the phylogenetic tree!&nbsp;You don't want to this delightful interview with a fresh-faced graduate student -- this could be you one day!</p> <p><strong>Bullet Point Topics:</strong></p> <p>Brain Volume + Shape<br> Hippocampus<br> Imaging Techniques - MRI, fMRI, PET<br> Evolutionary Brain Development<br> The science behind nature vs. nurture<br> Subcortical brain structures: striatum, thalamus, global pallidus<br> Phylogenetic tree<br> Trait preservation due to genetic heritability</p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Guest Appearance: </strong>Michael Smilovitch (from Ep. 6 - Virtual Reality &amp; Immersion) reading from his "<em>neuropoetry" </em>collection</p> <p>Find his other work on his website: <a href="//michaelsmilovitch.com">michaelsmilovitch.com</a></p> <p>Get access to his poetry collection directly here: <a href="//theblastedtree.com/obscuritysquared-index">theblastedtree.com/obscuritysquared-index</a></p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/abstractcast/message