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This Week in Neuroscience

This Week in Neuroscience

Written by: Vincent Racaniello
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A podcast about the nervous system.This Week in Neuroscience is copyright 2019 by MicrobeTV, LLC Biological Sciences Nature & Ecology Science
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  • TWiN 67: Interpreting situation-specific facial signals
    Dec 24 2025

    TWiN explores how theta phase shifts mediate contextual perception of facial expressions during everyday social interactions.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • Neural computations underlying contextual processing in humans (Cell Rep)
    • Previous experience shapes perception (Front Human Neurosci)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • TWiN 66: Neuroscience of overeating
    Nov 26 2025

    TWiN reviews the underlying neurobiological mechanisms of overeating and obesity, the role of the hypothalamus and reward systems in controlling food intake and energy balance, and how dysregulation in these systems leads to overeating.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • Neurobiology of overeating (Neuron)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • TWiN 65: Air pollutants promote dementia
    Nov 4 2025

    TWiN explains epidemiological data showing that exposure to air pollution was associated with an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia, and nasal administration of air pollution in mice led to brain atrophy and impaired cognition and motor function.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Vivianne Morrison, and Tim Cheung

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    Links for this episode
    • MicrobeTV Discord Server
    • Links between air pollution and dementias (Science)
    • Letter from Susan Schneider Williams Widow of Robin Williams (Lewy Body Dementia UK)
    • Awakenings (Wikipedia)
    • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

    Music is by Ronald Jenkees

    Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

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    1 hr and 37 mins
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