brainWaves: the neurocomm podcast
Welcome to brainWaves, the neurocomm podcast. Hosted by two PhD students and best friends, Garret Kurteff and Maansi Desai, who love to geek out about the brain, language, and music. On this podcast, Garret and Maansi cover various topics under the broader field of auditory neuroscience, with a focus on making science in their field accessible to non-scientists.
brainWaves: the neurocomm podcast
Episode 4: The Boy Who Studied His Own Brain
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Garret Kurteff and Maansi Desai
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Season 1
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Episode 4
In this episode, Maansi and Garret interview Dylan Hungate, a young man who is in the few elite who have had the rare opportunity to study their own brain invasively. He is a classically trained pianist who underwent epilepsy surgery and designed an experiment to help preserve his music talent after the surgery.
Thanks as always to Riohso for our intro and outro music: https://soundcloud.com/riohso
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Music used:
* Prelude in C (BWV 846) Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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