Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture

Emory College, Emory Center for Mind, Brain and Culture (CMBC)

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Episodes 309

Avg. Duration 54m

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Since Nov 2009

Latest Episode Apr 2026

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About This Podcast

What is the nature of the human mind? The Emory Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture (CMBC) brings together scholars and researchers from diverse fields and perspectives to seek new answers to this fundamental question. Neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, biological and cultural anthropologists, sociologists, geneticists, behavioral scientists, computer scientists, linguists, philosophers, artists, writers, and historians all pursue an understanding of the human mind, but institutional isolation, the lack of a shared vocabulary, and other communication barriers present obstacles to realizing the potential for interdisciplinary synthesis, synergy, and innovation. It is our mission to support and foster discussion, scholarship, training, and collaboration across diverse disciplines to promote research at the intersection of mind, brain, and culture. What brain mechanisms underlie cognition, emotion, and intelligence and how did these abilities evolve? How do our core mental abilities shape the expression of culture and how is the mind and brain in turn shaped by social and cultural innovations? Such questions demand an interdisciplinary approach. Great progress has been made in understanding the neurophysiological basis of mental states; positioning this understanding in the broader context of human experience, culture, diversity, and evolution is an exciting challenge for the future. By bringing together scholars and researchers from diverse fields and across the college, university, area institutions, and beyond, the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture (CMBC) seeks to build on and expand our current understanding to explore how a deeper appreciation of diversity, difference, context, and change can inform understanding of mind, brain, and behavior. In order to promote intellectual exchange and discussion across disciplines, the CMBC hosts diverse programming, including lectures by scholars conducting cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research, symposia and conferences on targeted innovative themes, lunch discussions to foster collaboration across fields, and public conversations to extend our reach to the greater Atlanta community. Through our CMBC Graduate Certificate Program, we are training the next generation of interdisciplinary scholars to continue this mission.

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Recent Episodes

Seminar Series - Keio+Emory | "Performing for Failure: Embodying Grief on Stage Through Ethnodrama"

Apr 08, 2026 1h 19m

"Performing for Failure: Embodying Grief on Stage Through Ethnodrama" Yoon Won Chang | PhD Candidate Department of Anthropology, Emory University This talk is an excerpt from an ethnography that…

Lecture | Raphaël Julliard "The Creative Engine and the Sense of Rightness"

Apr 03, 2026 1h 25m

Raphaël Julliard | Anthropology of the Creative Process | Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale, Ehess, Paris, France "The Creative Engine and the Sense of Rightness" My research operates at the…

Lecture | Chris Krupenye "The Social Minds of Humans and Other Apes"

Mar 26, 2026 1h 22m

Chris Krupenye | Psychological & Brain Sciences | Johns Hopkins University "The Social Minds of Humans and Other Apes" Humans are defined in no small part by the complexity of our social lives,…

Lecture | Ken Paller "Sleep-based Memory Reactivation and Opportunities for Better Benefits from Sleep"

Mar 23, 2026 1h 10m

Ken Paller | Neuroscience | Northwestern University "Sleep-based Memory Reactivation and Opportunities for Better Benefits from Sleep" "Sleep is critical not only for its restorative benefits but…

Seminar Series - Keio+Emory | Jared Medina + Masaki Matsubara "The Embodied Mind and Empathetic AI: A Dialogue in the Keio-Emory Seminar Series"

Mar 18, 2026 1h 44m

Jared Medina | Department of Psychology, Emory University My presentation will explore the cognitive mechanisms behind how the mind actively does embodiment. Using evidence from perceptual illusions…

Lunch | Davor Vincze "Interdisciplinary Performance in Immersive & Interactive Environments"

Feb 27, 2026 55m

Davor Vincze | Guest Artist | Hong Kong Baptist University "Interdisciplinary Performance in Immersive & Interactive Environments" In this lecture, Vincze explores how contemporary artistic…

Lecture | Sashank Varma "The Travelling Salesperson Problem: How Humans 'Efficiently' Solve a Problem Which is 'Hard' for Computers"

Feb 17, 2026 1h 8m

Sashank Varma | Interactive Computing / Psychology | Georgia Institute of Technology "The Travelling Salesperson Problem: How Humans 'Efficiently' Solve a Problem Which is 'Hard' for Computers" “The…

Lecture | Shaun Gallagher "Compassion: Real and Artificial"

Feb 11, 2026 1h 14m

Shaun Gallagher | Lillian and Morrie Moss Professor of Philosophy | University of Memphis "Compassion: Real and Artificial" I’ve proposed a pattern theory of compassion. On this view, compassion is a…

Lecture | Deepu Murty "Understanding, Remembering, and Communicating Threatening Events"

Oct 31, 2025 1h 5m

Deepu Murty | Associate Professor, Chair of the Committee for an Inclusive Community Psychology | University of Oregon "Understanding, Remembering, and Communicating Threatening Events" Threat…

Lecture | David Sloan Wilson "Mind, Brain, and Culture from a Generalized Darwinian Perspective"

Oct 28, 2025 1h 13m

David Sloan Wilson | Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology / Biological Sciences Binghamton University | State University of New York "Mind, Brain and Culture from a Generalized Darwinian…

Lunch | Apurva Ratan Murty & Jared Medina "To Predict or To Explain"

Oct 23, 2025 1h 9m

Apurva Ratan Murty | Assistant Professor, Psychology | Georgia Institute of Technology Jared Medina | Associate Professor, Psychology | Emory University "To Predict or To Explain" What is even the…

Lecture | Gil Weinberg "Embodied Creative Machines"

Sep 25, 2025 50m

Gil Weinberg | Professor, School of Music and Founding Director of the Center for Music Technology | Georgia Institute of Technology "Embodied Creative Machines" Human creativity is directly linked…

Seminar Series - Keio+Emory | Héctor Álvarez "Dilating Time: Tempo as Contemplative Tool in Ota Shogo’s Poetics of Deceleration"

Mar 27, 2025 1h 2m

Héctor Álvarez | Theater Studies, Emory University "Dilating Time: Tempo as Contemplative Tool in Ota Shogo’s Poetics of Deceleration" This talk explores Ota Shogo's groundbreaking wordless play "The…

Lecture | Shay Welch "The Bio-Psycho-Social Affect Loop, HyperSensitivity, and Radical Embodied Cognition"

Mar 19, 2025 1h 19m

Shay Welch | Associate Professor of Philosophy | Spelman College "The Bio-Psycho-Social Affect Loop, HyperSensitivity, and Radical Embodied Cognition" If you would like to become an AFFILIATE of the…

Lecture | Tara Callaghan "Fostering Prosociality in Refugee Children: An Intervention with Rohingya Children"

Feb 13, 2025 1h 18m

Tara Callaghan | Professor of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada "Fostering Prosociality in Refugee Children: An Intervention with Rohingya Children" Prosocial behavior…

Lecture | Alexandra (Sasha) Key "Building a functional communication system: Does the baby have a say?"

Nov 13, 2024 1h 14m

Alexandra (Sasha) Key | Professor, Marcus Autism Center, Emory University School of Medicine "Building a functional communication system: Does the baby have a say?" For a long time, language…

Lecture | Anna Ivanova "Dissociating Language and Thought in Humans and in Machines"

Sep 18, 2024 1h

Anna Ivanova | Assistant Professor, School of Psychology | Georgia Tech College of Sciences "Dissociating Language and Thought in Humans and in Machines" “What is the relationship between language…

Lecture | Leah Krubitzer "Combinatorial Creatures: Cortical Plasticity Within and Across Lifetimes"

Apr 09, 2024 1h 8m

Leah Krubitzer | MacArthur Fellow Professor of Psychology | University of California, Davis"Combinatorial Creatures: Cortical Plasticity Within and Across Lifetimes" "The neocortex is one of the…

Lunch | Ivana Ilic + Jasna Veličković "How Do We Know It's Music? On Musical Capacities of the Electromagnetic Field"

Mar 28, 2024 1h 14m

Ivana Ilic | Music Theory, Emory UniversityJasna Veličković | Composer and Performer"How Do We Know It's Music? On Musical Capacities of the Electromagnetic Field" What happens when the…

Lunch | Richard Moore | "Freedom, Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Lessons from Northern Ireland"

Mar 27, 2024 1h 5m

Richard Moore | Executive Director, Children in Crossfire"Freedom, Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Lessons from Northern Ireland"Dr. Moore’s talk is part of the CMBC's Spring 2024 sponsored course…

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