How Lynn went from studying chemistry to doing a PhD on memory

What was it like working Donald Hebb?

The golden era of cognitive neuroscience at McGill in the 50s and 60s

Lynn's postdoc in Czechoslovakia was interrupted by the Soviet invasion during Prague Spring

The discovery of place cells and the writing of The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map

A paper or book Lynn thinks more people should read

Something Lynn wishes he'd learnt sooner

Advice for early career scientists

Lynn Nadel is an emeritus professor at the University of Arizona, where his research focuses on the role of the hippocampus in memory. In this conversation, we talk about the early years of Lynn's career: why he chose to do chemistry, how a course with Donald Hebb made him switch to psychology, how his postdoc was disrupted by the Soviet invasion during the Prague Spring, John O'Keefe's discovery of place cells, how Lynn and O'Keefe wrote The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-patreon">https://geni.us/bjks-patreon</a> Timestamps 00:00: How Lynn went from studying chemistry to doing a PhD on memory 08:35: What was it like working Donald Hebb? 15:16: The golden era of cognitive neuroscience at McGill in the 50s and 60s 23:14: Lynn's postdoc in Prague was interrupted by the Soviet invasion during Prague Spring 36:29: The discovery of place cells and the writing of The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map 50:59: A paper or book Lynn thinks more people should read 54:55: Something Lynn wishes he'd learnt sooner 57:38: Advice for early career scientists Podcast links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod">https://geni.us/bjks-pod</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt</a></li></ul>Lynn's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/nadel-web">https://geni.us/nadel-web</a></li><li>Mastodon: <a href="https://geni.us/nadel-mastodon">https://geni.us/nadel-mastodon</a></li></ul>Ben's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-web">https://geni.us/bjks-web</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-scholar">https://geni.us/bjks-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-twt</a></li></ul> References and links Episode w/ Kate Jeffery: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-jeffery">https://geni.us/bjks-jeffery</a> Konorski: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Konorski">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Konorski</a> JZ Young: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zachary_Young">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zachary_Young</a> Goddard (1983). The kindling model of epilepsy. Trends in Neurosciences. Káli &amp; Dayan (2002). Replay, repair and consolidation. Adv in Neur Info Proc Sys. Klein, Cosmides, Tooby &amp; Chance (2002). Decisions and the evolution of memory: multiple systems, multiple functions. Psych Rev. Konorski (1967). Integrative activity of the brain; an interdisciplinary approach. McClelland, McNaughton &amp; O'Reilly (1995). Why there are complementary learning systems in the hippocampus and neocortex: insights from the successes and failures of connectionist models of learning and memory. Psych Rev. Melzack &amp; Wall (1965). Pain Mechanisms: A New Theory: A gate control system modulates sensory input from the skin before it evokes pain perception and response. Science. Nadel &amp; Buresova (1968). Monocular input and interhemispheric transfer in the reversible split-brain. Nature. Olds &amp; Milner (1954). Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain. J comp &amp; phys psychol. O'Keefe &amp; Dostrovsky (1971). The hippocampus as a spatial map: preliminary evidence from unit activity in the freely-moving rat. Brain research. O'Keefe &amp; Nadel (1978) The Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map. Oxford University Press. Rao &amp; Ballard (1999). Predictive coding in the visual cortex: a functional interpretation of some extra-classical receptive-field effects. Nat Neuro. Ravindran (2022). Profile of Lynn Nadel. PNAS.

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