David's childhood: ravens, rockets, and radios

From physics to neuroscience (via chemistry)

Quantitative and qualitative approaches to science

Model species in neuroscience

Hierarchical processing in the cortex

The Human Connectome Project

A book or paper more people should read

Something David wishes he'd learnt sooner

Advice for PhD students/postdocs

David Van Essen is an Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this conversation, we talk about David's path to becoming a neuroscientist, the Human Connectome project, hierarhical processing in the cerebral cortex, 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 0:00:00: David's childhood: ravens, rockets, and radios 0:05:00: From physics to neuroscience (via chemistry) 0:13:55: Quantitative and qualitative approaches to science 0:19:17: Model species in neuroscience 0:31:35: Hierarchical processing in the cortex 0:46:54: The Human Connectome Project 0:55:00: A book or paper more people should read 0:58:01: Something David wishes he'd learnt sooner 1:00:31: Advice for PhD students/postdocs 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>David's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/VanEssen-web">https://geni.us/VanEssen-web</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/VanEssen-scholar">https://geni.us/VanEssen-scholar</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 &amp; links David's autobiographical sketch for the Society for Neuroscience (in Volume 9): <a href="https://www.sfn.org/about/history-of-neuroscience/autobiographical-chapters">https://www.sfn.org/about/history-of-neuroscience/autobiographical-chapters</a> Felleman &amp; Van Essen (1991). Distributed hierarchical processing in the primate cerebral cortex. Cerebral Cortex. Glasser, Coalson, Robinson, Hacker, Harwell, Yacoub, ... &amp; Van Essen (2016). A multi-modal parcellation of human cerebral cortex. Nature. Hubel &amp; Wiesel (1962). Receptive fields, binocular interaction and functional architecture in the cat's visual cortex. The Journal of physiology. Maunsell &amp; Van Essen (1983). The connections of the middle temporal visual area (MT) and their relationship to a cortical hierarchy in the macaque monkey. Journal of Neuroscience. Sheldrake (2021). Entangled life: How fungi make our worlds, change our minds &amp; shape our futures. Van Essen &amp; Kelly (1973). Morphological identification of simple, complex and hypercomplex cells in the visual cortex of the cat. In Intracellular Staining in Neurobiology (pp. 189-198). Van Essen &amp; Maunsell (1980). Two‐dimensional maps of the cerebral cortex. Journal of Comparative Neurology. Van Essen (2012). Cortical cartography and Caret software. Neuroimage. Van Essen, Smith, Barch, Behrens, Yacoub, Ugurbil &amp; WU-Minn HCP Consortium. (2013). The WU-Minn human connectome project: an overview. Neuroimage. Wooldridge (1963). The machinery of the brain.

David Van Essen is an Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In this conversation, we talk about David's path to becoming a neuroscientist, the Human Connectome project, hierarhical processing in the cerebral cortex, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: David's childhoo...

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