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Nedah Nemati discusses naturalistic neuroscience and the complexities of defining behavior.

Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. he Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance research. Visit thetransmitter.org to explore the latest neuroscience news and perspectives, written by journalists and scientists. Read more about our partnership. Check out this story: Beyond the algorithmic oracle: Rethinking machine learning in behavioral neuroscience Sign up for Brain Inspired email alerts to be notified every time a new Brain Inspired episode is released. To explore more neuroscience news and perspectives, visit thetransmitter.org. Neuroscience studies in part the relation between brain activity and behaviors. But, what is a behavior? It's a simple question, but there's no simple answer. For example, you're behaving right now, whatever you're doing, even if you're not doing much. When you cross the street, how many behaviors do you use? When you sleep, what behaviors do you do? Hopefully these simple examples make you think about how difficult it can be call some single movement a behavior. Nedah Nemati is a philosopher of…

People in this episode

Host: Paul Middlebrooks

Guest: Nedah Nemati

Topics covered

• naturalistic neuroscience
• behavior
• philosophy of neuroscience
• brain activity
• lived experience

Keywords

• neuroscience
• behavior
• naturalistic neuroscience
• philosophy
• brain activity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia University, The Transmitter

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