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Cognitive Corner

Welcome to Cognitive Corner, a youth-led podcast where the mysteries of the mind meet the frontiers of technology.

Podcast · By Rayna Kumar · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
6
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Sep 18, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    S2E17: How the Brain Regulates Emotion with Professor Bryan Denny (opens the original)

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    Join me for an enlightening conversation with Professor Bryan Denny, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences at Rice University and Director of the T-SCAN Lab. A leading researcher in affective neuroscience, his groundbreaking work uses neuroimaging and behavioral methods to understand how the brain and body shape our emotional experiences. His translational research focuses on developing emotional regulation interventions for clinical populations, family caregivers, and bereaved spouses.

  2. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    S2E16: Understanding Consciousness, Language, and Thought with Professor Martin Monti (opens the original)

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    Join me as I speak with Professor Martin Monti, Professor of Psychology and Neurosurgery at UCLA and Area Chair of Cognitive Psychology. Professor Monti directs the Monti Lab, bridging psychology and neurosurgery at UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center. His groundbreaking work uses advanced neuroimaging to explore two fundamental aspects of being human: the nature of consciousness and the relationship between language and thought. We unpack the distinction between wakefulness and awareness in veg

  3. Episode · Aug 21, 2026

    S2E15: How the Mind Produces Speech and Language with Professor Matthew Goldrick (opens the original)

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    In this episode, I speak with Professor Matthew Goldrick, Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Northwestern University. A leading researcher in the cognitive science of language, he combines behavioral, acoustic, and computational methods to explore speech and multilingual processing. Professor Goldrick is also the recipient of the 2026 Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achievement and Community Building from the Cognitive Science Society. We explore how

  4. Episode · Jul 24, 2026

    S2E14: How the Brain Understands Speech, Language, and Music with Professor David Poeppel (opens the original)

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    In this engaging episode, I speak with Professor David Poeppel, Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at NYU, and one of the world's leading cognitive neuroscientists studying speech, language, and auditory perception. By combining cognitive neuroscience, linguistics, psychology, and advanced brain imaging, his research has transformed our understanding of how the brain converts sounds into the words and ideas we understand. We explore the "parts list" of how the brain recognizes speech. Pr

  5. Episode · Jul 20, 2026

    S2E13: The Science of Analogy, Reasoning, and Creativity with Professor Keith Holyoak (opens the original)

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    In this episode, I speak with Professor Keith Holyoak, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at UCLA, a Guggenheim Fellow, and one of the world's leading researchers on human reasoning and analogy. By combining behavioral research, cognitive neuroscience, and computational modeling, his research has transformed our understanding of how analogy serves as a fundamental building block of human thought. We explore how analogy helps us solve problems, transfer knowledge across domains, and fuel creat

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