Neurochemistry podcasts

Jérémie Naudé and Albert Moukheiber join Alexandra Delbot to examine popular misconceptions about the brain, including claims about dopamine detoxes. They discuss what neuroscience experiments establish about dopamine and reward prediction, and how simplified biological narratives can distort research and public understanding.

Hosted by Alexandra Delbot

Masud Husain explains the neuroscience of motivation, dopamine, effort, and reward, together with research on apathy, dementia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and cognitive resilience.

Andrew Huberman explains how key neuromodulators shape motivation, energy, focus and mood, with science-supported behavioral, nutritional and supplement strategies.

Polina Shichkova discusses models of brain metabolism, including energy supply and the cellular processes that maintain neuronal function.

Vijay Namboodiri and Ali Mohebi examine competing accounts of dopamine's role in learning. They contrast the familiar reward-prediction-error interpretation with a retrospective account centred on causes and effects, reviewing the history, behavioural evidence and controversy surrounding this reassessment of dopamine signalling.

Hosted by Paul Middlebrooks