
#1235 Nicole Rust: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders―and How We Can Change That
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Dr. Nicole Rust is Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. What in the brain drives answers to the question, “Have you seen this before?” or “How happy are you right now?”. While different in many ways, memory and mood are both forms of learning that happen continuously throughout our lives. To understand how the brain supports these mysterious functions, her lab combines investigations of human behavior, measurements and manipulations of neural activity, and computational modeling. She is the author of Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders―and How We Can Change That.
In this episode, we focus on Elusive Cures. We talk about different frameworks in neuroscience, including the molecular neuroscience framework, and complex systems theory. We discuss how brain drugs are developed. We walk through the history of the development of treatments for psychosis, depression, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer’s. We talk about how to find the causes of brain dysfunction, causality in the case of opioid dependence and addiction, and how to develop cures and treatments. Finally, we talk about the future of brain research and the role of AI.
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