Wendy Suzuki

Guest on Daniel Lulchuk’s Podcast Talking Beats

Guest on Daniel Lulchuk’s Podcast Talking Beats

The brain is very responsive. One of its most amazing capacities is its ability to change, and one of the most common experiences of brain plasticity is the ability to have new experiences and new sounds stick with us."

Dr. Wendy Suzuki talks all things music, exercise, and yes, the brain.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/18FdYgTZojBZaSRNXvBvKc?si=MbebsWCbT86YSnBLU3-P7w

Exercise: Fat Buster or Belly Flop?

Exercise: Fat Buster or Belly Flop?

Lots of people hit the gym to shed unwanted pounds, but they don’t always see results on the scale. This week, we tackle the power of exercise and why you should bother. We speak with obesity expert Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, psychiatrist Dr. Gary Cooney, neuroscientist Prof. Wendy Suzuki and urologist Dr. Stacey Kenfield.

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Totally Cerebral: Think Pop Culture Gets Amnesia Right? Forgetaboutit!

Most amnesic patients can’t learn or remember that particular things happened in at a particular time or in a particular place. In fact, patients with severe amnesia are no longer able to learn or remember anything about what has happened to them. However, Neal Cohen and Larry Squire showed that the same amnesic patients could learn and remember how to do things, like work a lock, or solve a puzzle with blocks, or swing a racquet.

Totally Cerebral: What’s That Smell?

Scents and tastes are powerfully evocative — one whiff of perfume or cooking aromas can transport you back to a particular moment, a particular place, a particular person. Because the things we smell reach two brain structures called the hippocampus and amygdala in just one synapse, scents can almost immediately stimulate the key brain areas for memory, emotion, and location.