Rolf Nelson
Co-Host of CogNation
Rolf Nelson is a Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College in Massachusetts. He conducts research on visual perception, and teaches courses in Cognition, Perception, Consciousness, and Memory.
Rolf Nelson has hosted 54 Episodes.
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The Frey Effect, Continued: Dr. Beatrice Golomb
February 12th, 2019 | Season 1 | 17 mins 40 secs
brain, cuba, embassy, frey effect, neuroscience, perception, sound
Rolf interviews Dr. Beatrice Golomb as an addendum to our previous show about the Frey Effect
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The Frey Effect (or, When Microwaves Attack)
February 12th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 10 mins
brain, cuba, embassy, frey effect, neuroscience, perception, sound
Discussion of the Frey Effect, an interesting phenomenon where sound is perceived from microwave radiation, and has been suggested as the cause of mysterious afflictions at the American embassy in Cuba.
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Brain-Computer Interfaces, part B
February 4th, 2019 | Season 1 | 50 mins 45 secs
bci, brain, computer, neuroscience, technology
Second part on brain-computer interfaces
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Brain-Computer Interfaces, part A
February 4th, 2019 | Season 1 | 51 mins 20 secs
bci, brain, computer, neuroscience, technology
A discussion of the current state of the art of brain-computer interfaces
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Episode 2: Using Virtual Reality for Therapy
January 27th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 1 min
mental health, neuroscience, psychology, ptsd, virtual reality
Discussion of VR in therapy
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Episode 1: Building machines that think like us
January 20th, 2019 | Season 1 | 1 hr 17 mins
artificial intelligence, brains, robots
Rolf and Joe discuss the current state of the art in machine intelligence and the prospects for building machines that are as intelligent as people.