Sound Science Podcast with Dr. Yewande Pearse

Sound Science Podcast with Dr. Yewande Pearse


Latest Episodes

Growing Ears
January 06, 2020

This month we take a microscopic look at Organoids, tiny self-organized, three-dimensional tissue cultures that are derived from stem cells. Specifically, we identify how they can be used to make a “mini inner-ear” as well as how they are assisting scient

Science of Sound w/Slow Like Whoa
November 18, 2019

This episode is all about how we perceive sound. Join us as we explore what science has found out about the neurological, psychological, and physiological effects of sound on the body. Our guest this month producer and DJ, Slow Like Whoa, explains how a d

Pull Up
October 21, 2019

Today, we look back over the last nine episodes, from the science of heartbreak and grief to neuroscience-inspired personalized soundscapes that help you focus and sleep. We hope you can joins us! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sound-scien

Good Vibrations with Endel
September 16, 2019

This month, Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence collide, as we explore how better understanding the brain has advanced AI technology and vice versa. We are joined by Oleg Stavitsky, CEO and Founder of Endel, a new technology that generates reactive,

For the Love of Music
August 19, 2019

Music elicits emotion. It’s a big topic that we'll keep coming back to but in this week's show, we focus on how the brain's ability to make predictions about what we hear might explain how musical sounds become rewarding. Dr. Soph also joins us to explain

Women of Science
July 15, 2019

Inspired by Massive Science's Science Hero Series, this episode features some of our favorite women in science.

The Brain and Grief
June 17, 2019

This month’s episode is about the way the brain processes loss and why we experience the emotion of grief. We’ll be thinking about the evolutionary relevance of grief, how the brain modulates it’s own experience of grief, and what actually happens in the

The Left-brain vs. the Right-brain
May 20, 2019

At some point in your life, someone may have asked you whether you are left brained, or right brained. Or maybe you have heard someone proudly proclaim that they are right brained. This months show is all about ‘The Left Brain Vs. Right Brain’ and the lon

The Science of Rhythm
April 15, 2019

This month on Sound Science Podcast, we ask what happens between our ears in response to incoming rhythmic sensory inputs - in other words, how do we find the beat? Moving to the music that we hear is an intuitive behavior bestowed upon us before we can e

Sleep and Rave Culture
March 18, 2019

We’re all familiar with the idea that we should be getting an average of 8 hours of sleep a night. But we are not all as familiar as to why. And for some of us, the value we place on a good night sleep is trumped by the value we place on the underground m

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