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Molly Webster

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
527 total appearances

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Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

Can't wait.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

We'll miss you.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

I'm Molly Webster. This is Radiolab. And that was Ghul Dolan, a neuroscientist and former teen. But unlike maybe the rest of us former teens, Ghul's very familiar teenage struggle would end up at the center of her scientific work and lead to new ways of seeing the moments in our lives when our most basic habits and behaviors emerge. And then get locked in.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

I'm Molly Webster. This is Radiolab. And that was Ghul Dolan, a neuroscientist and former teen. But unlike maybe the rest of us former teens, Ghul's very familiar teenage struggle would end up at the center of her scientific work and lead to new ways of seeing the moments in our lives when our most basic habits and behaviors emerge. And then get locked in.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

I'm Molly Webster. This is Radiolab. And that was Ghul Dolan, a neuroscientist and former teen. But unlike maybe the rest of us former teens, Ghul's very familiar teenage struggle would end up at the center of her scientific work and lead to new ways of seeing the moments in our lives when our most basic habits and behaviors emerge. And then get locked in.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

And it all starts with something called critical periods. Okay. So for like us, you know, yokels over here, like what is a critical learning period?

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

And it all starts with something called critical periods. Okay. So for like us, you know, yokels over here, like what is a critical learning period?

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

And it all starts with something called critical periods. Okay. So for like us, you know, yokels over here, like what is a critical learning period?

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

We did an episode on it at one point. Yeah.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

We did an episode on it at one point. Yeah.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

We did an episode on it at one point. Yeah.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

And do we associate those critical periods with being a baby?

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

And do we associate those critical periods with being a baby?

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

And do we associate those critical periods with being a baby?

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

Neuroscience often makes me feel like I just started falling behind at like three months old because you're just like, oh, that window closed and that window closed and that window closed. I'm like, I'd like to think I'm 40 and the world is still my oyster, but perhaps not.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

Neuroscience often makes me feel like I just started falling behind at like three months old because you're just like, oh, that window closed and that window closed and that window closed. I'm like, I'd like to think I'm 40 and the world is still my oyster, but perhaps not.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

Neuroscience often makes me feel like I just started falling behind at like three months old because you're just like, oh, that window closed and that window closed and that window closed. I'm like, I'd like to think I'm 40 and the world is still my oyster, but perhaps not.

Radiolab
The Ecstasy of an Open Brain

Wow, this is like creating such a feeling of like urgency in me.