Regina Barber

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5,445 appearances 192 recordings 8 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard 8 Sep

Regina Barber’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So how do we know who or what is conscious?
Check out the new ways scientists are finding to measure the elusive phenomenon on Shortwave.
Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
Everyone wants to know if AI is conscious, but consciousness is really hard to define.
What it is like to eat chocolate or to look at the blue sky.
So how do we know who or what is conscious?
Check out the new ways scientists are finding to measure the elusive phenomenon on Shortwave.
Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
Hey, shortwavers, Regina Barber here.
And at Shortwave, we love us some brains, which is why we've had a lot of conversations over the years with NPR's neuroscience reporter, John Hamilton.
John is retiring, so today he's going to tell us about some of the most memorable brains he's come across, excluding mine, in the past couple decades.
Hey, John.
And I'm guessing there's a lot.
I mean, you've been on the Brain Science Beat for 15 years.
Is that right?
Those are my favorite.
Okay.
I think I know what it is, but just to remind me, what is the cerebellum?
OK.
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