Startseite
Podcasts
60-Second Science Podcast
The neuroscientist decoding how the brain learns

The neuroscientist decoding how the brain learns

60-Second Science vor 3 Monaten

Neuroscientist Kauê M. Costa talks about surprising results that are changing how we think dopamine works and how the brain really learns

0:00

19:22

In this episode, host Rachel Feltman interviews neuroscientist Kauê
M. Costa, who is among Scientific American’s inaugural cohort of
Young American Scientists honorees. Costa shares how being
surprised by experiments has led him to new ways of thinking about
learning in the brain. He explains how dopamine does more than
signal reward, how there are two big frameworks of how the brain
learns and how his findings could help us better understand—and
treat—mental illness. Recommended Reading: The Young American
Scientists Kauê M. Costa’s Young American Scientists profile Join
our Summer Reading Challenge E-mail us at
sciencequickly@sciam.com if you have any questions, comments or
ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new everyday:
subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science,
our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel
Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Sushmita Pathak and Jeff DelViscio. This
episode was edited by Alex Sugiura, with fact-checking by Aaron
Shattuck. Our theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. This
episode is part of “The Young American Scientists,” an editorially
independent project that was produced with financial support from
Regeneron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit
megaphone.fm/adchoices