BRAIN SCIENCE
with
Ginger Campbell, MD
Episode #139
Interview with Jeff Hawkins, Author of On Intelligence
aired 11/28/17
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Brain Science, the show for everyone who has a brain. I'm your host, Dr. Ginger Campbell, and this is Episode 139. Ever since I launched Brain Science back in 2006, my goal has been to explore how recent discoveries in neuroscience are helping unravel the mystery of how our brains make us human. I'm really excited about today's interview because, in some ways, it takes us back to the beginning.
My guest today is Jeff Hawkins, author of On Intelligence, and founder of Numenta, a company that is dedicated to discovering how the human cortex works. Jeff's book actually inspired the first Brain Science podcast, and I interviewed him way back in Episode 38. Today he gives us an update on the last 15 years of his research.
As always, episode show notes and transcripts are available at brainsciencepodcast.com. You can send me feedback at [email protected] or audio feedback via SpeakPipe at speakpipe.com/docartemis. I will be back after the interview to review the key