In this “Brain Inspired” episode, Paul Middlebrooks talks with Michael Cole, professor of neuroscience at Rutgers University’s Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience. In his new book, “Brain Flows: How Network Dynamics Compose the Human Mind,” Cole describes how the flow of signals through brain networks underlies cognitive functions, from basic perception and action to creativity and consciousness.
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Does cognition happen in brain areas or between them?
Michael Cole explains how “brain flows” are the fundamental units of brain function and cognition.
By
Paul Middlebrooks
4 November 2026 | 102 min watch
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