Kanaka Rajan, Ph.D. is a Computational Neuroscientist and Assistant Professor at the Friedman Brain Institute at Mount Sinai in New York. Her research seeks to understand how the brain functions; how it learns or makes decisions. We dive into Dr. Rajan's approaches these brain 'themes' in this interview. She also walks us through the contrasts between the fields of neurobiology and artificial intelligence, and opens our minds to how our understanding of the brain has advanced over time. We learned so much and we hope you do too! Links for Kanaka: Wikipedia profile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanaka_... Twitter profile: https://twitter.com/rajankdr https://www.rajanlab.com This episode is sponsored by Kendall Investor Relations: https://www.kendallinvestorrelations.com HDSA Team Hope Walk: https://washington.hdsa.org/ Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/ladyscientist... Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LSPodcast All links + merch: https://www.ladyscientistpodcast.com