“The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Behavioral Sciences in Developmental Biology and Biomedicine”

Dec 11, 2025
46 mins

Episode Description

This is a ~46 minute talk by Michael Levin titled “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Behavioral Sciences in Developmental Biology and Biomedicine” given at a developmental biology/bioengineering symposium, explaining the connections between the cognitive/behavioral sciences and the study of morphogenesis, from the lens of our framework and new technology.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Behavioral Science Foundations

(05:57) Agential Cells And Morphospace

(10:47) Goal Directed Regeneration Examples

(18:16) Bioelectric Pattern Memories

(23:32) Exploring Morphological Plasticity

(31:54) Learning Regeneration And Cancer

(36:10) Novel Bioengineered Living Machines

(41:22) Future Minds And Ethics

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