116. Chantel Prat: The Neuroscience of You
Episode description
Dr. Chantel Prat is a psychologist, neuroscientist, professor, and author. She teaches at the University of Washington with appointments in the departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics; with affiliations at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Center for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. Her debut book, Neuroscience of You, was recently released and it’s a goodie.
We talk about...
- How our brains interpret the world
- Why it’s important to be aware of what sources of information are feeding your brain
- How social media strengthens our current beliefs
- Why it’s important to understand the relationship between the mind and the brain
- How our brain creates a subjective reality
- Why your brain doesn’t look like the one in textbooks
- How the traditional neuroscientific paradigm glosses over our differences
- What causes us to choke under pressure
- Why we have bogus out there thoughts
- Why we don’t do better when we know better
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