116. Chantel Prat: The Neuroscience of You

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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