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116. Chantel Prat: The Neuroscience of You

116. Chantel Prat: The Neuroscience of You

the tara bixby podcast · Tara Bixby

August 24, 20221h 8m

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Show Notes

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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