Podcast appearances and mentions of chantel prat

In this episode of Equine Assisted World, Rupert Isaacson sits down with Dr. Chantel Prat—a neuroscientist, psychologist, linguist, and horsewoman. Dr. Prat teaches at the University of Washington and is the author of The Neuroscience of You, a groundbreaking book that examines how every brain is different and what that means for our lives, relationships, and learning processes.Rupert and Chantel dive deep into individual brain differences, the neuroscience of curiosity, attention, and empathy, and how equine-assisted practices can benefit from this knowledge. From mirror neurons to movement, nature, and neurodivergence, this episode explores how understanding our brains can transform education, therapy, leadership, and horsemanship.

My guest for this episode is Chantel Prat. If her name is not already familiar to you, she is the author of the book The Neuroscience of You. What got me really excited about having her on the podcast was her willingness to play with ideas about learning from two sides of the coin: the science of it in her academic world and the experience of it in my world as a lay person.  We met in 2023 at the Journey on Podcast Summit where we were fellow presenters. In the last year, I've been putting together some pieces about learning how to stay present under pressure – even when the body starts saying “danger, danger.” Some if what I'm experiencing flies in the face of the typical coaching around managing stress. It's made me curious about how the neuroscience of it works. So at the 2024 Podcast Summit, I spontaneously asked Chantel to help me make sense of it and she agreed. After our first conversation, we said “We've got to do a podcast.” So that's the backstory. As you will hear, this episode is all about learning. In our conversation, we truly geeked out together about how we humans learn, grow and change. Chantel asks two very relevant questions about what happens when we start getting the physical signals of stress: What is the feeling for? And what is the story for?  What most impresses me about Chantel is that she models what she teaches. She is truly a learner, which is what makes her a great teacher.  We had many quotable moments in this episode. Perhaps my favorite was when she said: “The feeling is the fuel that catalyzes change.” If you follow any of my blog posts or social media pages, you will recognize that I couldn't agree more! Now here's a little more about Chantel: Chantel Prat, author of The Neuroscience of You, is a Professor at the University of Washington with appointments in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. Her interdisciplinary research investigates how variable brain designs combine with our lifetime of experiences to shape the unique way each person learns, understands the world and operates in it. She is the recipient of a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, speaks internationally at events like the World Science Festival, and has appeared in a number of media outlets including PBS, Scientific American, Rolling Stone, Popular Mechanics, and Travel + Leisure. I hope you enjoy this episode of The Creative Spirits Unleashed podcast. Please be sure to share it with anyone you think would enjoy it!

Fabulous souls, welcome back to the fourth session in our Christmas Conversations series. I have been having so much fun with these, I don't want them to end! Today I am joined by Kate Sandel, Elsa Sinclair & Chantel Prat for what was a wonderful conversation- I would love to hear your thoughts also! Happy Listening! xx Jane You can find... Kate Sandel here at Soft & Sound Elsa Sinclair here at Taming Wild Chantel Prat here on her website

Warwick brings on Journey On Podcast Summit presenters from the latest Summit in Birmingham, England. In this episode, we have Chantel Prat, Emelie Cajsdotter, Dr. Jenifer Zeligs, Kathy Price, and Christine Dickson.Support the showBecome a Patreon Member today! Get access to podcast bonus segments, ask questions to podcast guests, and even suggest future podcast guests while supporting Warwick: https://www.patreon.com/journeyonpodcastWarwick has over 650 Online Training Videos that are designed to create a relaxed, connected, and skilled equine partner. Start your horse training journey today!https://videos.warwickschiller.com/Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickschillerfanpageWatch hundreds of free Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/warwickschillerFollow us on Instagram: @warwickschiller

During this special four-part series, we go on a fascinating journey into . Part 4 of 4: Dr. Chantel Prat:  . The Neuroscience of You with Professor Chantel Prat . What makes us who we are? More specifically, at a neuroscience level, are we all the same, or, is every brain wired differently? What does that mean in the context of our behaviors?   . To answer these questions and much more, I've invited a brilliant neuroscientist and a fabulous human being to join me as we dismantle The Neuroscience of You. . Dr. Chantel Prat is a Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics Professor at the University of Washington. Her debut book, The Neuroscience of You, summarizes her research investigating how variable brain designs combine with our lifetime of experiences to shape the unique way each person understands the world and operates in it.  . Professor Prat received a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, and her book was nominated for a Washington State Book Award. The Neuroscience of You was featured in The Next Big Idea Club. Her research has also been featured in various media, ranging from Nature and Scientific American to Rolling Stone and Popular Mechanics. . WEBSITE:  https://www.chantelprat.com . LINKEDIN; https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantel-prat-a5296b4 Part 4) The Importance of Messy Emotions  .

During this special four-part series, we go on a fascinating journey into . Part 3 of 4: Dr. Chantel Prat: How To Kill Curiosity . The Neuroscience of You with Professor Chantel Prat . What makes us who we are? More specifically, at a neuroscience level, are we all the same, or, is every brain wired differently? What does that mean in the context of our behaviors?   . To answer these questions and a whole lot more, I've invited a brilliant neuroscientist and a fabulous human being to join me as we dismantle The Neuroscience of You. . Dr. Chantel Prat is a Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics Professor at the University of Washington. Her debut book, The Neuroscience of You, summarizes her research investigating how variable brain designs combine with our lifetime of experiences to shape the unique way each person understands the world and operates in it.  . Professor Prat received a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, and her book was nominated for a Washington State Book Award. The Neuroscience of You was featured in The Next Big Idea Club. Her research has also been featured in various media, ranging from Nature and Scientific American to Rolling Stone and Popular Mechanics. . WEBSITE:  https://www.chantelprat.com . LINKEDIN; https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantel-prat-a5296b4   Part 3) How To Kill Curiosity

During this special four-part series, we go on a fascinating journey into . The Neuroscience of You with Professor Chantel Prat . Part 2) Mirror, Mirror in My Brain . What makes us who we are? More specifically, at a neuroscience level, are we all the same, or, is every brain wired differently? What does that mean in the context of our behaviors?   . To answer these questions and a whole lot more, I've invited a brilliant neuroscientist and a fabulous human being to join me as we dismantle The Neuroscience of You. . Dr. Chantel Prat is a Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics Professor at the University of Washington. Her debut book, The Neuroscience of You, summarizes her research investigating how variable brain designs combine with our lifetime of experiences to shape the unique way each person understands the world and operates in it.  . Professor Prat received a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, and her book was nominated for a Washington State Book Award. The Neuroscience of You was featured in The Next Big Idea Club. Her research has also been featured in various media, ranging from Nature and Scientific American to Rolling Stone and Popular Mechanics. . WEBSITE:  https://www.chantelprat.com . LINKEDIN; https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantel-prat-a5296b4 .  Part 2) Mirror, Mirror in My Brain .

During this special four part series, we go on a fascinating journey into . The Neuroscience of You with Professor Chantel Prat In Part 1, We Discover Why Your Brain Is NOT Interested in Reality . What makes us who we are? More specifically, at a neuroscience level, are we all the same, or, is every brain wired differently? What does that mean in the context of our behaviors?   . To answer these questions and a whole lot more, I've invited a brilliant neuroscientist and a fabulous human being to join me as we dismantle The Neuroscience of You. . Dr. Chantel Prat is a Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Linguistics at the University of Washington. Her debut book, The Neuroscience of You, summarizes her research investigating how variable brain designs combine with our lifetime of experiences to shape the unique way each person understands the world and operates in it.  . Professor Prat received a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, and her book was nominated for a Washington State Book Award. The Neuroscience of You was featured in The Next Big Idea Club. Her research has also been featured in various media, ranging from Nature and Scientific American to Rolling Stone and Popular Mechanics. . WEBSITE:  https://www.chantelprat.com . LINKEDIN; https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantel-prat-a5296b4 .  Part 1) Why Your Brain Is NOT Interested in Reality 

Don't you hate it when you hear or think of a familiar song but can't recall the title? This episode begins with a clever trick that will help identify any song and all it takes is a smartphone. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-identify-any-song-just-by-singing-it-1849039953 Why are you different from me and everyone else? What makes you the person you are? That's what Chantel Prat has investigated and is here to discuss. Chantel is professor at the University of Washington and author of the book The Neuroscience of You (https://amzn.to/3OJDyHL). She joins me to discuss what makes us all individuals and why we are constantly changing who we are. Extreme weather is fascinating to watch on television – but horrible to live through. And lately we have seen a lot of extreme weather – fires in the west, flooding in the southeast, tornadoes in the Midwest and more. Why is this happening and how does weather work? Here to explain the fascinating world of weather is Matthew Cappucci. He is an on-air meteorologist at FOX5DC in Washington D.C. and author of the book Looking Up: The True Adventures of a Storm-Chasing Weather Nerd (https://amzn.to/3vvSceW). Whenever you are in a situation where you are feeling upset, anxious or nervous, there is a simple strategy you can employ that can help reduce those stressful feelings in about 1 minute. Listen as I explain how to do it - in fact it is something you already know how to do. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/humming-for-self-care-tool-for-leaders-toolboxes-1234956725/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, a few brainy insights from neuroscientist Chantel Prat, author of "The Neuroscience of You," which our pal Adam Grant called her book "the smartest, clearest, and funniest book I've ever read about the brain."

We all get frustrated with our inability to remember people's names, find our keys, or recover a lost computer password. Fortunately, these experiences are not reflections of our broken brains, but the fact that the brain didn't evolve the complex mechanisms of memory so that we could remember that guy we met at that thing. In fact, human memory is so much more than a personal archive or database. It's a powerful and pervasive force that runs through all human experience and to a shocking degree makes us who we are – not just a record of the past, but as a determinative force in the present. Dr. Charan Ranganath, a leading memory researcher, unveils the surprising aspects of human memory in his new book Why We Remember revealing how memory shapes our lives, impacts our decisions, and holds the key to understanding our past and planning for the future. This science narrative explores the unseen influence of memory on emotions, choices, and well-being, offering valuable insights for a broad audience, including those interested in staying mentally sharp, individuals dealing with trauma, parents, educators, and anyone seeking to make more mindful decisions. Drawing on over two decades of research, Dr. Ranganath's book challenges common misconceptions about memory, delivering a paradigm-shifting perspective that's both informative and life-changing. Charan Ranganath is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience and director of the Dynamic Memory Lab at the University of California at Davis. For over 25 years, Dr. Ranganath has studied the mechanisms in the brain that allow us to remember past events, using brain imaging techniques, computational modeling, and studies of patients with memory disorders. He has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship. Chantel Prat, author of The Neuroscience of You, is a Professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences. Her interdisciplinary research investigates how variable brain designs combine with our lifetime of experiences to shape the unique way each person understands the world and operates in it.   Buy the Companion Book Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold On to What Matters The Elliott Bay Book Company

Join us on a captivating journey into the depths of the human mind as we delve into the fascinating world of neuroscience. In this enlightening episode, renowned cognitive neuroscientist Chantel Prat, alongside host Chris Cooper, takes us on an exploration of what neuroscience reveals about understanding ourselves and others. From unravelling the intricate neural mechanisms behind language and executive functions to uncovering the biological basis of individual differences in cognition, Prat's interdisciplinary expertise promises to illuminate the mysteries of the brain in ways you've never imagined. Join us to gain profound insights into human behaviour, communication, and relationships, as we unlock the secrets of the mind together. Don't miss this thought-provoking discussion that will reshape the way you perceive yourself and those around you.

How can we continue to keep students engaged and motivated? If we're being honest, the traditional education system falls short in meeting everyone's needs. In today's episode, join me and the brilliant Chantel Prat, a professor with a vast background in psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics as we explore why it's crucial for teachers like you to understand the brain's workings to connect better with students and create a classroom that brings out the best in every student. Discover how to foster meaningful connections and effective learning environments. Chantel breaks down the importance of self-awareness, empathy, and tailoring educational strategies to suit individual needs.We'll talk about how stress is a major factor, affecting learning more than you realize, and what you can do about it. Learn why taking care of yourself is key to being a great educator. Choice can be a powerful thing in the classroom, and we'll discuss how giving your students more of it can transform their learning experience.Tune in and join the conversation to make a positive change in our education.Stay empowered,JenLet's keep the conversation going! Find me at:Jen Rafferty | Instagram, YouTube, Facebook | LinktreeInstagram: @jenrafferty_Facebook: Empowered Educator Faculty RoomAbout Chantel:Chantel Prat is a Professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Center for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. A cognitive neuroscientist by training, her interdisciplinary research investigates the biological basis of individual differences in cognition, with an emphasis on understanding the shared neural mechanisms underpinning language and higher-level executive functions. She is a recipient of the Tom Trabasso Young Investigator Award from the Society of Text and Discourse and a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health. Her work has been supported by the National Institute of Health, the Office of Naval Research, and the Keck Foundation. Prat speaks internationally at events like The World Science Festival. She is featured in the documentary, I Am Human. Her studies have been profiled in media ranging from Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Science Daily to Rolling Stone, Popular Mechanics, Pacific Standard, Travel + Leisure, and National Public Radio. Connect with Chantel:Website: https://www.chantelprat.com/IG: @chantelpratphdX: @ChantelPratPhDLinkedIn: Chantel Prat

Chantel Prat is a Professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Center for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. A cognitive neuroscientist by training, her interdisciplinary research investigates the biological basis of individual differences in cognition, with an emphasis on understanding the shared neural mechanisms underpinning language and higher-level executive functions. She is a recipient of the Tom Trabasso Young Investigator Award from the Society of Text and Discourse and a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health. Her work has been supported by the National Institute of Health, the Office of Naval Research, and the Keck Foundation. Prat speaks internationally at events like The World Science Festival. She is featured in the documentary, I Am Human. Her studies have been profiled in media ranging from Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Science Daily to Rolling Stone, Popular Mechanics, Pacific Standard, Travel + Leisure, and National Public Radio.

Chantel Prat is a Professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Centre for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. A cognitive neuroscientist by training, her interdisciplinary research investigates the biological basis of individual differences in cognition, with an emphasis on understanding the shared neural mechanisms underpinning language and higher-level executive functions. In other words... she's a smarty pants. Also lots of fun, also great communicator, also we had fun and I'm sure, you'll love her. *Her latest book is called ‘The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours'. chantelprat.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chantel Prat is a Professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Centre for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. A cognitive neuroscientist by training, her interdisciplinary research investigates the biological basis of individual differences in cognition, with an emphasis on understanding the shared neural mechanisms underpinning language and higher-level executive functions. In other words... she's a smarty pants. Also lots of fun, also great communicator, also we had fun and I'm sure, you'll love her. *Her latest book is called ‘The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours'. chantelprat.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your early experiences literally change the way you think and feel about the world -- they even shape what you see and hear. Dr. Chantel Prat,  a cognitive neuroscientist and professor at the University of Washington, studies how variations in brain wiring make each of us unique individuals and drive our understanding of each other, and of the world. In this episode, learn which parts of the brain are "experience-expectant" (waiting for input on how to develop), and why trade-offs in the brain are responsible for our personalities, our learning styles, and our values. The answers begin to explain how three pounds of brain develop into what we know as the mind. Click here to learn if you are a "Carrot" learner or a "Stick"  learner in a special bonus segment. https://tinyurl.com/j7prsh7n  

Dr. Chantel Prat, a cognitive neuroscientist and professor at the University of Washington, studies how variations in brain wiring make each of us unique individuals and drive our understanding of each other.

“Who you are depends on where you've been. Your brain is a relentless shape-shifter, constantly rewriting its own circuitry—and because your experiences are unique, so are the vast, detailed patterns in your neural networks. Because they continue to change your whole life, your identity is a moving target: it never reaches an endpoint. That's From Neuroscientist and Stanford Professor, David Eagleman's, The Brain: The Story of You. Now that REALLY made me STOP and THINK as I am about to write this next episode. I wonder: What's my identity-or what makes me-me, especially if it's a moving target. I'm not just Andrea, the host of the Neuroscience Meets SEL Podcast (imagining my brain, and all its neural networks that consist of ALL the years of experience that make me, who I am today) and each day, my experiences change who I am right down to the books I'm reading, what I'm studying and learning, the people around the world I interact with, making me the person I am today. Then I wonder, who are YOU listening to this podcast? What's YOUR identity, wherever you are tuning in from around the world (and I imagine YOUR brain, and the neural networks you've created with YOUR own specific and unique life experiences. And if our identity (who we are at this point in time) is a moving target that never reaches an endpoint, can we then, create our own reality and future by continuing to re-wire our own circuitry with NEW information, and NEW ideas, that create NEW experiences that change who we could be in the future? Thus, changing our conditions, our circumstances, and our environment? That is the goal of this podcast, (to help all of us to re-wire our brains (with new information) that we'll put into action (using the most current, evidence based research) taking our results to new heights.  This is what keeps ME coming back time and time again to write new episodes.  I've put an image in the show notes that came from my study with Mark Waldman on the Default Mode Network, showing exactly what our brain looks like when we are using our imagination network to take this information we are learning, and use it in a creative way. Our whole brain lights up, connecting all of our brain regions in this process. With that thought, I want to welcome you back to our final episode of Season 9 of The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, where we cover the science-based evidence behind social and emotional learning (for schools) and emotional intelligence training (in the workplace) with tools, ideas and strategies that we can all use for immediate results, with our brain in mind.  I'm Andrea Samadi, (and while we know I'm not just) an author, or an educator with a passion for learning (I think after today's episode, we will see that we are much more than our work and life experiences) and it's this understanding that will encourage us all to continue re-wiring our brains, taking us to new, and often unimaginable heights.     I'm recording this episode the end of May 2023, and plan to take some time away from the recording studio (my office) this summer. We'll be back with the start of Season 10 the end of June, as we move into the 5th year of this podcast, and our second half of “Going Back the Basics” where we'll continue through our past episodes, to see what we can add to them, with new research and ideas to take our personal and professional results to these new heights. As I started writing this episode that tied back into some of our Brain Fact Fridays on Learning, I couldn't think of what to cover specifically, because learning is behind EVERY episode we produce. I wonder, as we move towards our 5th year, and a new season when we return, what else can we uncover when it comes to “learning” with our brain in mind. Or in other words, how can we take our “learning” to new heights, or look at learning through a new lens? I glanced through some of the episodes we covered on how we learn (procedural vs declarative learning) on EP 131[i], neuroplasticity on EP 133[ii], spaced repetition, distance learning, the neuroscience of learning EP #167[iii], learning and how our emotions impact our memory EP #127[iv] , even the importance of learning skills with our non-dominant hand. While all of these topics are fascinating, I wondered what could we cover today that would take us deeper into the circuitry of our brain, and guarantee a shift of thinking for all of us, causing a lasting change with our results. Then I remembered a documentary I watched YEARS ago, from a Neuroscientist at Stanford University, and Internationally best-selling author, David Eagleman, called The Brain: The Story of You[v]. I know it was in the early days of when I was trying to make sense of why this understanding of the brain would be important for us (specifically as it related to education) so I took clear and detailed notes, and found his documentary to be interesting because it was applicable to our daily life, and I remember it changed my way of thinking. You can see the options for how to watch this documentary today, and also buy his book, The Brain: The Story of You[vi] on Amazon, which I did, even though I had detailed notes on each chapter. What caught my attention with this documentary is that David Eagleman wanted to get away from a textbook inquiry of the brain, (which we all know can be confusing at times with the terminology, and also sometimes boring). Eagleman wanted to “illuminate a deeper level of inquiry” that dives into the question of “who am I” which he says “depends on where you've been” or the experiences we've had and that “because our experiences are unique, so are the vast, detailed patterns in our neural networks.” He goes on to say that “they continue to change your whole life (and that) your identity is a moving target: it never reaches an endpoint.” So to close out Season 9 of our podcast, on “Diving Deeper into The Neuroscience of Learning: Unlocking the Mystery of Individuality and Uniqueness” we will look at our content, through David Eagleman's lens, and see how we can rewire our brain, with new experiences, taking our identity to new heights, in this episode and beyond.  I'm looking for sustainable, long-lasting change to occur for all of us. On today's episode #290 on “Diving Deeper into The Neuroscience of Learning” we will sharpen our focus of what our understanding of the brain REALLY means to us as we cover: ✔ Who Are We (Self-Awareness) as we move through life as an infant, teenager and into adulthood. ✔ Understanding our Identity (What Makes YOU-YOU) By Looking at Our Unique Experiences ✔ What Neuroplasticity Really Means for Us: How Can We Shape Our Brain for a Better Future? ✔ 3 Tips for Re-Wiring Our Brain to Change Our Identity   Who Am I? Chapter 1 of The Brain: The Story of You We started this podcast covering self-awareness: know thyself, on EP #2[vii] where we covered six tips for being self-aware, and then I remember when we dove deeper with a graphic on the levels of consciousness, from EP 251[viii] where we looked at our levels of consciousness from low awareness, like when we are in a coma, under general anesthesia, moving up towards drowsiness or that state called hypnagogia (between wakefulness and sleep), right into our actual sleep, REM state, and dreams and finally into full consciousness.  We explored full-consciousness and the question of “who am I” with Chantel Prat and her book, The Neuroscience of You, on EP #255.[ix]   But what does David Eagleman have to say about our consciousness and who we are? He says,  “It turns out your conscious mind-the part you think of as you—is really the smallest part of what's happening in your brain, and usually the last one to find out any information.” Which made me stop and think for a minute. I thought “wait, should I REALLY be using my conscious mind—the part I think is me-- to write this episode, “the smallest part of what's happening in my brain?” according to Neuroscientist David Eagleman. I thought back to that image of our conscious mind as an iceberg, showing me that logical and critical thinking (that I'm using to write) consist of only 10% of my mental capacity, and that the other 90% that holds my beliefs, emotions, habits, values, long term memory, imagination and intuition are all in my subconscious mind. What else can we do to tap into this other part of our brain to take our results to new heights? I have just started reading David Eagleman's book, and he's already started to challenge my thinking.  He takes us back to when we were babies and born with a brain that “allows itself to be shaped by the details of life experience.” (Eagleman, The Brain, Ch. 1). What's the secret behind “the flexibility of young brains” he asks us? He says, “it's not about growing new cells, the secret lies in how those cells are connected.” (Eagleman, The Brain, Ch 1). So now I'm thinking that who we are really IS based on our life experiences, that create these neural connections in our brain, and if we don't like where we've ended up in life, or the circumstances we've created, then we can change our environment by doing something new. But REMEMBER: To truly discover WHO we ARE, we've got to dive into the depths of our subconscious mind. Eagleman reminds us that “your actions, your beliefs and your biases are all driven by networks in your brain to which you have no conscious access.” That's why it takes some time to peel back the layers of who we are, in our efforts to become the best version of ourselves. PUT THIS INTO ACTION: LEARN NEW THINGS AND YOU WILL RE-WIRE YOUR BRAIN If the adult brain can change (neuroplasticity) then we can change our brain, and create improved versions of ourselves with our life experiences that does take time.  Eagleman noted that when Albert Einstein's brain was examined, it didn't reveal why he was a genius, but it did show that “the brain area devoted to his left fingers had expanded—forming a giant fold in his cortex called the Omega sign, shaped like the Greek symbol” (Eagleman, The Brain, Ch 1). This Omega sign was also found in violin players, showing clearly how detailed movement can in fact change the brain.   LONDON CAB DRIVER'S PROVED THIS TO BE TRUE: We've also mentioned on this podcast about how London Cab drivers changed their brains but David Eagleman went into detail of how these cabbies had to memorize London's extensive roadways that “covers 25,000 individual streets, and 20,000 landmarks of interest (hotels, theaters, restaurants, embassies, police stations, sports facilities, and anywhere a passenger wants to go.” (Eagleman, The Brain, Ch 1). When the brains of these cab drivers were studied, they found “visible differences:  the posterior (back) part of the hippocampus had grown physically larger than those in the control group—presumably causing their increased spatial memory.” (Eagleman, The Brain, Ch 1). Eagleman mentioned that “the longer the cabbie had been doing their job, the bigger the change in the brain region” suggesting the result came from the practice. Now I'm thinking back to some early episodes where we covered the importance of “spaced repetition” or “daily practice” to yield new results over time. So, if we want to re-wire our brain, or create a stronger 2.0 version of ourselves, here are 3 TIPS for implementing this concept. IDEAS FOR IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING NEW INTO OUR LIFE TO RE-WIRE OUR BRAIN: LISTEN: To new podcasts, take notes, and implement what you learn. I'm always discovering new podcasts, and just need to find the time for all of this new learning. I'm sure if you are listening to us here, that you have also found the benefit to learning through this medium. TRAVEL: Go somewhere you've never been before. This summer we are traveling to somewhere we've never been before. Instead of planning the same old summer vacation, this year, we will be going somewhere where the internet doesn't work well, to create new life experiences for all of us. Pick a place you've never been before to open yourself and your brain to NEW life experiences. BE OPEN TO LEARNING SOMETHING NEW, EVEN SOMETHING WEIRD: Like with a new meditation or something. I can't say enough about how much I learned from my review of Jose Silva's The Silva Mind Control Method[x] that we covered earlier in the year. It looks like this episode was also a hit for those listening, with over 4K downloads the last time I looked. The book was eye-opening, but the online course completely blew my mind open with new ideas that I could spend the rest of my life practicing and implementing. As I read through some of the topics, I definitely can say they stretched my mind beyond where I have ever gone before. REVIEW AND CONCLUDE To review and conclude this final episode of Season 9 on taking a “Diving Deeper into The Neuroscience of Learning” we covered: ✔ Who Are We (Self-Awareness) as we move through life as an infant, teenager and into adulthood. ✔ Understanding our Identity (What Makes YOU-YOU) By Looking at Our Unique Experiences ✔ What Neuroplasticity Really Means for Us: How Can We Shape Our Brain for a Better Future. ✔ 3 Tips for Re-Wiring Our Brain to Change Our Identity As we looked into changing our identity, diving into our subconscious mind, we know that consciousness is something that neuroscientists continue to debate over, and this is a topic that you can see from the graphic I created, that I'm interested in studying, learning more here, and sharing what I learn with you on the podcast. As we continue to study, we will become more consciously aware of WHO WE ARE. Here is something profound that David Eagleman shared. He said: Have you ever looked at someone's work written on a wall like David Eagleman is recalling with Francis Crick's work? I absolutely love seeing ideas written on walls, and my office is always full of thoughts, ideas and plans. We can gain inspiration from each other's ideas and plans. I think back to the movie “Good Will Hunting” where Matt Damon was solving math problems on the wall, while he was working as a caretaker at MIT, inspiring more than just the students who saw his work, but the teachers who wondered who this student was. Our experiences can change our brain, and then when we share them with others, we can then go on to inspire others with our thoughts, ideas and knowledge.   But what has meaning for YOU, might mean something completely different to ME, and so the search for what we find “meaningful” continues. To close out this episode I'll end with the SAME quote we opened up with. “Who you are depends on where you've been. Your brain is a relentless shape-shifter, constantly rewriting its own circuitry—and because your experiences are unique, so are the vast, detailed patterns in your neural networks. Because they continue to change your whole life, your identity is a moving target: it never reaches an endpoint. Neuroscientist and Stanford Professor, David Eagleman's, The Brain: The Story of You. With that final thought, I encourage all of us to keep learning, and improving WHO we are as individuals, because this is only the beginning. When we next look at the impact we can have on others, bringing our unique neural networks together, we open up an entire new universe to explore. I'll see you the END of June for SEASON 10 of the podcast, and our 5th YEAR of The Neuroscience Meets SEL Podcast. . We will continue with our Theme of Going Back to The Basics with: ✔ What Can We Really Learn from Looking at Someone Else's Brain? (Einstein, Walt Whitman, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's). ✔ Continue This NEW Learning to Build the Best 2.0 Version of Ourselves REFERENCES: [i]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #131 on “understanding How We Learn: Declarative vs Procedural Systems”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-understanding-how-we-learn-declarative-vs-procedural-systems/ [ii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #133 on “Applying Neuroplasticity in Your School or Workplace”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-applying-neuroplasticity-to-your-school-or-workplace/ [iii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #167 on “The Neuroscience of Learning”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-the-neuroscience-of-learning/ [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #127 on “How Emotions Impact Learning, Memory and the Brain” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-how-emotions-impact-learning-memory-and-the-brain/ [v] David Eagleman The Brain https://www.pbs.org/show/brain-david-eagleman/ [vi] The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman Published October 6, 2015 https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Story-You-David-Eagleman-ebook/dp/B0104EOGQ0/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1684456595&sr=8-1 [vii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #2 “Self-Awareness: Know Thyself”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/self-awareness-know-thyself/ [viii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #251 on “Exploring Consciousness Using Neuroscience” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-on-exploring-consciousness-using-neuroscience-to-expand-our-awareness/ [ix] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #255 with Chantel Prat on “The Neuroscience of You.” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/chantel-prat-phd-on-the-neuroscience-of-you-how-every-brain-is-wired-differently-and-how-to-understand-yours/ [x] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #261 on PART 1 of The Silva Mind Control Method https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/a-deep-dive-with-andrea-samadi-into-applying-the-silva-method-for-improved-intuition-creativity-and-focus-part-1/  

Episode Overview Today we are joined by Dr. Chantel Prat, a cognitive neuroscientist and author of The Neuroscience of You. During our interview we discussed the science behind the all-too-common experience of knowing what to do but struggling to do it and why sleep and stress heavily impact your ability to follow through on your commitments. In this episode you'll learn how to work WITH your brain instead of fighting against it! At Balance365, our mission is to help women live a life of balance in their minds and bodies every day. If you're ready to build nutrition and wellness habits that last and break free from self-sabotaging cycles, get on our coaching waitlist right here. Key Points Learn about Dr. Chantel Prat and her work as a cognitive neuroscientist The horse and rider analogy How your environment can impact your behaviors How to rewire your brain to learn new habits and make them stick Mentions Chantelprat.com Related Content Episode 151: How To Curate Your Environment For Weight Loss Success Episode 164: How To Stop Weight Loss Self-Sabotage Transcript Download a copy of this episode's transcript here.

Unlocking the Secrets of Great #Leadership: The Neuroscience Perspective. Discover the fascinating world of the neuroscience of leadership and how it's shaping our understanding of what makes a great leader. Explore the role of the prefrontal cortex in decision-making and impulse control and how it impacts leadership skills. But is there actually a one-size-fits-all approach to leadership? Join us as we delve into the debate on whether calm, cool-headed leaders reign supreme or if emotion-driven leaders have a place in the corporate world. Don't miss out on this thought-provoking discussion with our guest for the next two episodes, Dr Chantel Prat.  Dr. Chantel Prat is a Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics Professor at the University of Washington. Chantel's debut book, The Neuroscience of You, has taken off like a rocket, summarizing her research on how variable brain designs combine with our lifetime of experiences to shape the unique way each person understands and operates in the world. Professor Prat received a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, and her book was nominated for a Washington State Book Award. The Neuroscience of You, was featured in The Next Big Idea Club. Her research is featured in various media, ranging from Nature and Scientific American to Rolling Stone and Popular Mechanics. Website https://www.chantelprat.com Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantel-prat-a5296b4 https://twitter.com/ChantelPratPhD https://www.instagram.com/chantelpratphd Part 2) How Your Left Brain Makes Shit Up Neurodiversity Vs Neurodivergent Questioning Normal, Typical, and Functional Neuro-Cocktails  Welcoming the Freaks Left Brain Right Brain Lies Inference as Logic The Left-Handed Advantage Hungry for Food of Knowledge Rewiring Your Brain Neurochemical Rewards Eliciting Genius from "Dumb" People Learning From or With Curious to discover how tapping into the Anatomy of Meaning can #actualize your #business, #culture, #Leadership, and #tribe DovBaron.com  "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #videopodcast #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture #curiosity #humanbehavior #purpose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Unlocking the Secrets of Great #Leadership: The Neuroscience Perspective. Discover the fascinating world of the neuroscience of leadership and how it's shaping our understanding of what makes a great leader. Explore the role of the prefrontal cortex in decision-making and impulse control and how it impacts leadership skills. But is there actually a one-size-fits-all approach to leadership? Join us as we delve into the debate on whether calm, cool-headed leaders reign supreme or if emotion-driven leaders have a place in the corporate world. Don't miss out on this thought-provoking discussion with our guest for the next two episodes, Dr Chantel Prat.  Dr. Chantel Prat is a Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics Professor at the University of Washington. Chantel's debut book, The Neuroscience of You, has taken off like a rocket, summarizing her research on how variable brain designs combine with our lifetime of experiences to shape the unique way each person understands and operates in the world. Professor Prat received a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, and her book was nominated for a Washington State Book Award. The Neuroscience of You, was featured in The Next Big Idea Club. Her research is featured in various media, ranging from Nature and Scientific American to Rolling Stone and Popular Mechanics. Website https://www.chantelprat.com Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantel-prat-a5296b4 https://twitter.com/ChantelPratPhD https://www.instagram.com/chantelpratphd Part 1) Neuro-Motivation Arguing with the Logic You Have Why 2-year-olds Win Arguments How We Evolutionarily Developed Problem-Solving The New Science of Motivation Why If We Don't Know Their Meaning, We Can't Know Their Values Subjective Versus Objective Truth The Cognitive Bias Trap Assumptive Knowledge Curious to discover how tapping into the Anatomy of Meaning can #actualize your #business, #culture, #Leadership, and #tribe DovBaron.com  "Those Who Control Meaning for The Tribe, Also Control The Movement of That Tribe" #videopodcast #leadership #leadershipdevelopment #emotionsourcecode #neuroscience #emotional #meaning #emotional #logic #culture #curiosity #humanbehavior #purpose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin Friedman interviews Chantel Prat in this new podcast. Chantel is a professor in the department of psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience at The University of Washington. Martin and Chantel explore the power of the mind from a scientific perspective. Together they dive deep into what they think makes the mind so powerful. Chantel believes that the perceptions we develop in our minds are what make it the most powerful. We develop our own perceptions of the world based on our observations and experiences. Chantel explains that our brains process data based on our lifetime experiences. Every single mental experience shapes our brain. It is important to understand how our minds are developed because we will be fighting against a lifetime of experiences to reprogram them. Martin and Chantel also explore how difficult it can be to create human solidarity when our minds are constantly in conflict. Chantel explains how we can try to convince others to see our way of thinking instead of trying to understand another perspective. We are starting in the wrong place when we begin with trying to change someone's mind. Martin and Chantel believe that leading with honest communication about our reality is the best way to approach conflict. Thank you for taking the time to listen to this amazing podcast. We are so excited to be exploring new podcast topics and we hope to have Chantel back very soon. Learn more about Chantel Prat by visiting her website!Show Notes:2:30 Chantel Prat is a professor at The University of Washington. She is a professor in the department of psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience. 4:02 Chantel Prat shares her thoughts on how powerful the mind is7:53 Chantel discusses the viral color of the dress debate and how that can show how powerful the perceptions in our mind are16:45 Chantel and Martin explore if we can program our minds to have a different perception20:39 Martin asks Chantel what she thinks the difference between the mind and the brain is34:04 Martin and Chantel explore how powerful our mind is when in conflict 41:58 Chantel explains how we can be more loving and understanding to other minds45:53 Martin and Chantel have a quick discussion about love and empathy in our mindsMore from The Soul Focused Group here:https://www.soulfocusedgroup.comhttps://www.facebook.com/TheSoulFocusedGroup/https://www.instagram.com/theSoulFocusedGroup/https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-soul-focused-group Learn about subconscious programming by signing up for our FREE eBook today!https://soulfocusedgroup.com/living-as-part-of-the-solution/ Check out our FREE monthly virtual event!https://soulfocusedgroup.com/strength-for-the-struggle/ Looking for Soul Focused gear? Shop at our apparel store now!https://soulfocusedgroup.com/shop/

How does your brain work? In today's conversation Riki talks with Cognitive Psychologist and Aurthor Chantel Prat.    Chantel breaks everything down for Riki from having lopsided brains, what Hebbian Learning is and what can we learn form the brains of London Taxi Driver, in a super insight way, giving practical examples to help coaches be aware of what might be happening up in the top two inches.     Resource  LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantel-prat-a5296b4/  Website – https://www.chantelprat.com/  Book – https://www.chantelprat.com/book.html   

In 2020 the forced isolation of pandemic-related lockdowns led many of us to attend virtual fitness classes and undertake home baking projects. Chantel Prat wondered why she wasn't interested in taking part. “I couldn't help but notice and be frustrated by the fact that my brain was responding to the pandemic in a way that seemed very different from the people around me,” she says.At the time Prat was writing her book The Neuroscience of You. Published in 2022, it explores how different brains make sense of the world. “I've always been interested in the relationship between the mind and the brain, at the level of the individual, not how do brains work in general,” she says.“Right now I feel like we're living through a great social paradox,” she adds. “People are discussing the importance of having diverse minds and brains and decision-making spaces. But yet, we don't seem to be getting any better at talking through our differences.”To illustrate her point, Prat, who is based at the University of Washington in Seattle, uses the 2015 online image of a dress which went viral and generated heated debates about its colour. Was it white and gold, or blue and black? “This is just a tiny example of how our experiences shape this world-building that we're doing, the way our brains create inferences and connect the dots, even for something as elementary as colour.” she says.She also recalls how, as a single mother aged 19, she first recognised that her baby daughter Jasmine perceived the world in ways that surprised her, based on lab experiments that she participated in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you wondered why some people can grasp new skills faster than others? Why some people can learn languages quickly, while others are better with directions? Neuroscientist, Chantel Prat has been studying the uniqueness of our brains, and how all of us have neurological strengths that we can learn to harness. To learn more about Chantel Prat visit her website chantelprat.com/. To test your brain's balance, complete Chantel's brain games chantelprat.com/research.html. Then, we're talking exercise! Sam weighs up which cardio training is better, swimming or running, he breaks down resistance training, how often and how long you should be doing these training sets, and how you can still stay active with lower back problems. Have a question for Sam? Guest suggestion? Or some positive news to share? Submit it to The Wood Life Inbox HERE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The month before I began my PhD, in October 2019, I sat down with an idea. The concept was to reach out to people I admired—mostly academics and authors—and ask them about the decisions they made when they were in my position. What did they do when they were grad students that set them up for success later on? Sure, I wanted to know about their success, in some sort of career-prestige sense. But I also wanted to understand how they thought about what it means to make a substantive contribution to their field, whatever that may have looked like to them. I envisioned it as a podcast, which I called Cognitive Revolution.I produced about 90 episodes of Cognitive Revolution. Toward the end, I began to feel like I'd learned what I wanted to from that line of questioning. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do with a podcast that represented the dimension of growth I would pursue in my next phase. But eventually I came up with Meaning Lab: a cognitive science perspective on the mechanisms of meaning in work, life, and relationships. I've done about ten Meaning Lab episodes now. I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of it.But to mark my 100th podcast episode, I wanted to do a retrospective on what I learned interviewing scientists about the “personal side of their intellectual journey”—as I framed the tagline of the show. I got to talk to so many of my heroes. I got to talk to people who were great scientists, but not well known outside of their immediate discipline. I got to talk to people who were both accomplished scholars and well-known to a broader audience. I tried to talk to different people from different backgrounds, and to explore stories told by everyone from established tenured professors who came from academic families, to first gen college students from an array of backgrounds who more or less stumbled into research and found they were good at it. People were incredibly generous with their time. And I'm honored to have had the pleasure to talk with them and learn from their experience.Overall, what stands out to me is that there's no one path to success. Not in academia. Not in writing. Not in making a living from ideas. Not in, as far as I can tell, any aspect of life. For everyone I talked to who said doing X worked for them, there was another person who said they got to where they are by doing not-X. Sure, there were trends and consistencies—and I try to get at some of them in the lessons below. But the overarching point is that you have to figure out what works for you. You can't take a strategy from a successful person you look up to and apply it blindly. You're a unique individual with your own strengths and weaknesses. Your success as a scholar depends, in large part, on learning to use them to your advantage.Another point was how just about every single person I talked to—especially the big-name scholars who seem to have everything all figured out—admitted to feelings of uncertainty early on in their career. The vast, vast majority went through significant patches of their journey where they weren't sure if they were going to make it. But they stuck with it, and eventually they got to the other side. Personally, I identify with these kind of doubts more than I do the concept of “imposter syndrome.” To be honest, I don't really care if I belong right now, right here, in this room. Maybe I do. Maybe I don't. Whatever. I'm more concerned about whether what I'm doing is going to end up being worthwhile in the long run. Am I continuing to grow and get better? I can survive being bad at something now, if I know I'll be good at it later on. It meant a lot to know that when I'm feeling that burden of doubt, pretty much everyone I look up to felt some version of it when they were in my shoes.Thanks to everyone who took the time to come on my show. I learned something from every one of you. What follows are some of my favorite clips from scientists I talked to. It doesn't include segments from some of my favorite conversations in general—mostly with people who were authors than scientists. And instead of short, snappy sound bites, I opted for longer clips, so you could hear a bit more of the context and story behind the lesson. I hope you find something in here to help you on your own journey, whatever that may look like. If you're anything like me, I think you will.Here are my 12 lessons I learned from interviewing 90+ scientists about the personal side of their intellectual journey:12. There's no one right way to be productive; do what works for you. (from Paul Bloom)11. Sometimes your biggest setbacks become your most significant accomplishments. (from Chantel Prat)10. Being a good grad student is not the same thing as being a good professor. (from Nancy Kanwisher)9. Everyone has a CV of failures; but they only show you the one with the successes.(from Bradley Voytek)8. Write for an audience of smart, interested undergrads; anyone older than that is too set in their ways to truly be shaped by your work... Oh, and write from an outline.(from Michael Tomasello)7. Listening is one of the most undervalued skills in academia (and probably beyond); if you can master that, it'll take you far. (from Susan Goldin-Meadow)6. Even the most successful scholars were uncertain early on. (from Steven Pinker)5. Some of the most influential papers of all time were rejected in their first submission—rework and resubmit. (from Mark Granovetter)4. For some researchers the best part of their career will be their PhD and postdoc (because they want to get their hands dirty with the work); for some, they just need to survive that phase until they get a faculty job (because what they really want to do is run a lab). (from Weiji Ma)3. You don't need a grand plan; make the best decision you can at every juncture, and you'll get somewhere worth going. (from Linda B. Smith)2. You can be a traditional academic... or you can be an entrepreneur of knowledge.(from Wade Davis)1. Someone says you can't do it? F**k ‘em. There's no one path to success. (from Mahzarin Banaji) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

For many of us, there are moments of realization we've had where we can't look at our lives, or what we do in them, the same way ever again. I've had many. As a cognitive scientist, one of those moments came from the realization that cognitive science—and psychology, and neuroscience—don't tell us anything about individual human lives. They tell us about humans on average. The problem is that no one lives a life on average; they live a specific one.We often hear about studies making claims like this is how people misjudge political opponents or this is how people respond to the suffering of others. Framed this way, it sounds like the scientists got people to line up, presented them with the task at hand, and they all more or less reacted to it in the way described by the headline. But that's not the case. Not even close.Those “findings” are statistical averages. Either the participants did what's being described a little bit—not so much that you'd notice it in the individual but you can find the slight trend among many people. Or a handful of the participants did what's being described enough to drown out the effect of whatever everyone else is doing. Think of it this way: If I say people, on average, are going north, then one way to support that finding is to have 50% of people go northeast and 50% of people go northwest. On average, that's what people are doing: going north. But it's not representative of the behavior of any single individual.Another way to think about this is to ask who really takes the experience of individuals seriously: and the answer (the one I give, anyway) is novelists. Those are the people who are asking questions about what would happen if we follow the consequences of one particular person's decisions really closely over the course of some significant portion of their life. Think about all the detail that's included in even the simplest novel. In any given instance, a psychology or neuroscience experiment can only examine the smallest sliver of that.As a consequence, we've been taught to think of the brain, the mind, behavior, intelligence—all these things—as a kind of monolith. There's the Platonic mind with an IQ of 500, and one day artificial intelligence will realize that kind of perfection. But in the meantime we're stuck here living our lives as imperfect approximations of that ideal. As it turns out, that's just not the case.And one of the ways we know that's not the case is through the neuroscientific work of people like my guest today, Chantel Prat. Chantel is a professor of psychology at the University of Washington. She was one of the first guests I had on this podcast, and it remains one of my favorite episodes I've ever done. In that conversation, we talk about Chantel's incredibly powerful story—with an unplanned pregnancy in grad school that changed her life for the better. The occasion for this episode is that she recently published a book, based on the work of her and her peers, called The Neuroscience of You.In it, she makes a really important argument. We've been taught to think of there being one canonical brain, one wiring diagram, one set of processes known as the human mind. But there's not. Just like there's not one human genome. While in aggregate we can look at commonalities across our species, each of us has a unique genetic fingerprint. The brain works in the same way.The big implication here is that all too often we look at our own behavior and wonder why we're not more like someone else—why we can't be as good, or as focused, or as kind, or as competent. It's easy to overlook the simplest answer: we're just different. Chantel's work shows us that these differences are fundamental. Not in a way that's unbridgeable and keeps us apart, but in a way that shows we have to appreciate others—and ourselves—for the specific things that make us us.Chantel's book is The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours. It's out now. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit codykommers.substack.com/subscribe

As a special bonus, we're sharing an episode from a new TED podcast, ReThinking with Adam Grant. Adam joins neuroscientist Chantel Prat, who dispels what you thought you knew about your brain.

The latest Big Ideas report from MIT Sloan and BCG makes for an interesting read but contains flaws, obvious conclusions, and raises more questions than it answers.We discuss this report and make some suggestions about how to think about AI based on the survey's conclusions:* trust matters (no-duh). The data suggests if people trust AI they will use it twice as much.* ability to override the AI matters (no-duh). The data suggests if people can override the AI they will use it twice as much.* people describe an AI as a co-worker but the majority of people don't even know they are using it. Huh?Another surprise is that people like AI that means they don't have to talk to their boss. Who would have anticipated that?Nudges of the weekHelen: Synthesize Later. Integrate argument and counter-argument into a decision. Good decisions involve reconciling subjective judgments and resolving clashing causal forces. The best way to do this is to be deliberate and conscious of the need to synthesize. Schedule a meeting titled “synthesis” and set expectations that now is the moment to step slowly through each point of view, iterate, and nudge each side. Have each side make a list of the things that would bring them toward each other. Failing to do this contributes to a sense that the decision is stuck.Dave: Be Less Wrong. Let go of perfectionism and feel the relief of knowing that by striving to be less wrong, you'll probably end up being more right.What We're LearningHelen: The Neuroscience of You by Chantel Prat. Delivers on the promise of showing you how your brain is different. Really fun and engaging book to read and do all the tests.Dave: Learning from Helen! He's been reading the first draft of our next book Solve Better Problems: How to Solve Complex Problems in the Digital Age. Complexity really is a different animal and it's mind opening to understand why.If you enjoy our podcasts, please subscribe on Substack or your favorite podcast platform. And please leave a positive rating or comment—haring your positive feedback helps us reach more people and connect them with the world's great minds. Seriously, a review on Apple podcasts is a big deal!And if you like how we think then contact us about our speaking and workshops, and human-centered product design. You can learn more about us at getsonder.com and you can contact us at hello@getsonder.com.You can learn more about making better decisions in our book, Make Better Decisions: How to Improve Your Decision-Making in the Digital Age. The book is an essential guide to practicing the cognitive skills needed for making better decisions in the age of data, algorithms, and AI. Please check it out at MBD.zone and purchase it from Amazon, Bookshop.org, or your favorite local bookstore. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artificiality.substack.com

Hi! Meet Your Brain Have you ever looked at how someone made a decision and wondered, “What were they thinking?” For me, it's not just even watching other people. Sometimes I reflect on how I felt about something or a decision and wonder, “Huh… I wonder what was going on there?” Chantel Prat is one of today's most important researchers and voices in the field of neuroscience. And she's the author of a fascinating and entertaining new book entitled The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours. It's not just a book about the brain. It's a book that introduces you to your brain. If you've ever wondered how the brain works but instantly found your eyes rolling back because the material was too boring, you'll want to get a copy of this book. Chantel is as funny as she is brilliant--I'm looking forward to sharing today's discussion with you. Learn more about Chantel and her book at ChantelPrat.com/. For more insights related to this episode, check out: Episode 188 for my conversation with Dr. John Medina about his Brain Rulesbooks   Do You Have a High School or College Age Student in Your Family? If so, check out our e-learning program entitled Getting Stuff Done: Project Management for Students. It provides practical skills to reduce the stress of their school work and help jumpstart their career. Learn more and get access at https://i-leadonline.com/GettingStuffDone. Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Talent Triangle: Power Skills   The following music was used for this episode: Music: Crime Time by Frank Schroeter Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9136-crime-time License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frank.schroeter.52 Music: Everybody Up by Sascha Ende Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9244-everybody-up License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.sascha-ende.de Young Frankenstein Abby Normal available on YouTube at YouTube.com/watch?v=C9Pw0xX4DXI

Chantel Prat is a professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the departments of psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics. Chantel's research will challenge you to revisit your beliefs and embrace the individual differences in brain functions. Chantel's debut book “The Neuroscience of You” is out now, and is the result of decades of research on understanding what makes you you. LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE IF: You want to better understand how our brains create our reality You want to gain a new understanding of how to get out of your comfort zone You are curious to know more about your own brain or the brain of someone you care about You want to feel more connected with others and you're tired of divisions in our society You've always wanted to hear a great interview with a neuroscientist You can learn more at www.chantelprat.com

¿Qué hay para mi dentro del libro de lecturas recomendadas del programa conocimiento experto La Neurociencia de Ti de Chantel Prat? Descubre cómo cada cerebro tiene su propia asimetria cerebral y está conectado de forma diferente, a su vez el principio del aprendizaje Hebbiano y lo que esto significa para nuestro comportamiento. Adquiere el libro: https://amzn.to/3Dtd37f Forma Parte de Revolución 180: https://impactoexperto.com/diariorev180 Hazte de mi libro: https://amzn.to/2KmHMXa Mis programas: * Revolución 180: https://impactoexperto.com/diariorev180 * Libro Mentalidad con Proposito: https://amzn.to/2KmHMXa * Podcast Conocimiento Experto: https://open.spotify.com/show/65J8RTsruRXBxeQElVmU0b?si=9f444953f34246ab Mis redes: * Sígueme En Instagram en: https://www.instagram.com/salvadormingo/ * Sígueme en Facebook en: https://www.facebook.com/salvadormingooficial * Sígueme en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SalvadorMingoConocimientoExperto * Sígueme en Twitter en: https://twitter.com/s_mingo ¿Qué nos hace ser como somos? El cerebro de cada persona es estructuralmente diferente -incluso el de los gemelos idénticos unidos al nacer- y estas diferencias estructurales son importantes. Determinan cómo vemos el mundo y cómo decidimos actuar en él. Afecta a si somos buscadores de emociones, a lo bueno que somos captando idiomas e incluso a cómo nos sentimos con el karaoke. A pesar de su importancia, rara vez se habla de las diferencias biológicas de nuestros cerebros. El campo de la neurociencia ha estado dominado por un enfoque de talla única durante más de un siglo. Lo que sabemos sobre los cerebros suele provenir de científicos que se centran en cómo funcionan los cerebros en promedio, pasando por alto nuestras diferencias individuales. Pero esta es una oportunidad perdida para entendernos a nosotros mismos, a otras personas y al cerebro con mayor profundidad. En este Análisis, nos basaremos en los conocimientos de vanguardia de la neurocientífica Chantel Prat, que investiga cómo difieren los cerebros y por qué pequeñas diferencias en nuestros cerebros pueden causar grandes diferencias en nuestro carácter. Descubrirás cómo la asimetría de nuestro cerebro afecta a la forma en que abordamos los problemas, que nuestro cóctel neuroquímico determina lo extravertidos que somos y por qué los cerebros ven los colores de forma diferente. ¿Preparados? Vamos a adentrarnos en el funcionamiento interno de tu cerebro y a descubrir lo que te hace ser tú. Edicion Agosto 2022 La doctora Chantel Prat es profesora de psicología, neurociencia y lingüística en la Universidad de Washington. Es oradora en eventos como la Feria Mundial de la Ciencia y aparece en el documental I Am Human. Sus publicaciones han aparecido en Scientific American, Psychology Today y NPR, entre otros. Enfoque Eficiencia en tu Estado Mental Salvador Mingo Conocimiento Experto #neurociencia #saludmental #enfoque

¿Qué hay para mi dentro del libro de lecturas recomendadas del programa conocimiento experto La Neurociencia de Ti de Chantel Prat? Descubre cómo cada cerebro tiene su propia asimetria cerebral y está conectado de forma diferente, a su vez el principio del aprendizaje Hebbiano y lo que esto significa para nuestro comportamiento.Adquiere el libro: https://amzn.to/3Dtd37fForma Parte de Revolución 180: https://impactoexperto.com/diariorev180Hazte de mi libro: https://amzn.to/2KmHMXaMis programas:* Revolución 180: https://impactoexperto.com/diariorev180* Libro Mentalidad con Proposito: https://amzn.to/2KmHMXa* Podcast Conocimiento Experto: https://open.spotify.com/show/65J8RTsruRXBxeQElVmU0b?si=9f444953f34246abMis redes:* Sígueme En Instagram en: https://www.instagram.com/salvadormingo/* Sígueme en Facebook en: https://www.facebook.com/salvadormingooficial* Sígueme en Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/SalvadorMingoConocimientoExperto* Sígueme en Twitter en: https://twitter.com/s_mingo¿Qué nos hace ser como somos?El cerebro de cada persona es estructuralmente diferente -incluso el de los gemelos idénticos unidos al nacer- y estas diferencias estructurales son importantes. Determinan cómo vemos el mundo y cómo decidimos actuar en él. Afecta a si somos buscadores de emociones, a lo bueno que somos captando idiomas e incluso a cómo nos sentimos con el karaoke. A pesar de su importancia, rara vez se habla de las diferencias biológicas de nuestros cerebros. El campo de la neurociencia ha estado dominado por un enfoque de talla única durante más de un siglo. Lo que sabemos sobre los cerebros suele provenir de científicos que se centran en cómo funcionan los cerebros en promedio, pasando por alto nuestras diferencias individuales. Pero esta es una oportunidad perdida para entendernos a nosotros mismos, a otras personas y al cerebro con mayor profundidad.En este Análisis, nos basaremos en los conocimientos de vanguardia de la neurocientífica Chantel Prat, que investiga cómo difieren los cerebros y por qué pequeñas diferencias en nuestros cerebros pueden causar grandes diferencias en nuestro carácter. Descubrirás cómo la asimetría de nuestro cerebro afecta a la forma en que abordamos los problemas, que nuestro cóctel neuroquímico determina lo extravertidos que somos y por qué los cerebros ven los colores de forma diferente. ¿Preparados? Vamos a adentrarnos en el funcionamiento interno de tu cerebro y a descubrir lo que te hace ser tú.Edicion Agosto 2022La doctora Chantel Prat es profesora de psicología, neurociencia y lingüística en la Universidad de Washington. Es oradora en eventos como la Feria Mundial de la Ciencia y aparece en el documental I Am Human. Sus publicaciones han aparecido en Scientific American, Psychology Today y NPR, entre otros.Enfoque Eficiencia en tu Estado MentalSalvador MingoConocimiento Experto#neurociencia #saludmental #enfoque

We all think differently–it's what makes our world so wonderful to live in. We each have unique opinions, perspectives and ideas to bring to the table!We often chalk up these differences to our individual upbringings or life experiences–but what if there are fundamental structural differences within each of our brains that change the way we think? What if our brains aren't one size fits all?These are the questions we're attempting to answer this week in our interview with Chantel Prat. Chantel is a cognitive neuroscientist, internationally renowned speaker and professor at the University of Washington! She's joining us today to discuss some powerful ideas from her new book, The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours.In our interview, Chantel and I are breaking down how the left and right hemispheres of our brains affect our behavior differently. We're also discussing why some teens are motivated by reward, and others by punishment. Plus, how each person's brain operates in a unique way and why it matters.

There's no such thing as a "normal" brain. And according to Dr. Chantel Prat, a neuroscientist at the University of Washington, that's a very good thing indeed. In her new book, "The Neuroscience of You," Chantel tells readers how their brains got to be the way they are, and today on the show, she explains how to get the most out of the brain you've got. --- Have thoughts on this episode? Subscribe to Rufus's LinkedIn newsletter and join the conversation!

“What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.” Paulo Coelho   “What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.”--Paulo Coelho Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast where we bridge the gap between theory and practice, with strategies, tools and ideas we can all use immediately, applied to the most current brain research to heighten productivity in our schools, sports environments and modern workplaces. I'm Andrea Samadi and launched this podcast to share how important an understanding of our brain is for our everyday life and results. Like you, I'm interested in learning and applying the research, to our everyday life. On today's episode #256 and this week's Brain Fact Friday, I wanted to take what we learned from Dr. Chantel Prat earlier this week on EP#255[i], and her book The Neuroscience of You[ii], and dive a bit deeper to increase our learning with whatever it is we are interested or curious about.  At the end of our interview with Dr. Prat, I shared how much I learned about myself from reading her book, and how learning inspires me (which is why I am motivated to keep producing podcast episodes that can help all of us take our results to new heights—with what we are learning and applying here, and why I'm always looking to fill in the gaps in with my knowledge). Do you know what I mean here? Have you ever found someone who knows something that you don't know, (you notice the knowledge gap) and then you were motivated, or even energized to glean their knowledge to enhance your life? I know that each of us will be curious about something in the world and I'm so grateful that you've chosen this podcast to learn from, along with me. I'm always looking to answer the question “What is it that YOU'RE curious about?” so I can create episodes that are helpful, and Chapter 7 of Dr. Prat's book dives much deeper into the research behind curiosity and the brain, that I know will help you with whatever it is you are working on, or those you hope to motivate around you, but today, my goal to inspire you, even energize you a bit, when I show you WHAT happens in our brain when we are curious, WHY being curious prepares our brain for learning, and how we can use this to inspire those around us to naturally want to learn more. On this episode we will learn:  ✔ What happens to our brain when we are curious. ✔ Why being curious prepares our brain for learning. ✔ How we can inspire OURSELVES and OTHERS to naturally want to learn more and make learning unforgettable. Now, just before writing this episode, something caught my eye, and my curiosity was piqued, pulling my attention towards something I found to be interesting. NOTE—this is why it's important to turn off your phone (or put it away) when you need to focus.  I didn't do this, and my eye was caught by an ad that was right in line with my area of interest (which is a whole other story how we are all targeted daily to buy things based on what we search for on the internet, or even what we are talking about)  but this ad drew me to a class from Former Special FBI Agent John Douglas (where the Netflix series MindHunter[iii] was created based on his work, and his book MindHunter[iv]). This class, called How to Think Like an FBI Profiler[v] changed how I saw this week's Brain Fact Friday and I'm grateful that I had a chance to learn something new from being curious. On today's episode I not only want to cover the psychology and neuroscience of curiosity, and how we can use this trait to improve our learning, but I want to do this through the eyes of an FBI Profiler and what my curiosity helped me to learn.  Former Special Agent John Douglas (and his masterclass) taught me many tips for becoming a MindHunter and recognize the signs of bad people, or ways to avoid violent criminals, but for this week's Brain Fact Friday, I want to focus on how to use our curious mind to understand ourselves better, with our brain in mind, by profiling OURSELVES first. Once we have a solid understanding of WHO we are, how our own brains are wired, and what drives us to perform on a daily basis, then we can extend our knowledge to improve our understanding of others we live with, work with, or interact with. Like Dr. Prat's book said, it all begins with “The Neuroscience of You.” So for this week's Brain Fact Friday, it's about YOU. DID YOU KNOW that “curiosity is a mental state that both precedes and facilitates learning? Put simply, curiosity is the subjective feeling one gets when their brain wants to take in a piece of information in front of them. As a result, the more curious you feel in any given situation, the more prepared your brain is to remember what happens next.” (Chantel Prat, The Neuroscience of You). “When you explore, and satisfy your curiosity, your brain floods your body with dopamine, which makes you feel happier”[vi] and Mattias Gruber tells us in his TED Talk that “current research says it's not only intellect that predicts academic achievement, but our levels of curiosity that predict success in school.”[vii] DID YOU ALSO KNOW “that when we are curious, 2 parts of the brain light up (our midbrain and nucleus accumbens)” (Dr. Gruber)  and these are the SAME areas that light up when we anticipate a reward, like food or money? Dr. Gruber says this is the brain's “wanting” system which is another way to look at why being curious motivates us to want to learn, driving us to study, persevere and seek new information. Dr. Prat wrote about Dr. Gruber's work in her book. She said that “according to the Prediction, Appraisal, Curiosity  and Exploration (PACE) Framework recently developed by Matthias Gruber and his former mentor, your curiosity in any given situation depends on what you already know about the world….(and that) your curiosity gets piqued when something either surprises you based on what you thought you knew, or because you experienced a knowledge gap—a type of mental conflict that occurs when you need more information before deciding what to do in a given situation.” Prat elaborates with what curiosity looks like in the brain by saying that I interpret this to mean that our brain thinks that what we are learning, eventually will lead to something rewarding, and it releases dopamine to keep us motivated to learn whatever it is we've deemed to be important, or this thing we are curious about. I think this is a HUGE discovery when it comes to understanding our brain and learning.   So how can we inspire curiosity in those around us (those we are teaching, or coaching) or even those we live with and interact with to inspire learning? Think Like an FBI Profiler, and Profile Yourself: Or keep studying, learning and improving your knowledge of yourself. Do you know how you learn best? Not just your learning style, but Dr. Prat's book covers reinforcement learning, and how some people learn equally as well from when things go better than expected or from disappointing things. Some people she says are “carrot learners” and move through life with their brain strengthening the connections between good actions and the context they were in, and some people are “stick learners” or avoiders and move through life avoiding disappointing situations. Once we know how we learn best, it's much easier to take this knowledge and apply it to how others learn best. Build Lessons Around What Your Students Are ALREADY Interested In: The research did show that “curiosity increases learning and acts like a vortex that draws in what you're interested to learn and also sucks in a lot of things around it” so if you are creating lessons for your students, tie in something you know they are already interested in learning, the new information you want to teach, and it will better chance of being remembered. This is exactly what happened to me when I sat down to write this episode, and got sucked like a vortex into taking the How to Think Like an FBI Profiler course. We had already been talking about Theory of Mind with Dr. Prat, (what I already know about the world) so I naturally wondered what else could I learn from a pioneer in criminal profiling. Nothing could have ripped me away from listening to this course, and filling in my knowledge gaps.  Do you know what are your students interested in? How can you fill in their knowledge gaps and make your lessons stick? Tie this concept into what you are teaching it will make learning unforgettable for those you've connected with at this deep, brain level. To review this week's Brain Fact Friday, DID YOU KNOW that “curiosity is a mental state that both precedes and facilitates learning?” (Dr. Prat) DID YOU ALSO KNOW “that when we are curious, two parts of the brain light up (our midbrain and nucleus accumbens)” (Dr. Gruber) and these are the SAME areas that light up when we anticipate a reward, like food or money? Curiosity energizes us by tapping into the brain's “Wanting System” urging us to want to go out and seek new information. So, if we want learning to stick for our students, piquing their curiosity is one way, that brain research says will do this, inspiring learning, so it's unforgettable. After writing this episode, I wonder, what made you curious to learn more? Once you know this, you have a powerful “secret” that you can use for yourself and others. I'll see you next week! REFERENCES: [i] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #255 with Dr. Chantel Prat, on “The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Wired Differently and How to Understand Yours” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/chantel-prat-phd-on-the-neuroscience-of-you-how-every-brain-is-wired-differently-and-how-to-understand-yours/ [ii] The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours by Chantel Pratt, Ph.D published August 2, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-You-Every-Different-Understand/dp/1524746606 [iii] Netflix Series Mindhunter https://www.netflix.com/title/80114855 [iv] MindHunter: Inside the Elite Serial Crime Init by John Douglas Published November 26, 1998 https://www.amazon.com/Mindhunter-Inside-Elite-Serial-Crime-ebook/dp/B000FC0RRY [v] How to Think Like an FBI Profiler by Former Special FBI Agent John Douglas https://www.masterclass.com/classes/john-douglas-teaches-how-to-think-like-an-fbi-profiler [vi] The Science of Curiosity https://curiosity.britannica.com/science-of-curiosity.html#:~:text=When%20you%20explore%20and%20satisfy,curiosity%20again%20in%20the%20future. [vii]This is Your Brain on Curiosity | Matthias Gruber | TEDxUCDavisSalon  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmaTPPB-T_s&t=464s

“As human beings, our job in life to help people realize how rare and valuable each of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has—or ever will have.” Chantel Prat, PhD who quotes Fred Rogers, in her new book, The Neuroscience of You. Watch this interview on YouTube here https://youtu.be/JCpD9vGe4As  On this episode we will learn:  ✔  How to understand ourselves better, before understanding others, with our brain in mind. ✔ Why Dr. Anna Lembke said "The Neuroscience of You" is "smart, funny, and irreverent" and a "must read for any budding neuroscientists out there." ✔ What happens at our brain level when we are out of synch with someone else? ✔ A review of Theory of Mind and why it's crucial for our success and "predicts the way a team will perform." ✔ How to improve our Theory of Mind. Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast where we bridge the gap between theory and practice, with strategies, tools and ideas we can all use immediately, applied to the most current brain research to heighten productivity in our schools, sports environments and modern workplaces. I'm Andrea Samadi and launched this podcast to share how important an understanding of our brain is for our everyday life and results. My vision is to bring the experts to you, share their research, books, ideas and resources to help you to implement their proven strategies, whether you are a teacher working in the classroom or in the corporate environment. For today's EPISODE #255, we will be speaking with Dr. Chantel Prat, Ph.D.,[i] who I've mentioned a few times on this podcast. I came across Dr. Prat's NEW book, The Neuroscience of You[ii] that she just released this August while researching for EP #245 back in September, on “Using Neuroscience to Recognize Individuality and Uniqueness”[iii] because her name kept coming up when I was searching for “using neuroscience to understand diversity.”  When I started reading her book, it was clear to me that Dr. Prat is heavily invested in the research that helps all of us to first of all understand ourselves on a deeper level, which will help us to understand others. If you look at the Levels of Consciousness Model that I drew out from EP 151, you can see that I have listed Dr. Prat's work in the fully aware column, as I think this is what her work prepares us for.  While you can see our podcast has touched on different levels of consciousness, and since this is such a difficult concept that many scientists still cannot explain, I think it makes things easier if we can map concepts out so we can see what we are talking about visually. I know that after today's episode, Dr. Prat will open our eyes and awareness a bit more to see who we are, in relation to those around us, with some new ideas for creating synergy with those we are no in synch with. Here's a bit about Dr. Prat. Chantel Prat is a Professor at the University of Washington in the Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Center for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. A cognitive neuroscientist by training, her interdisciplinary research investigates the biological basis of individual differences in cognition, with an emphasis on understanding the shared neural mechanisms underpinning language and higher-level executive functions. In English…I would translate that to “Dr. Prat helps us to understand ourselves and others” which is why she kept coming up when I was search for understanding unique differences, or that all brain are not alike. Dr. Chantel Prat was the first neuroscientist to directly link two human brains through technology. Her research has explored virtual reality, neural linking, and the diversity of our brains throughout development. Learning about the science of our brains and nervous systems empowers us with greater ability to build the lives we want. Some of the power within Dr. Prat's work is that she highlights that neuroscience truly is not a one size fits all field. As Dr. Chantel Prat explains, "being equal does not require us to be the same."  She is featured in the 2019 documentary, I Am Human and her studies have been profiled in media ranging from Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Science Daily to Rolling Stone, Popular Mechanics, Pacific Standard, Travel + Leisure, and National Public Radio. Let's meet Dr. Chantel Prat, and see what we can learn about embracing each other's differences, at the brain level, and what this really means and looks like. I'm sure this discussion will change our perspectives of how we think of others who we aren't on the same page with, and hopefully help us to all find common ground with those we work with, live with and interact with on a daily basis, with some new strategies to improve our daily results, with our brain in mind. Welcome Dr. Prat, thank you for coming on the podcast today, and sharing a deeper look at your NEW book, The Neuroscience of You, that I've already been promoting since I saw it come out this summer. Intro Question: Dr. Prat, I've already mentioned you many times on this podcast, tying your work to past episodes and speakers, but what caught my eye while reading your book, and researching you further, was the reason “Why” you wrote this book. What was it that motivated you to dive into the importance of understanding ourselves better, as well as others, with our brain in mind? Q1: When I saw Dr. Anna Lembke's review of your book, that it's a began with “smart, and funny” which is not a usual combination for books about the brain, and a “must read for any budding neuroscientists out there and anyone else who wants to know how our brains work and why it matters.” (This review says a lot about you, your work and ability to connect with everyone who want to learn this topic that can be difficult, dry and confusing). We had Dr. Lebmke on the podcast last September for EPISODE #162 on her book Dopamine Nation[iv] and going on the theme of her insightful review of your book, I wondered what would you say is important for us to all know (Neuroscience 101) BEFORE we read what was also noted to be “one of the best books on neuroscience for the lay person.” Q2: Dr. Prat, when I heard you mention “Theory of Mind” as something that can predict how well a team will perform, you took me back to one of our early episodes #42 with Dr. John Medina the author of “Brain Rules”[v] mentioned Theory of Mind in our interview, with ways we can all improve it, in order to relate to others on a deeper level. What happens to us initially when someone's brain is making them behave in a way that we don't understand, and why is being able to “model the mind of someone else” crucial for our success, like you said “it most predicts the way a team will perform?” Q2B: I took a stab at writing an episode when I first launched this podcast on Theory of Mind, back in March 2020[vi] that talks about when I first learned about ToM when I asked my Mom to explain to me how I could recognize a murderer from a regular person, as there were these horrific murders in Toronto happening at the time, and the killers didn't “look” like bad people to me. My Mom, I'm not kidding gasped when I asked her this, and said “did you not look at their eyes?” which led to her working with me every week on reading facial cues, and reading the mind in someone's eyes. John Medina talked about ways we could improve this skill (he said by reading literary fiction books and studying well crafted, award winning writing). What do you think? How can we further improve our ToM, and how can this tool help us all to connect with others on a deeper level/improve our results or even keep us away from bad people? Q3: In PART 1 of the book you describe some of the biological features that shape the way we experience our personal reality. I LOVE this concept you mention about story-telling, as I worked 6 years in the motivational speaking industry, that's all about the importance of “the stories we tell ourselves” or keeping a positive mindset or even being careful of the things we say out loud that could be limiting. Until seeing your book, I didn't realize just how integral our brain's design is for shaping our story-telling process. Can you explain what how our brain creates and produces the stories we experience, and how can we use an understanding of our brain to create the story with the outcome that we desire? (Landing the successful job, or achieving a huge win at work). Q4: Is there anything important that I've missed?  Dr. Prat, I want to thank you very much for coming on the podcast, and sharing your deep and thorough research that you've been doing over the years and explaining it in such a way that we can all understand and use it, in a way that's been fun, entertaining and memorable. Thank you so much for this. For people to connect with you, and buy your book, is the best place to go to your website? https://www.chantelprat.com/ Thank you! Final Thoughts: I had no idea while writing these questions for Dr. Prat that I would learn so much about myself. She really did have it right. Her book is called The Neuroscience of YOU for a reason, and I hope as YOU read the book that you learn something about yourself, that helps you to understand others. I also highly recommend going to Dr. Prat's website and taking the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test. I did talk about this on EP #36 but see how you do, and see if you can take what you've learned here, or when you've said “I'm not wired that way” to understand what exactly that means for YOUR brain. RESOURCES: Chatel Prat, How Every Brain is Wired Different and How to Understand Yours Talks at Google Published August 26, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idloD9qYYCE Chantel Prat on The Curious Minds at Work Podcast with Gayle Allen https://www.gayleallen.net/cm-223-chantel-prat-on-how-every-brain-is-different/ Research https://www.chantelprat.com/research.html Social Intelligence Test Scored 28/36 http://socialintelligence.labinthewild.org/   FOLLOW CHANTEL PRAT Website https://www.chantelprat.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/ChantelPratPhD BUY The Neuroscience of You https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624256/the-neuroscience-of-you-by-chantel-prat/   RESOURCES: Two Years Later, We Finally Know Why People Saw “The Dress” Differently by Pascal Wallisch Published April 12, 2017 https://slate.com/technology/2017/04/heres-why-people-saw-the-dress-differently.html#:~:text=Remember%2C%20the%20dress%20is%20actually,Because%20shadows%20overrepresent%20blue%20light.     REFERENCES:   [i] https://www.chantelprat.com/   [ii] The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours by Chantel Pratt, Ph.D published August 2, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-You-Every-Different-Understand/dp/1524746606   [iii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #245 on ““Using Neuroscience to Recognize Individuality and Uniqueness” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-using-neuroscience-to-recognize-individuality-and-uniqueness/   [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #162 with Dr. Anna Lembke on “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/medical-director-of-addictive-medicine-at-stanford-university-dr-anna-lembke-on-dopamine-nation-finding-balance-in-the-age-of-indulgence/   [v]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #42 with John Medina on his book “Brain Rules”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-john-medina-on-implementing-brain-rules-in-the-schools-and-workplaces-of-the-future/   [vi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #46 on “Mind-Reading: Developing Theory of Mind in Your Daily Life: As Close as Brain Science Gets” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/as-close-to-mind-reading-as-brain-science-gets-developing-and-using-theory-of-mind-in-your-daily-life/  

Chantel Prat is a Professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Center for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. A cognitive neuroscientist by training, her interdisciplinary research investigates the biological basis of individual differences in cognition, with an emphasis on understanding the shared neural mechanisms underpinning language and higher-level executive functions. She is a recipient of the Tom Trabasso Young Investigator Award from the Society of Text and Discourse and a Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute of Health. Her work has been supported by over three million dollars of funding from agencies such as the National Institute of Health, the Office of Naval Research, and the Keck Foundation. Prat speaks internationally at events like The World Science Festival. She is featured in the upcoming documentary, I Am Human. Her studies have been profiled in media ranging from Scientific American, Psychology Today, and Science Daily to Rolling Stone, Popular Mechanics, Pacific Standard, Travel + Leisure, and National Public Radio. Topics covered in this episode: Studying the Brain Brain and Human Behaviors Neuroscience Neuro Connectivity To Be Different Brain Structures Neuroseduction Successes and Struggles Due To The Brain Cortisol for Stress Situations Adaptation Dopamine Carrot & Stick Learning Individuality Referenced in the episode: The Lindsey Elmore Show Ep | To learn more about Guest and her/his work, head over to https://www.chantelprat.com/ IG @chantelpratphd __________________________________________________________ If you're looking for fast acting in long lasting pain relief that helps with sports recovery, joint discomfort and stiffness, as well as being able to enjoy all of your favorite activities, my favorite supplement that I use to support the bodies natural pain responses help us to balance amatory function and use a special technology that helps to ensure efficient absorption and faster Relief Plus. Relief Plus from Amari have been scientifically shown to help improve sports recovery and joint health specifically, reduce join stiffness within three days, reduced joint discomfort within five days and an increase range of motion within seven days simply take one to three capsules ounces of water and if you are having a particularly bad day you can use up to four doses of three capsules each. Head to www.lindseyelmore.com/amari grab some Happy Juice and then bundle with Relief Plus to get all of the cortisol lowering benefits, the serotonin raising benefits and the dopamine modulating benefits of Happy Juice along side the fast acting and long long lasting pain relief of Relief Plus. Head to www.lindseyelmore.com/amari and get $10 dollars off of your first order. __________________________________________________________ Primal Life Organics skincare addresses the 5 pillars that help your skin to look healthy, bounce back and have a vibrant complexion. Skin needs to stay hydrated, have good blood flow, good collagen, good elastin and maintain muscle tone. Head to www.lindseyelmore.com/primallife to get the Glow package today and try out Lindsey's new favorite skincare. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ We hope you enjoyed this episode. Come check us out at www.lindseyelmore.com/podcast.

Sharing something from our friends at the TED Audio Collective—an episode of WorkLife with Adam Grant. Adam talks about harnessing the power of frustrated people to shake up the status quo — just like Pixar did. If you'd like to hear more, they've got a brand new podcast out called Re: Thinking with Adam Grant. On the show, get a peek into the minds of some of the world's most creative people. This season they've got entrepreneur Mark Cuban, bestselling author Celeste Ng, Oscar-winning actor and producer Reese Witherspoon, neuroscientist Chantel Prat, Nobel laureate physicist Saul Perlmutter, and death-defying rock climber Alex Honnold. Listen at https://www.ted.com/podcasts/rethinking_with_adam_grantSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever thought you can't do something because you're “not wired that way”? Neuroscientist Chantel Prat might challenge you to rethink your beliefs. Chantel dispels some sticky myths about right-brainers and left-brainers, shares her research on how learning to code depends more on verbal skills than math skills, and generates some hypotheses about Adam's brain. Her debut book “The Neuroscience of You” is out now. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG4

Have you ever thought you can't do something because you're “not wired that way”? Neuroscientist Chantel Prat might challenge you to rethink your beliefs. Chantel dispels some sticky myths about right-brainers and left-brainers, shares her research on how learning to code depends more on verbal skills than math skills, and generates some hypotheses about Adam's brain. Her debut book “The Neuroscience of You” is out now. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG4

According to Dr. Chantel Prat, "The point of the brain is to take in as much information in the world around the being that it's driving, and use this information to guide that being through life in a way that maximizes its success." But how individual brains work comes down to a fascinating combination of factors, with each person's experiences changing how they engage with the world.

Your manager sees it one way. Your colleague sees it another. Both ways are different from yours. Why is that? Well, our brains may have something to do with it. Today's brain researchers are studying what makes our brains different. They're finding that these differences not only impact how we interpret situations, but also how well we're able to focus, learn new things, and adapt to change. They're also discovering what motivates us and how well we connect with teammates. Chantel Prat is a neuroscientist who studies brain differences, and she's written a book on the subject, The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours. In it, she explains how differences in brain design play out in work and in life. She helps us appreciate these differences and gain greater empathy for one another. Episode Links The Dress Michael Gazzaniga and Roger Wolcott Sperry and Simon Baron-Cohen Hebbian Theory PACE Model of Curiosity Theory of Mind Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin The Team Learn more about host, Gayle Allen, and producer, Rob Mancabelli, here. Support the Podcast If you like the show, please rate and review it on iTunes or wherever you subscribe, and tell a friend or family member about the show. Subscribe Click here and then scroll down to see a sample of sites where you can subscribe.

Neuroscientist and psychology professor Chantel Prat helps you better understand the brain's strengths.

University of Washington neuroscientist Chantel Prat discusses her new book The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours. Couture & ConstructionWeekly conversations about luxury building & design. Brought to you by Textures Nashville.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Welcome back to The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast.  I'm Andrea Samadi, and launched this podcast just over 3 years ago, with a vision to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and help all of us (whether we are a teacher in the classroom, or in the modern workplace) to understand the most current brain research, and how to use it, for improved productivity and results. For this week's Brain Fact Friday, I want to leverage off something we've been talking about on the past few episodes, that we are all unique, and our brain makes us this way with “a pattern of connectivity as unique as our fingerprints.” (Deane Alban).   Have you ever wondered “what makes you unique from others? Or why you do things a certain way?” I certainly have wondered this, and I think back to the days I worked in the motivational speaking industry and when discussing how change occurs, we went straight to the importance of understanding our paradigms, or habitual behavior and that if we want to experience change, we would need to change these habits, that began with changing our thoughts, feelings and actions, to attain the newly desired results. But now I see that there's a simple answer to why we are unique, or do things in a certain way. I recently came across Chantel Prat's book, The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours[i] and I thought back to last week's Brain Fact Friday, and EP 244[ii] where we looked at how we are all unique, and it's our brain that makes us this way, and I wondered what we could learn from Chantel's book, that just came out last month, to help us to figure out who we are, with our brain in mind. I haven't finished reading her book yet, but the answer to “why we do what we do” stems from the fact that “my brain makes me this way.” (location 34, The Neuroscience of You, Prat). Prat tells the story of when she first realized this to be true, when she took a course that described the famous story of Phineas Gage, who was a railway worker who made an error that caused an iron spike to blast through his left cheek and out the top of his head, and this essentially changed the personality of Phineas Gage. For this week's Brain Fact Friday, I'm taking this AHA moment from Chantel Prat's The Neuroscience of You to help us to understand ourselves on a deeper level. “If you change your brain, you change the person.” I could think about this one for the next year! I'm always looking for ways that we can improve our productivity and results, (and change ourselves for the better) and it would make sense to me that if we want to change ourselves in any way, that this change must take place in the brain, which will change the person. How exactly do we change our brain? Chantel Prat tells us that we can soak our brain in cortisol by increasing our stress levels, and this in fact will change our brain. But that's not the change I'm looking for. Or we can shrink our brain with the research that Dr. Andrew Huberman[iii] provided for us on his eye-opening podcast episode on “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain and Health” which is also not the answer I was looking for. Or we can repeatedly take certain actions to strengthen the neural pathways or “roads” in our brain, and with time, these pathways strengthen, making whatever we are learning simpler, and easier to perform. This is getting closer to the change I'm hoping we all can attain. When we do something over and over again, eventually we will change our brain in the process, like the London taxi drivers, whose memory center, or the hippocampus in their brain, was significantly larger due to the mental workout they get while navigating the 25,00 streets of London. So, for this week's Brain Fact Friday, I want to stop and think for a moment about how each person we interact with, has a brain that's unique from ours.  We can go all the way back to EP #168[iv] where Dr. Bruce Perry taught us that our brains are different based on our life's experiences, or “What's happened to us” and rather than judging someone who is different than we are, to work on getting to that place of understanding with each person we interact with. Dr. Ginger told us on EP#243[v] that the biggest AHA moment of learning she's had in all the years of covering Brain Science on her podcast, was that we are all different, and perceive the world in different ways, and that if we could embrace each other's differences, the world would have less conflict and be a better place. Chantel Prat said the same thing in her book, The Neuroscience of You when she said, “As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has, or ever will have.” We are all unique and our brain makes us this way. When you look at people (your co-workers, your friends, family members) what do you see? Do you see the “spirit” in each person, like Dr. Gervais talked about on EP #214[vi] on her book, The Spirit of Work where she connected science and business for a happier, more productive workplace, by making sure we all saw the “spirit” or uniqueness of each individual? REVIEW and CONCLUSION To review and close out this week's Brain Fact Friday We are all unique and our brain makes us this way. (Prat) If we want to change ourselves in any way, whether it's to attain new results, or become a new person, it will involve change at the level of our brain. We can change our brain for the better, by repeatedly taking action towards our goals, and strengthening our “roads” or neural pathways. We can also change our brains for the worse. As human beings, our job is to help people realize how rare and valuable each of us really is. (Prat) I don't have all the answers yet and maybe I'll know more after I finish reading The Neuroscience of You, but I think it's fascinating to see how we have the ability to become an entirely different person, just from changing our brains. And we can make this change from learning and applying something new, growing our brain, and changing ourselves in the process. Like I mentioned with Ryan O'Neill, from EP #203[vii] who changed into an entirely different person in front of my eyes as he worked hard and steady, in the Paranormal Research field. What do you think? Can you see this change I'm talking about? (in yourself and others)? With that thought, I'll close out this week, and see you next week, and hope that we all keep learning, improving and changing…for the better. REFERENCES: [i] The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours by Chantel Pratt, Ph.D published August 2, 2022 https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-You-Every-Different-Understand/dp/1524746606 [ii] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #244 “Using Neuroscience to Change Our Perception” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/brain-fact-friday-using-neuroscience-to-change-our-perception/ [iii] Dr. Andrew Huberman's Podcast on “What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain and Health” https://hubermanlab.com/what-alcohol-does-to-your-body-brain-health/  (37:39 alcohol and cortisol). [iv]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #168 with Dr. Bruce Perry and Steve Graner on “What Happened to You”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-bruce-perry-and-steve-graner-from-the-neurosequential-network-on-what-we-should-all-know-about-what-happened-to-you/ [v] Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #243 with Dr. Ginger Campbell, MD on “Exploring Brain Science for Career and Life Success” https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/dr-ginger-campbell-md-on-exploring-brain-science-for-career-and-life-success/ [vi]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #214 with Dr. Marie Gervais on “The Spirit of Work”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/marie-gervais-phd-on-the-spirit-of-work-connecting-science-business-practices-and-sacred-texts-for-a-happier-and-more-productive-workplace/ [vii][vii]Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast EPISODE #203 with Paranormal Researcher Ryan O'Neill on “Making Your Vision a Reality”  https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/case-study-with-paranormal-researcher-ryan-o-neill-on-making-your-vision-a-reality/  

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 Episode goodies...  Get a FREE bonus sample pack with your first order of LMNT when you click here.    Like the show? Please leave me a review here. Even just one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram and tag me at courageously.u so I can send you a virtual hug.    TODAY'S SHOW NOTES: https://courageouslyu.com/dr-chantel-prat/   HANGOUT WITH ME ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/courageously.u/

The ENIAC Programmers: The Women Behind the First Modern Computer-Kathy Kleiman The Not Old Better Show Smithsonian Associates Author Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and we've got another great show as part of our Smithsonian Associates Art Of Living author interview series.  Thank you so much for listening.  We've got a great guest today, who I'll introduce in just a moment…But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 656th episode, and we spoke to author Peter Alagona about his new book, Accidental Ecosystem…a great interview about the rise in animals living in urban America.  Two weeks ago, I spoke with Dr. Chantel Prat about how we're wired and the human brain's adventure for each of us.  If you missed those shows, you can go back and check them out along with my entire backlog of shows, all free for you there on our website, NotOldBetter.com…and if you leave a review, we will read it at the end of each show…leave reviews on Apple Podcasts for us. As I said, our guest today is Kathy Kleiman, author, author, educator, and attorney who's written the new book, Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer and will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up…check our show notes for details and more information. After the end of World War II, top-secret research continued across the United States as engineers and programmers rushed to complete their confidential assignments. Among them were six pioneering women tasked with figuring out how to program the new Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). The world's first general-purpose, programmable, all-electronic computer, ENIAC, was built to calculate a single ballistic trajectory in 20 seconds rather than 40 hours by a human hand—but there were no instruction codes or programming languages in existence to guide the women. They succeeded, but their story was never told to the reporters and scientists fascinated by the huge computer after it became public—and it was lost. That, of course, is our guest today, author Kathy Kleiman, reading from her new book, Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World's First Modern Computer Join Kathy Kleiman and me as she talks all about these women programmers and the campaign to restore these women to their rightful place as technological revolutionaries and shares why the ENIAC programmers' groundbreaking work still deserves to be celebrated. a much-needed podcast" "So glad to have found this podcast. With so many podcasts for 20-somethings, it's nice to find one for people who are 50+. If you're looking to create a better life for yourself, you will really love this. Great host and had great info. Paul is a very personable host that is a pleasure to listen to." Thanks, Mr. Clever, and please leave your feedback which I'll read here on the show.  Thanks, as well, to our wonderful Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show.  Thanks to you, our equally wonderful audience…please be safe, and I emphasize this because we need to all be safe by eliminating assault rifles.  Assault rifles should only be in military hands…they are killing our children and grandchildren in the very place they learn: School.  Please, let's do better by eliminating assault rifles…let's talk about better…The Not Old Better Show.  Thanks, everybody, and I'll see you next week. For more information and ticket details, please click HERE on the Smithsonian Associates site. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/eniac-programmers?utm_source=RAad&utm_content=FEauto&utm_campaign=featevent

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This week we talk to cognitive neuroscientist Chantel Prat about her new book The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours. The book is the result of Prat's decades of work on the biological basis of individual differences in cognition—what makes you you.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringmindsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chantel Prat is a brain researcher, a professor at the University of Washington, and the author of The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours. She joins Erica Chidi to talk about how to better understand our individual brain strengths and why embracing our different brains can help open us up to more connection and understanding. Prat also breaks down what's true and not true about left- and right-brained thinking, the best way to care for our brains as we age, and the benefits of bilingualism. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to Dr. Chantel Prat, "The point of the brain is to take in as much information in the world around the being that it's driving, and use this information to guide that being through life in a way that maximizes its success." But how individual brains work comes down to a fascinating combination of factors, with each person's experiences changing how they engage with the world.

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Ever get a song in your head but you can't remember the title? This episode begins with a simple trick using your smartphone that will help identify almost any song. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-identify-any-song-just-by-singing-it-1849039953 Have you ever wondered what makes you different from everybody else? Exactly what is it that makes you the person you have become? That's the interesting question that Chantel Prat has investigated. Chantel is professor at the University of Washington and author of the book The Neuroscience of You (https://amzn.to/3OJDyHL). Listen as she explains what makes us individuals and reveals why who we are is constantly changing.  Weather is really interesting. And today we are seeing a lot of extreme weather - droughts in the west, flooding in the southeast – what is going on? How does weather work? Joining me to discuss the fascinating world of weather is Matthew Cappucci, an on-air meteorologist at FOX5DC in Washington D.C.. and author of the book Looking Up: The True Adventures of a Storm-Chasing Weather Nerd (https://amzn.to/3vvSceW). The next time you are in a situation where you are feeling nervous or anxious, there is a simple thing you can do that can help bring down your stress levels in about 60 seconds. Listen as I explain how. http://thehealthylivinglounge.com/2009/08/06/12-instant-benefits-of-humming-daily PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Factor makes it easy to eat clean 24/7, with fresh, delicious, prepared meals! Head to https://go.factor75.com/something120 & use promo code Something120 to get $120 off! Start hiring NOW with a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to upgrade your job post at https://Indeed.com/SOMETHING  Offer good for a limited time. Truebill is the smartest way to manage your finances. The average person saves $720 per year with Truebill. Get started today at https://Truebill.com/SYSK! See for yourself why teams at Airtable, Dropbox, HubSpot, Zendesk, and thousands of other companies use Zapier every day to automate their businesses! Try Zapier for free today at https://zapier.com/SYSK Go to https://Shopify.com/sysk for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify's entire suite of features! Redeem your rewards for cash in any amount, at any time, with Discover Card! Learn more at https://Discover.com/RedeemRewards The magic is waiting! Download Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells, for free, from the iOS App Store or Google Play today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Chantel Prat - The Neuroscience of You The Not Old Better Show, Science Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show Inside Science Interview Series on radio and podcast.  I'm Paul Vogelzang, and today's show is brought to you by Ka'Chava and Find A Grave.  Please check out our show notes today about each sponsor and support our sponsors as they support the show.   What does it mean when someone says, “I'm not wired that way.”  Usually, that adage refers to whether we can learn something, understand something, or how easily a person's brain pilots us through new information and more.   Our guest today on the Not Old Better Show, Science Interview Series is Dr. Chantel Prat, who'll help understand the human brain's adventure.   With style and wit, Chantel Prat takes us on a tour of the meaningful ways our brains are dissimilar. Dr. Prat will use real-world examples and other data to show us today how to identify the strengths and weaknesses of your own brain while learning what might be going on in the brains of those who are unlike you. Dr. Prat's new book The Neuroscience of You will be the focus of our conversations and will help us see how brains that are engineered differently ultimately take diverse paths when it comes time to prioritize information, use what they've learned from experience, relate to other people, and what does it mean to be different? That of course, is our guest today, Dr. Chantel Prat, reading from her new book, ‘The Neuroscience of You.'  Please join me today for a wonderful conversation to help us understand ourselves and others by zooming in so close that we all look gray and squishy. My thanks today to our sponsors, Ka'Chava and Find A Grave.  Please check out our show notes for more information about our sponsors, and please support our sponsors because they support the show.  My thanks to Dr. Chantel Prat, author of the new book ‘The Neuroscience of You.” You can also find out more about Dr. Prat and her work in the show notes today.  Please be well and be safe…I'm saying this to you regularly about being safe, and that is to be safe by eliminating assault rifles.  We don't need them in hands of nonmilitary, and they are killing our children and grandchildren in the very places they learn: SCHOOL!  

On this week's Cool Science Radio, John and Lynn's guests will be:(01:21) Dr. Chantel Prat who has written The Neuroscience of You. Prat's book draws on decades of research. She writes every brain is different and what this means for the individual, the collective, and the future of neuroscience.(25:48) Dr. Heidi Hammel, Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Space Telescope. We will speak with Heidi about this remarkable instrument and what we have learned from it's 1st pictures.

Neuroscientist Chantel Prat offers a series of puzzles, and games to help better understand our individual brain strengths.

Chantel Prat, Assistant Professor, University of Washington-Department of Phychology and Institute for learning and Brain Sciences joins TIAM Expanded talking how much the brain changes by the minute.

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Themes: Neuroscience, Development, Diversity, Well-being Summary: Dr. Chantel Prat was the first neuroscientist to directly link two human brains through technology. Her research has explored virtual reality, neural linking, and the diversity of our brains throughout development. Learning about the science of our brains and nervous systems empowers us with greater ability to build the lives we want. Neuroscience studies all brains and much of the field can get stuck zeroing in on what makes brains similar. Some of the power within Dr. Prat's work is that she highlights that neuroscience truly is not a one size fits all field. As Dr. Chantel Prat explains, "being equal does not require us to be the same." Links: Learn more about Dr. Chantel Prat Order her new book The Neuroscience of You Follow Pathly on IG Learn more about Pathly

Chantel Prat is a Professor at the University of Washington with appointments in the Departments of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences, the Center for Neurotechnology, and the Institute for Neuroengineering. A cognitive neuroscientist by training, her interdisciplinary research investigates the biological basis of individual differences in cognition, with an emphasis on understanding the shared neural mechanisms underpinning language and higher-level executive functions.In this episode, Chantel and Warwick discuss brain science and how it relates to everyday life and horses. Chantel's Website: https://www.chantelprat.com/ Pre-Order Chantel's Book (Out August 2nd, 2022): https://www.amazon.com/Neuroscience-You-Every-Different-UnderstandBecome a Patreon Member today! Get access to podcast bonus segments, ask questions to podcast guests, and even suggest future podcast guests while supporting Warwick: https://www.patreon.com/journeyonpodcastWarwick has over 650 Online Training Videos that are designed to create a relaxed, connected, and skilled equine partner. Start your horse training journey today!https://videos.warwickschiller.com/Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WarwickschillerfanpageWatch hundreds of free Youtube Videos: https://www.youtube.com/warwickschillerFollow us on Instagram: @warwickschiller

Chantel Prat is Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of Washington. She's also the author of the forthcoming book, The Neuroscience of You. Her brain research focuses on our individually as humans and what makes us “us”. You'll want to look up her brain to brain communication experiment after you listen to this chat with Dr. Prat!  Find Chantel https://www.chantelprat.com/ https://twitter.com/chantelpratphd More than Work Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: @morethanworkpod Please review and follow anywhere you get podcasts. Thank you for listening. Have feedback? Email morethanworkpod@gmail.com