Podcast appearances and mentions of joel pearson

Aphantasia is the inability to see with your mind's eye. And its discovery has made scientists ask a surprising question: What is the mind's eye even for? (First published in 2022.) Guests: Alice Coles, artist; Adam Zeman, cognitive neurologist at the University of Exeter Medical School; Joel Pearson, professor of neuroscience at the University of New South Wales; Emily Holmes, professor of psychology at Uppsala University For show transcripts, go to ⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unxtranscripts⁠⁠⁠ For more, go to ⁠⁠⁠vox.com/unexplainable⁠⁠⁠ And please email us! ⁠⁠unexplainable@vox.com⁠⁠ We read every email. Support Unexplainable (and get ad-free episodes) by becoming a Vox Member today: ⁠⁠⁠vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“I think the internet will be gone. AIs will have all the information and entertainment for us whenever we want.” In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, I speak to Professor Joel Pearson, Director of the Future Minds Lab, on Leading in uncertainty, Future-proofing for the AI revolution, and De-risking innovation.

Are you really tapping into intuition, or are your emotions fooling you?In this episode, Professor Joel Pearson, leading neuroscientist and researcher, breaks down the real science behind intuition—debunking common myths and revealing how to train your brain for better decision-making.We dive into:✅ What intuition actually is (hint: it's not just a feeling)✅ When to trust vs. ignore your gut instinct✅ How emotions like stress, anxiety, and excitement distort intuition✅ The 5-step "SMILE" framework to sharpen your decision-making✅ How AI will soon enhance human intuitionJoel has spent a decade studying intuition in the lab, discovering how our unconscious mind influences choices—sometimes for the better, sometimes leading us astray. If you're interested in neuroscience, psychology, or making smarter life choices, this episode is a must-listen.Listen now & start making better decisions today.ABOUT PROFESSOR JOEL PEARSONProfessor Joel Pearson is a world-leading neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and expert in human intuition, decision-making, and the science of consciousness. He is the Director of the Future Minds Lab at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, where he leads cutting-edge research on intuition, perception, and mental imagery—helping people and businesses unlock better decision-making strategies.With a background in neuroscience and psychology, Joel has spent over a decade studying how the brain processes unconscious information, how intuition works, and when we should (and shouldn't) trust our gut instincts. His work has been featured in Forbes, The Guardian, BBC, and Nature Neuroscience, and he regularly speaks on how scientific intuition can enhance performance in business, leadership, and everyday life.Joel is also the author of The Intuition Toolkit, where he introduces the SMILE framework, a five-step model to train and refine intuition using neuroscience-backed principles. His expertise has made him a sought-after speaker for Fortune 500 companies, elite athletes, and top executives looking to sharpen their cognitive edge.Currently, Joel is pioneering new research at the intersection of AI and human intuition, exploring how technology can enhance decision-making and help people navigate an increasingly complex world.CONNECT WITH JOELWebsite:https://www.profjoelpearson.com/The Intuition Toolkit Book:https://a.co/d/4rs9MEfCONNECT OWL & KEYGrab a copy of the Strategic Planning for Life bookA perfect gift for yourself or for your growth-oriented friend or family member.https://a.co/d/g8NBjQb UNLOCKED MembershipJoin the community and membership to tap into the ultimate at-your-fingertips, when-you-need-it-most life design resources.https://www.owlandkey.co/membership Level up with a 1:1 Expert Guided ExperienceTransform your life faster and with greater levels of success.https://www.owlandkey.co/coachingHelp your team thrive with our @Work PlatformUnlock growth, performance and wellbeing.https://www.owlandkey.co/at-work

On this episode of The Born Primitive Podcast, we sit down with Professor Joel Pearson: Australian psychologist, neuroscientist, and keynote speaker. A professor at the University of New South Wales, Joel is renowned for his research on perception, decision-making, and mental imagery, including aphantasia, the inability to visualize mental images.As the author of The Intuition Toolkit, he explores the science behind intuition as a measurable phenomenon rather than just a gut feeling. He's also the founder of The Future Minds Lab, an innovative research hub blending psychology, neuroscience, data science, and design.Currently, Joel is focused on the AI revolution, leading cutting-edge projects like Agile Science, Future Minds Lab, and Mind X, which investigate the future of human cognition. Tune in for a fascinating conversation on the mind, intuition, and the future of artificial intelligence.Follow Joel Pearson on Instagram:  @profjoelpearson.To check out our brand visit: https://bornprimitive.com/And you can  learn more about Born Primitive Tactical by visiting: https://bornprimitivetactical.comFollow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bornprimitive/Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCruGgs2p3VVVy-v6YTiKuQwPRODUCED BY IRONCLAD

Send us a text4,000 weeks.That's all we get. The number of weeks most of us will live.The average human life is "absurdly, insultingly brief."As we step into 2025, this perspective—shared by Oliver Burkeman on the How to Live Podcast earlier this year—continues to resonate deeply. It's a stark reminder to be intentional with the one resource we can never reclaim: time.We've put together life lessons from extraordinary guests who appeared on the How to Live Podcast in the second half of 2024—thinkers who are reshaping how we live, work, and grow:Oliver Burkeman reframes time management with startling clarity.Aneace Haddad helps us navigate midlife transitions.Joel Pearson unveils the science of intuition.Sara Jane Ho elevates the art of human interaction.Simon Bowen introduces the power of visual thinking.Nir Eyal shares strategies for staying focused in a distracted world.John Dykes inspires with his journey of personal reinvention.Sha-En Yeo explores the science of happiness.Christina Wallace invites us to embrace a portfolio life.Matthew Dicks reveals the secrets of masterful storytelling.Drew Tarvin demonstrates humor's ability to transform.Nick Jonsson offers a path to self-discovery and personal transformation.This is more than a podcast—it's a roadmap to living with intention, curiosity, and purpose.As we close the chapter on 2024, I invite you to reflect on your own 4,000 weeks:What will you do differently in the weeks ahead?Don't miss this powerful episode that brings all these lessons together in one place.Here's to a purposeful 2025.

The nueroscience of intuition & how to hone it as your super power. Professor Joel Pearson is a neuroscientist who's been studying how the brain processes unconscious information for 25 years. He's on a mission to distill the science of intuition into simple, practical rules that are easy to follow and can improve decision-making. His book is called The Intuition Toolkit. He shares his simple rules for us, how to hone in on our intuition, make it easier to listen to & when NOT to listen to it. CONNECT WITH US Connect with That's Helpful on Instagram. Find Joel on Twitter & via his website. BOOK The Intuition Toolkit PODCASTS Intuitive Eating 101 Want to become a podcast sponsor, got some feedback for me or just fancy a chat? Email me - thatshelpful@edstott.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:24 Why intuition is Joel's passion 00:03:53 How hard is intuition to study in the lab? 00:04:54 How do you study intuition in the lab? 00:09:18 Why do we feel intuition physically? 00:11:17 Why are certain people more intuitive than others?   00:13:04 Self Awareness 00:16:45 Getting better at using your intuition over time 00:19:30 The difference between addiction & intuition 00:24:17 Intuitive Eating & processed foods 00:32:59 Probabilistic thinking 00:36:09 The importance of environment 00:39:12 When not to use intuition 00:45:00 The one thing to remember when it comes to intuition

Prof. Joel Pearson (Neuroscientist; AI and cognition scientist) returns to Wild, this time to discuss whether free will is an illusion. In our last chat (about intuition) the subject was raised and Joel promised to come back to discuss it further, particularly in the context of AI, algorithms, the rise of totalitarianism and our agency in systems collapse. Joel is the founder and Director of Future Minds Lab which applies neuroscience findings to art, AI, media, advertising and various philosophical quandaries. He's also a National Health and Medical Research Council fellow and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He developed the first scientific test to measure intuition and wrote The Intuition Toolkit. In this conversation, we also cover the science of manifesting!SHOW NOTESI mention the chapter on Blame and the very robust discussion the Substack community had around it. You can join this hereHere's the previous episode where Joel talks about the scientific proof of intuitionGet Joel's book The Intuition Toolkit: The New Science of Knowing What without Knowing WhyFollow Joel on his Future Minds Lab Substack I previously had willpower expert Roy Baumeister on Wild to talk about how the female orgasm shapes the world! --If you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram and WeAre8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travis Macy sits down with Joel Pearson, neuroscientist and author of "The Intuition Toolkit." Joel redefines intuition and shares some powerful insights about how intuition is not a one-size-fits-all concept. Plus, they discuss the often-overlooked importance of intuition for athletes and how they can balance it with analytics. This episode is all about embracing uncertainty and practicing intuition to make better decisions, both in life and in sport.Joel Pearson Website | Instagram | LinkedInRead The Intuition Toolkit- - - - - - - - - - -A big thanks to our sponsors:RELEVATE by NeuroReserve: Go to www.neuroreserve.com/travismacy and code TRAVISMACY for 15% off RELEVATE by NeuroReserve: Core Dietary Nutrients for Lifelong Brain HealthHagan Ski Mountaineering- - - - - - - - - - -Purchase A Mile at A Time: A Father and Son's Inspiring Alzheimer's Journey of Love, Adventure, and HopeSubscribe: Apple Podcast | SpotifyCheck us out: Instagram | Twitter | Website | YouTubeThe show is Produced and Edited by Palm Tree Pod Co

When you imagine something -- like the sun peeking over a mountain during an early morning rainstorm -- do you see it with rich visual detail, or instead with very little internal picture? In an earlier episode we tackled the spectrum of visual imagination, from hyperphantasia to aphantasia -- and in this episode we dive even deeper with guest Joel Pearson to surface the most surprising differences between people's internal lives. How does your experience differ from other people's, and how does your brain cobble together the skills you have to accomplish what you need?

Want to harness the power of your intuition? Joining Sarah Grynberg this week is Joel Pearson, one of the world's leading experts on intuition and a pioneering neuroscientist whose work is transforming our understanding of the human mind. With a career dedicated to exploring how our brains process information beyond our conscious awareness, Joel bridges the gap between science and the everyday experiences that shape our lives. In this enlightening conversation, Joel and Sarah explore the remarkable power of intuition—how it functions, how we can tap into it, and why it may be more reliable than we think. Joel shares moving stories from his research, including real-life instances where intuition has saved lives, and they also discuss the challenges of trusting your intuition when emotions are involved and how understanding this can lead to clearer, more informed decisions. Let this discussion take you deep into the unseen forces that guide us—the subtle nudges from our subconscious, the sudden insights that seem to appear from nowhere, and the role of intuition in an AI-driven era. We can learn to trust the wisdom within while embracing the technological advancements reshaping our world.  Keep up with Joel Pearson HERE. Purchase Sarah's Meditations here.  Instagram: @sarahgrynberg   Website: https://sarahgrynberg.com/ Facebook: facebook.com/sarahgrynberg Twitter: twitter.com/sarahgrynbergSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, I sit down with Joel Pearson, a professor at the University of New South Wales in Australia where he is a Director of the Future Minds Lab and a leader in the science of intuition and decision-making. This conversation will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about intuition. We often hear that intuition should either be suppressed in decision-making or trusted like some kind of mystical superpower. The reality, as Joel reveals, is far more nuanced—and far more fascinating—than either of those extremes. Joel and his team have developed groundbreaking methods to measure intuition and mental imagery, offering a rare glimpse into how these elusive processes work in our brains. Throughout the episode, he breaks down his five rules for knowing when to trust your intuition and when to ignore it. He explains how intuition is a learned skill, not an innate talent, and how it can be both a powerful tool and a dangerous trap depending on the situation. He also introduces the concept of "mis-intuition," where our gut instincts lead us astray, and shares compelling examples of when intuition works and doesn't. From life-or-death decisions in the military to everyday choices in business, this episode will challenge your assumptions and give you practical insights on making better decisions. This episode is a must-listen if you've ever wondered whether to trust your gut or dismiss it. Show notes: Joel's website Joel's book - Intuition: Unlock Your Brain's Potential to Build Real Intuition and Make Better Decisions Future Minds Lab Joel on LinkedIn Joel's Five Rules for Using Intuition Self-awareness: Understand your emotional state before making intuitive decisions, as anxiety or stress can cloud judgment. Mastery: Intuition should be based on experience and repeated exposure to a domain, like a firefighter sensing danger in a burning building. Impulses and Addiction: Avoid confusing cravings or compulsions with intuition. Low Probability Events: Intuition is often unreliable when dealing with probabilities or rare events. Environment: Intuition is context-specific. What works in one environment might not transfer well to another, so be cautious in unfamiliar settings. Associative Learning (Pavlov's Dogs) Context-Dependent Memory System 1 and System 2 Thinking (Daniel Kahneman) and Thinking Fast, and Slow by Kahneman The Monty Hall Problem The Gambler's Fallacy Alchemy by Rory Sutherland Gary Klein Box breathing _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Subscribe to The Decision-Making Studio Podcast https://thedecisionmaking.studio/ get in touch: hello@thedecisionmaking.studio

Intuition isn't just hippie-dippie or woo-woo – it saves lives, averts disasters and drives countless innovative business decisions. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, for one, regularly relied on his gut instincts. Leading Australian neuroscientist and psychologist Joel Pearson's The Intuition Toolkit: The New Science of Knowing What, Without Knowing Why presents five scientifically solid strategies for developing intuition that anyone can learn to harness and trust. Listen to unlock the mysteries of human consciousness as Joel teaches us when it's safe to rely on intuition in decision-making. Presented by Sydney Writers' Festival and supported by UNSW Centre for Ideas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Could bad bots on social media be leading to the death of the internet? You might have come across a weird AI generated images of ‘shrimp Jesus', or similarly strange content on Facebook, often linked with absurdly high numbers of likes and comments. It all connects with the ‘dead internet' theory – the idea that bot created content is accounting for more and more of what is being posted online. So, is there truth to the theory - and are we watching the death of the internet in real time? In this episode of the Briefing Sacha Barbour Gatt is joined by Joel Pearson from Future Minds Lab at UNSW to explain the bizarre world of artificial intelligence and bad bots. Headlines: Jess Fox has won gold Israel announces strikes on Hezbollah Cabinet reshuffle Olympics wrap  Follow The Briefing:TikTok: @listnrnewsroomInstagram: @listnrnewsroom @thebriefingpodcast YouTube: @LiSTNRnewsroomFacebook: @LiSTNR Newsroom  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ever felt an instant connection on a first date, only to wonder later if it was real? Science says it might not be intuition at all—it's arousal misattribution.Professor Joel Pearson experienced this firsthand during a rock climbing first date. Years later, his groundbreaking research revealed the truth: the exhilaration of climbing created a physiological high he mistook for romantic connection. This phenomenon explains why intuition often fails in emotionally charged situations, both personal and professional.While intuition has been widely discussed from spiritual and coaching perspectives, scientific research was lacking—until now.Enter Professor Joel Pearson, PhD in neuroscience and founder of the Future Minds Lab at the University of New South Wales. As the pioneer in the scientific study of intuition, his revolutionary SMILE Model (Self-awareness, Mastery, Impulse control, Low probability, and Environment) offers a framework for understanding when to trust our gut and when to think twice.Fresh from the release of his book "The Intuition Toolkit" and appearances on global podcasts like the Rich Roll Podcast, Prof Pearson joins us to share his insights. We'll explore:Intuition in the business contextDistinguishing between impulse and intuitionWhy mastery in one field doesn't translate into intuition in anotherOptimal learning strategiesApplying the SMILE Model in daily lifeThis podcast will equip you with scientifically proven research to effectively use intuition in your work and personal lives. Learn how top executives use scientifically-backed intuition to make million-dollar decisions in high-pressure situations.Episode Shownoteshttps://howtolive.life/episode/072-the-new-science-of-intuition-with-joel-pearsonRelated Episode#061 How to optimise energy with Elika TaskerSpotify: https://howtolive.life/ep61spotifyApple Podcasts: https://howtolive.life/ep61appleContact Joelhttps://www.profjoelpearson.com/Leave us a messagehttps://howtolive.life/contactAbout Sharad Lalhttps://www.sharadlal.net/Follow usLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharadlal24/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PodcastHowtolive/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podcasthowtolive/

Dr. Joel Pearson is a cognitive neuroscientist, author of “The Intuition Toolkit,” and a pioneer in objectively measuring human intuition. This conversation explores the fascinating science behind intuition, revealing its influential role in decision-making. We discuss Joel's groundbreaking research, the SMILE framework for cultivating reliable intuition, the hidden benefits of aphantasia, the illusion of free will, and the manipulative influence of AI on our choices. This conversation is itself a toolkit—covering the difference between intuition, instinct, and impulse; what influences the reliability of intuition; and when to use or avoid it. I greatly admire Joel's work in understanding the mind and consciousness, which tackles the root of humanity's most fundamental problems. It will change the way you think about gut feelings. Enjoy! Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today's Sponsors:  Seed: Use code RICHROLL25 for 25% OFF your first order

Why do you sometimes feel that you trust this person but not that one -- for reasons you can't quite put your finger on? What signals does the brain vacuum up in your daily life, and what fraction of those does your conscious mind have access to? When does intuition steer us wrong? And what is the future of intuition, as we build new technologies to take the myriad signals racing around in the dark of our brains and bodies and bring them to light? Join Eagleman and his guest, cognitive neuroscientist Joel Pearson, to unpack when to trust and when to ignore the signals of intuition.

If you have thought intuition was a bit of a magical "made-up/spiritual” thing…  We are here to tell you otherwise.  This episode of The Essential Shift Podcast we welcome Prof Joel Pearson to share the science behind intuition.  We'll explore what intuition really is, how it works in our brains, and how we can harness it in our daily lives and business decisions. Whether you're a leader, an entrepreneur, or just curious about the power of the mind, this episode gives you profound insights into the science behind intuition. If you LOVED the episode, make sure you share this on your Instagram stories and tag me @essential.shift and @profjoelpearson.  ✨ Want to learn more about intuition and business? READ MY BOOK: LIGHT IT ✨ KEY EPISODE TAKEAWAYS  The science behind intuition  Insights into intuition and neuroscience The definition of intuition A framework to help you trust your intuition SHOW RESOURCES  LEARN more about Prof Joel's Work - HERE READ my book on Intuition - HERE  FOLLOW me on INSTAGRAM - HERE Find out more about how to WORK WITH ME - HERE If you like this episode, don't forget to share it to your Instagram stories and tag me @essential.shift.   ABOUT THE GUEST Joel Pearson is a Psychologist, Neuroscientist and public intellectual working at the forefront of science, innovation and agile science and a Professor at UNSW. ​​Joel started his career in Arts and film, then decided to apply his passion for creative discovery to the scientific mysteries of human consciousness and the complexities of brain, completing his science PhD in 2 years, started two science labs, a company and a one of a kind Innovation lab: The Future Minds Lab @UNSW. Joel is a company founder, startup and corporate advisor, investor, author and active scientist. Bless it be.  With love, Laetitia! 

Cognitive neuroscientist professor Joel Pearson tells Jane Lee when to trust your gut (and when not to) You can support the Guardian at theguardian.com/fullstorysupport

How intuition expands talent, creativity, confidence & happiness I have been waiting a long time to record this podcast! To say I am excited about the Intuition Process for children is putting it mildly. I believe this program, with its teachings and the power and integrity of the organisation behind it, has the ability to change the world and, as my guests say, contribute to world peace. The documentary and the Australian research are also going to be amazingly powerful. So, let me begin by asking you a few questions… Do you believe in intuition? How often do you access it? Are your children more intuitive than you? Do you think it is important for them to harness their intuition? Today, I have Mala Sundareshan, International Program Director of the Intuition Process, with me. Mala works for the global Art of Living non-profit organisation founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and is currently leading the teacher training and rollout of the Intuition Process worldwide. I also have a dear friend and documentary filmmaker, Michael Collins. Michael is a four-time Emmy-nominated director and producer and the founder of Thoughtful Robot Productions. His films are highly impactful, have been screened globally over the last two decades, and have even changed laws! Mala and Michael share their experiences and insights into following and teaching children aged 5 to 18 techniques to harness what seems like magic or superpowers. The Art of Living says the Intuition Process wakes up our latent intuitive potentials through specific techniques of brain activation and meditation. Allowing children to access, cultivate and maintain their inherent intuitive capacity. “Intuition is the faculty of knowing or understanding something without the need for conscious reasoning or proof. As a culture, we have learned to follow our rational thinking as we go through our daily lives. We pay little attention to our inner voice, our gut feeling, that instinctual form that goes beyond our reasoning layers. We were all born with a naturally intuitive ability to perceive beyond our senses. As we grow, our culture and education obstruct us from developing our capacity to access our inner potential, especially when we need them most.” Today, we talk about: If intuition is an essential aspect of human experience? If intuition can be developed and honed over time? How intuition differs from coincidence How intuition might change the education system? (Fingers crossed for this one!) What children are gaining from learning the process of intuition and how that unique expression occurs in each child. And the research into the mechanisms of intuition by Joel Pearson, world leading neuroscientist based at UNSW, Sydney, Australia. This will create a revolution in not only Artificial Intelligence but Absolute Intelligence! I hope you enjoy. Nadine x #intiution #shebirths #podcast #newepisode Links https://thoughtfulrobot.com https://www.artofliving.org/au-en/intuition-process https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/joel-pearson

Prof. Joel Pearson (Neuroscientist; AI and intuition expert) developed the first scientific test to measure intuition, dragging it out of the woo-woo realm and into a cognitive framework. He's now written The Intuition Toolkit: The New Science of Knowing What without Knowing Why to show us how and when to use this mysterious superpower in our lives (not while rock-climbing on a date, not at a casino!).Joel is the founder and Director of Future Minds Lab which applies neuroscience findings to art, AI, media, advertising and various philosophical quandaries. He's also a National Health and Medical Research Council fellow and Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, Australia.In this chat we cover when and how to use intuition, why intuition is hijacked by anxiety and depression, whether AI will ever be able to have intuition, aphantasia and a bunch of deep, wide questions about what it means to be human, including the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Mostly, Joel is a great conversationalist, someone you'd want to sit next to at a dinner party.SHOW NOTESGet Joel's book The Intuition Toolkit: The New Science of Knowing What without Knowing WhyFollow Joel on his Future Minds Lab Substack You might also like to listen to my WILD chat with Sheena Iyengar, the scientist who first ran those “paradox of choice” studiesAnd with George Paxinos, regarded as the world's leading brain expert on whether our brains are “good” enough to save the planetI mention the book Klara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroIf you need to know a bit more about me… head to my "about" pageFor more such conversations subscribe to my Substack newsletter, it's where I interact the most!Get your copy of my book, This One Wild and Precious LifeLet's connect on Instagram and WeAre8 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've all experienced that feeling in our gut. But when should you trust your intuition and when should you ignore it? Intuition Researcher and Cognitive Neuroscientist Dr. Joel Pearson studies how intuition works. We talk trusting your intuition, decoding the information hidden in our subconscious and why we should smile more. Then, we unveil a new Candle of the Month and countdown the Top 5 Action Movie One Liners. Dr. Joel Pearson: 01:21 Pointless: 29:43 Candle of the Month: 51:21 Top 5 Movie One Liners: 54:23 Contact the Show Professor Joel Pearson's Website The Intuition Toolkit Professor Joel Pearson's Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we speak with neuroscientist Joel Pearson, author of a new book, The Intuition Toolkit, about the science behind intuition and how we can harness that to make better decisions. Joel explains what happens when we experience the powerful gut feelings and hunches or as he prefers to define them, the learned productive use of unconscious information. Hosting this conversation is Good Weekend senior writer, Amanda Hooton.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode, we interview Professor Joel Pearson, a psychologist, neuroscientist and public intellectual working at the forefront of science, innovation and agile science. He both studied art and science because he felt that these two are very similar and the way he practices science is probably more like an art. So, he developed “Agile Science”. He takes a multidisciplinary agile approach to running his lab, bringing in staff and students from art, architecture, mathematics, computer science, psychology, neuroscience and medical imaging.  Professor Joel Pearson's research has been recognised with major accolades including the 2009 William James award for the greatest scientific contribution to understanding consciousness. His team's efforts have been featured in The Huffington Post, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian Financial Review, LiveScience, Discovery Channel, BBC and a host of other major media outlets.  https://www.profjoelpearson.com/ https://www.futuremindslab.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Czy realne stało się przewidywanie przestępstw i zatrzymywanie sprawców przyszłych zbrodni? Jak kontrolować ogromne ślimaki, które rozlazły się po całym świecie? Czy zamiast leków przeciwbólowych będziemy stosować wewnętrzne chłodziarki? W tym odcinku opowiem również o tym, kiedy człowiek opanował ogień, jak zapach łączy się z wirusami i komarami oraz jak wyobraźnia łączy się ze wspomnieniami.Jeśli uznasz, że warto wspierać ten projekt to zapraszam do serwisu Patronite, każda dobrowolna wpłata od słuchaczy pozwoli mi na rozwój i doskonalenie tego podkastu, bardzo dziękuję za każde wsparcie!Zapraszam również na Facebooka, Twittera i Instagrama, każdy lajk i udostępnienie pomoże w szerszym dotarciu do słuchaczy, a to jest teraz moim głównym celem :) Na stronie Naukowo.net znajdziesz więcej interesujących artykułów naukowych, zachęcam również do dyskusji na tematy naukowe, dzieleniu się wiedzą i nowościami z naukowego świata na naszym serwerze Discord - https://discord.gg/mqsjM5THXrŹródła użyte przy tworzeniu odcinka:Rotaru, V., Huang, Y., Li, T. et al. Event-level prediction of urban crime reveals a signature of enforcement bias in US cities. Nat Hum Behav (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01372-0ScienceDaily, "Algorithm predicts crime a week in advance, but reveals bias in police response", https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220630114501.htmPatricia Mazzei, "The Giant African Land Snail Has Been Spotted Again in Florida", https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/01/us/giant-african-land-snail-florida.htmlJonathan T. Reeder, Zhaoqian Xie, Quansan Yang i inni, "Soft, bioresorbable coolers for reversible conduction block of peripheral nerves", https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl8532Monisha Ravisetti, "This Stretchy Device Wraps Around Nerves to Relieve Pain Without Drugs", https://www.cnet.com/science/biology/this-stretchy-device-wraps-around-nerves-to-relieve-pain-without-drugs/Hong Zhang, Yibin Zhu, Ziwen Liu, Yongmei Peng, Wenyu Peng, Liangqin Tong, Jinglin Wang, Qiyong Liu, Penghua Wang, Gong Cheng, "A volatile from the skin microbiota of flavivirus-infected hosts promotes mosquito attractiveness", https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092867422006419GenGE&BNews, "Mosquitoes Find Humans Infected with Zika or Dengue Viruses More Attractive", https://www.genengnews.com/news/mosquitoes-find-humans-infected-with-zika-or-dengue-viruses-more-attractive/Alexei J. Dawes, Rebecca Keogh, Sarah Robuck, Joel Pearson, "Memories with a blind mind: Remembering the past and imagining the future with aphantasia", https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105192Zane Stepka, Ido Azuri, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Michael Chazan, Filipe Natalio, "Hidden signatures of early fire at Evron Quarry (1.0 to 0.8 Mya)", https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2123439119Zdjęcie Etienne Girardet z Unsplash

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The inability to visualise mental images - a condition called aphantasia - affects around 2-5 percent of the population, but very little is known about it. Aphantasia comes in different shapes and sizes - with some reporting a reduced ability to remember the past, imagine the future, or even dream

The inability to visualise mental images - a condition called aphantasia - affects around 2-5 percent of the population, but very little is known about it. Aphantasia comes in different shapes and sizes - with some reporting a reduced ability to remember the past, imagine the future, or even dream

Ep 5 of the exclusive 'The Brief is You' series with Vince Frost and Prof. Joel Pearson. Can you design your life?  This is the question Vince Frost asked himself over a decade ago, yes was the answer. Since then he began applying his principles of design to his own life. This helped him find his flow: he became more reflective, more alive to the senses, more in touch with the people in his life and more aware of his value.  In the final episode of the 'The Brief is You' series Vince and Joel delve into designing your life discussing what are some of the most important actions you can take to design the kind of life you want to live.  The pair deep dive into the idea of safe experimentation - the act of testing the waters in your life be it skydiving or something less extreme like learning to ride a horse or taking the pottery course you've always thought about. You never know what you are missing in your life until you try it.  Joel also touches on the importance of routine and why having structure in your life can free your mind to think of more important things, as well as why the secret to achieving your goals is to not tell anyone about them.  Listen in to hear this and many more insightful questions answered in the fifth and final episode of the series.  This time, the brief is you. Learn from Australia's leading expert on the brain on how you can take off in 2021, learning how to understand and harness your mind and creativity whilst designing your life. Prof. Pearson is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, a National Health and Medical Research Council fellow and founder of UNSW Future Minds Lab, MindX and Agile Science.  https://www.profjoelpearson.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep 4 of the exclusive 'The Brief is You' series with Vince Frost and Prof. Joel Pearson. Are we all born creative? How can you harness your creativity? Why can't some people imagine?  These are some of the questions asked in the fourth episode of 'The Brief is You'. Together Vince Frost and Professor Joel Pearson dive into the fundamentals of creativity, exploring the ways it works in your mind, from semantic networks, memory and mental imagery. The pair also explore why some people have aphantasia (the inability to visualise mental images) and how do those in creative jobs make it work. As well as a look into the early science of flow state, a practice which allows for a task to feel effortless and how practicing it can transform your creative processes.  This time, the brief is you. Learn from Australia's leading expert on the brain on how you can take off in 2021, learning how to understand and harness your mind and creativity whilst designing your life. To ensure you are the best version of yourself in 2021, we have partnered with Cognitive Neuroscience Professor Joel Pearson, to dissect how our brains work and what you can do take control of yours this year. Prof. Pearson is an internationally recognised leader in human consciousness research and applied cognitive neuroscience currently developing new methods to measure dimensions of the human experience previously thought to be immeasurable including creativity, imagination, memory, entrepreneurship, intuition and decision–making.  Prof. Pearson is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, a National Health and Medical Research Council fellow and founder of UNSW Future Minds Lab, MindX and Agile Science.  https://www.profjoelpearson.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep 3 of the exclusive 'The Brief is You' series with Vince Frost and Prof. Joel Pearson. In the third episode of ‘The Brief is You', Vince and Joel discuss some helpful strategies to make your mind and body more resilient with the ultimate goal of improving your wellbeing. The pair explore the three pillars of wellbeing; sleep, exercise and diet and how making minor changes such as anchoring rhythms and timing the consumption of that glass of wine or bowl of ice cream can have hugely rewarding effects on your physical and mental health.  This time, the brief is you. Learn from Australia's leading expert on the brain on how you can take off in 2021, learning how to understand and harness your mind and creativity whilst designing your life. To ensure you are the best version of yourself in 2021, we have partnered with Cognitive Neuroscience Professor Joel Pearson, to dissect how our brains work and what you can do take control of yours this year. Prof. Pearson is an internationally recognised leader in human consciousness research and applied cognitive neuroscience currently developing new methods to measure dimensions of the human experience previously thought to be immeasurable including creativity, imagination, memory, entrepreneurship, intuition and decision–making.  Prof. Pearson is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, a National Health and Medical Research Council fellow and founder of UNSW Future Minds Lab, MindX and Agile Science.    https://www.profjoelpearson.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep 2 of the exclusive 'The Brief is You' series with Vince Frost and Prof. Joel Pearson. Not sure when to trust your intuition or when to fight it? In our second episode of the ‘The Brief is You' series Vince and Professor Joel Pearson discuss how intuition and decision making play a pivotal role in everyday life. The pair delve into its importance in design and why it is so integral to listen and learn from your feelings both pre and post decision making. Joel also discusses techniques such as cognitive reframing as a tool to help you escape moments of emotional confliction.  This time, the brief is you. Learn from Australia's leading expert on the brain on how you can take off in 2021, learning how to understand and harness your mind and creativity whilst designing your life. To ensure you are the best version of yourself in 2021, we have partnered with Cognitive Neuroscience Professor Joel Pearson, to dissect how our brains work and what you can do take control of yours this year. Prof. Pearson is an internationally recognised leader in human consciousness research and applied cognitive neuroscience currently developing new methods to measure dimensions of the human experience previously thought to be immeasurable including creativity, imagination, memory, entrepreneurship, intuition and decision–making.  Prof. Pearson is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, a National Health and Medical Research Council fellow and founder of UNSW Future Minds Lab, MindX and Agile Science.    https://www.profjoelpearson.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ep 1 of the exclusive 'The Brief is You' series with Vince Frost & Prof. Joel Pearson.   This time, the brief is you. Learn from Australia's leading expert on the brain on how you can take off in 2021, learning how to understand and harness your mind and creativity whilst designing your life.   To ensure you are the best version of yourself in 2021, we have partnered with Cognitive Neuroscience Professor Joel Pearson, to dissect how our brains work and what you can do take control of yours this year. Prof. Pearson is an internationally recognised leader in human consciousness research and applied cognitive neuroscience currently developing new methods to measure dimensions of the human experience previously thought to be immeasurable including creativity, imagination, memory, entrepreneurship, intuition and decision–making.    Prof. Pearson is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales, a National Health and Medical Research Council fellow and founder of UNSW Future Minds Lab, MindX and Agile Science.    https://www.profjoelpearson.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Coach Joel Pearson joins us to answers questions sent in by the community about building endurance, injury prevention, running streaks, speedwork, stretching before a run, the '5 Biomotor Abilities', and more!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Imagine a friend’s face. How much detail do you see? Do you see the color of their hair? What about the curve of their smile? For many people, this mental image will be relatively vivid. A somewhat watered down picture, sure, but still a picture—still something similar to what they would see if that friend were sitting across from them. For other folks, though, there’s no image there at all. There's just no way to will it into being. Such people have what is now known as “aphantasia”—the inability to generate visual imagery. Today I talk with Dr. Rebecca Keogh, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Dr. Keogh is one of the leading researchers in the new, fast-evolving study of aphantasia. We talk about the work she and her colleagues are doing to explore the full spectrum of individual differences in visual imagery ability, how these differences arise in the brain, and how they impact different aspects of everyday life, from how we dream, to how we envision the future, to how we respond to trauma. We also talk about folks on the other end of the spectrum—those with so-called “hyperphantasia,” who experience visual images in extraordinary detail. And we get a sneak preview of some of the questions that Rebecca and her colleagues are taking on next. This episode takes us, for the first time on Many Minds, into the fascinating terrain of individual differences—into questions about how other human minds may differ from our own, often in ways that invisible and unexpected. This is terrain we definitely plan to revisit in future episodes. Had a blast with this one folks—hope you enjoy it, too!   A transcript of this episode is available here.   Notes and links  3:16 – The 2015 paper in Cortex that introduced the term “aphantasia,” but the spectrum of visual imagery ability has been studied since the 1800s. 5:08 – In the 1980s Martha Farah and colleagues studied a case of acquired “aphantasia,” though they didn’t use the term at the time. 8:30 – The Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire (VVIQ) was first introduced in 1973 by David Mark. 12:15 – The 2018 paper in Cortex by Dr. Keogh and Dr. Joel Pearson. 15:15 – A 2008 paper by Dr. Pearson introducing the binocular rival method of measuring mental imagery. 23:15 – An overview of the idea of separate “what” and “where” pathways in the brain. 27:23 – The 2020 paper—'A cognitive profile of multi-sensory imagery, memory and dreaming in aphantasia’—by Alexei Dawes, Dr. Keogh, and colleagues. 41:30 – The 2020 paper by Dr. Keogh and colleagues about the role of cortical excitability in visual imagery. 44:30 – Phosphenes are a kind of visual experience that is not induced by light entering the retina. 48:15 – A primer on Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS). 51:45 – A pre-print by Marcus Wicken, Dr. Keogh, and Dr. Pearson using skin conductance to examine the level of fear experienced by aphantasic and control participants. 1:01:45 – A paper by Dr. Adam Zeman and colleagues titled ‘Phantasia–The psychological significance of lifelong visual imagery vividness extremes,’ which discusses vocational choices in people with extreme imagery.   Rebecca Keogh’s end-of-show recommendations: Aphantasia: Experiences, Perceptions, and Insights by Alan Kendle The Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination by Anna Abraham   The best way to keep up with Dr. Keogh’s work is to follow her on Twitter (@Becca_Keogh_PhD). To keep tabs on aphantasia research more broadly, you can follow other prominent aphantasia researchers such as Dr. Joel Pearson (@ProfJoelPearson) and Dr. Adam Zeman (@ZemanLab). You can also check out the Future Minds Lab and sign up for their mailing list: https://www.futuremindslab.com/.   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) (https://www.diverseintelligencessummer.com/), which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted by Kensy Cooperrider, with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster, and Associate Director Hilda Loury. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd (https://www.mayhilldesigns.co.uk/). Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala (https://sarahdopierala.wordpress.com/).   You can subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. For updates about the show, follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

Joel is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Future Minds Lab. In this episode, we talk about how our memories bend reality; whether we can trust our intuitions; the simple ways “choice architecture” can be altered to change our decisions, for good or ill; and how a rickety bridge could affect your love life.

Are we really the masters of our own destiny? The concept of fate has been around since the ancient Greeks, inspiring literature and folklore for thousands of years. However, the science of fate is just getting started. In her new book The Science of Fate: Why Your Future is More Predictable Than You Think, internationally acclaimed neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow explores the current state of neurological and genomic research. She breathes new life into the concept of fate by situating it at the core of what we all increasingly believe makes us who we are – the brain. Drawing vividly from everyday life, Critchlow illustrates just how much our decisions – from what we eat, to whom we love, to how we vote – are hardwired and predetermined by genetics. This fascinating talk will challenge everything we know about ourselves, as well as empowering us to help shape a better future. Chaired by Joel Pearson, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at UNSW Sydney.

Too often, in our estimation, people make recommendations to us with the intent to improve our life but the effect on us is the opposite of that. Rather than completely engaging us, some recommendations or pieces of advice actually overpower any enthusiasm we might for following up. This is especially true when the recommendation is too big to get our heads around. Casual comments like, “Oh, you should read that book,” or, “You should go to Malaysia,” or, “You should check out that podcast series,” are often too much for us to process. They’re all well-intended, and could be terrific recommendations, but thinking about starting a massive new book in an already jam-packed life can be the opposite of engaging: sometimes, it’s demotivating.    So in this Grooving Session, we use a behavioral science hack to START SMALL and we’re recommending our favorite podcast episodes (produced by other podcasters!) to our listeners. We think you’ll like these specific podcast episodes by some of our favorite hosts on some of our favorite topics. And because they’re itty-bitty single episodes, we hope you can start small and check some of them out in the links below. Coming soon! We are launching a new podcast (a new channel in the podcaster’s vernacular) and it’s called Weekly Grooves. Weekly Grooves will be a weekly review of topical issues in the media during the week done through a behavioral science commentary. This will launch in late January 2020, and we hope you’ll check it out. Please take 23 seconds right now to give us a rating. A review only takes 57 seconds, so you can do that, too! Reviews and 5-star ratings play a positive role in getting Behavioral Grooves promoted to new listeners when they’re out browsing for an interesting behavioral science podcast. As always, thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy lots of great episodes from other podcasters!   Happiness Lab: Laurie Santos, PhD. Make ‘Em Laugh. https://www.happinesslab.fm/season-1-episodes/make-em-laugh Canned laugh tracks positively affect our experience even when we KNOW they’re canned! Great production and a cool person.   Choiceology: Katy Milkman, PhD. Take the Deal. https://www.schwab.com/resource-center/insights/content/choiceology-season-4-episode-4 Danny Kahneman, Colin Camerer, and Luis Green tell the tales of our flawed decision making – even when the consequences are big! Terrific interviewer. Great production.   Big Brains: Paul Rand. Why Talking to Strangers Will Make You Happier. https://news.uchicago.edu/podcasts/big-brains/why-talking-strangers-will-make-you-happier-nicholas-epley Nick Epley, PhD discussed the importance of talking to strangers and how it will make YOU happier.   Intelligence Squared U.S. Debates: John Donvan. Is Social Media Good for Democracy? https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/social-media-good-democracy-0 Fascinating discussion about the pro’s and con’s of social media.   The David Gilmour Podcast: David Gilmour. The Fender Stratocaster #0001. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-the-fender-stratocaster-0001/id1463321559?i=1000441421346 Yes. It really does exist and David Gilmour owns it and cherishes it.   You Are Not So Smart: David McRaney. Pluralistic Ignorance: The psychology behind why people don’t speak out against, and even defend, norms they secretly despise. https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/157-pluralistic-ignorance A terrific episode exploring how social norms are perpetuated even when the majority don’t agree with them.   Song Exploder: Hrishikesh Hirway. Sheryl Crow: Redemption Day. http://songexploder.net/sheryl-crow/songexploder161-sherylcrow How songwriters come to write and record songs is amazing to me and this is a very articulate songwriter.   O Behave: Ogilvy Consulting. Dollars and Sense. https://podtail.com/en/podcast/o-behave/episode-16-dollars-and-sense-with-jeff-kreisler-an/ Jeff Kreisler (one of our favorites) and Rory Sutherland dig into Jeff’s work in behavioral finance.   Radio Lab: Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich. Smarty Plants. https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/smarty-plants This episode explores the amazingly brainy behaviors of brainless things: plants!   Happiness Lab: Laurie Santos, PhD. The Unhappy Millionaire https://www.happinesslab.fm/season-1-episodes/the-unhappy-millionaire This episode explores how we don’t really understand what makes us happy…with Dan Gilbert    The Knowledge Project: Shane Parrish. Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits https://fs.blog/neil-pasricha/ Looks at habits that can make you happier or not   The Science of Success: Matt Bodner. Guest = Jonathan Haidt https://www.successpodcast.com/show-notes/2018/9/12/three-dangerous-ideas-that-are-putting-our-society-at-risk-with-dr-jonathan-haidt Three dangerous ideas that are putting our society at risk – Looking at the anti-fragile movement that Haidt looks at how we need to allow Coddling the American Mind.  Overprotecting kids and not letting them have failures…question feelings   Hustle and Flowchart Podcast: Matt Wolfe and Joe Fier. Therapy Session (153) – T&C, Podfest, Selling Shirts and Affiliate Marketing https://evergreenprofits.com/therapy-sessions-podfest-affiliate/ Matt and Joe discuss a number of things that have been going on with them and some insights on podcasting     Smart Drug Smarts: Jesse Lawler. Aphantasia with Dr. Joel Pearson https://smartdrugsmarts.com/episodes/219-aphantasia/ Where Kurt found out about Aphantasia and realized that he had it.   Hidden Brain: Shanker Vedantam. Facts Aren’t Enough https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/743195213/facts-arent-enough-the-psychology-of-false-beliefs A look at confirmation bias and how data doesn’t change our minds…Tali Sharot and Cailin O’Conner add insight (smallpox variolation)   Big Think Think Again: Jason Gotz. Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie: the cognitive segregation of America https://bigthink.com/podcast/cambridge-analytica © 2020 Behavioral Grooves  

Welcome to the world of aphantasia! What is it like when your mind can’t visualize your last holiday at the beach or last night’s delicious dinner? Cat talks to special guest UNSW Prof Joel Pearson about the world happening in our mind and those people whose mind’s eye is blind. What does it feels like […]

Joel Pearson is a professor at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia – and is exploring what innovation ‘really’ means. He’s assembled a team of neuroscientists, psychologists and designers to explore the question, in the newly formed Future Minds Lab that counts some of the world’s best-known corporates businesses as clients.

Joel Pearson is a university professor in cognitive neuroscience and innovation, with a background in art, he is an author, public speaker, entrepreneur and public intellectual working at the forefront of science, innovation, agile science and biohacking. Prof. Joel Pearson and his guests talk entrepreneurship, leadership, science, health, performance, longevity, education, biohacks, critical thinking, art and technology. With a theme of what drives people to do the amazing things they do.

Cal Newport is a computer science professor at Georgetown University and the author of 6 books, including New York Times bestseller Digital Minimalism. His writing focuses on the impact of new technology and social media on our ability to be productive and lead satisfying lives. Not surprisingly, his research suggests we’re becoming less connected and getting less done as technology permeates every moment of our day. For this podcast, I got to sit down face to face with Cal to discuss his ideas on digital minimalism. He describes how big business has manipulated us into constantly checking our phones, and is now profiting off of our attention. We discuss the consequences of pervasive technology, and the damaging effect it can have on our drive to create and connect with others in meaningful ways.  Fortunately, Cal also has a solution for turning your attention back to the things that really matter. Here’s the outline of this interview with Cal Newport: [00:00:35] Cal's background. [00:02:18] Book: So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, by Cal Newport. [00:02:54] Book: Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal Newport. [00:03:43] Book: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, by Cal Newport. [00:04:17] Joshua Fields Millburn; The Minimalists Podcast, featuring Christopher Kelly and Dr. Tommy Wood: Health Problems. [00:04:42] Brad Stulberg; Podcast featuring Brad; Book: The Passion Paradox: A Guide to Going All In, Finding Success, and Discovering the Benefits of an Unbalanced Life, by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness. [00:05:39] Book: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. [00:06:37] The myth of preexisting passion. [00:07:50] We didn't sign up for this. [00:08:32] Why we’re always looking at our phones. [00:12:26] Social media as an arms race for your attention. [00:13:56] Evolutionary psychology; attention engineers. [00:14:29] BJ Fogg's Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford. [00:14:56] Tristan Harris; Adam Alter. [00:15:52] Effects of intermittent reinforcement on behavior and dopamine. [00:16:47] Video: Dopamine Jackpot! Sapolsky on the Science of Pleasure. [00:17:19] Minimalism; Marcus Aurelius; Henry David Thoreau (author of Walden); Voluntary Simplicity; Marie Kondo. [00:19:01] Digital hoarding. [00:24:17] Digital decluttering: Stepping away from optional personal technology for 30 days. [00:26:29] Book: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. [00:28:27] Boredom as a drive that gets us to do things that have meaning and value. [00:32:24] Book: Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection, by John Cacioppo. [00:33:11] Book: Lead Yourself First: Inspiring Leadership Through Solitude, by Raymond M. Kethledge and Michael S. Erwin. [00:38:58] Connection vs communication. [00:44:56] Josh Turknett’s Intelligence Unshackled Podcast; Podcast with Josh: The Migraine Miracle. [00:46:30] The effects of technology on biology. [00:48:55] Digital Declutter Experiment for 30 days: step away, you get back in touch with what matters, use that as the foundation for very carefully rebuilding your digital life. [00:53:44] Conversation office hours. [00:57:46] Craftsman's approach to deciding whether or not to use a tool. [01:02:18] Article: Neuroscientists can predict decisions 11 seconds before we make them, based on this study: Koenig-Robert, Roger, and Joel Pearson. "Decoding the contents and strength of imagery before volitional engagement." Scientific reports9.1 (2019): 3504. [01:02:45] Will this have any impact? What's next? [01:05:31] Apple Screen Time reports. [01:08:30] Upcoming book: A World Without Email (tentative title). [01:15:15] Cal's website.

Welcome to the third Neuromantics podcast, brought to you by Sophie Scott and Will Eaves. In this month's edition, we're looking at visual representation, mental imagery, and the relationship between sensory awareness in humans and the cultivated idea of an “inner world”. Topics covered, uncovered, and discovered, include the gulf between visual and spatial recognition, how visualisation is linked to making things, the proximity of aesthetics to task specialisation, Impressionism, Milton's blindness, and watching and acting in the work of the gay writer Saki (H. H. Munro).The two publications under discussion are: “The Blind Mind: No Sensory Visual Imagery in Aphantasia”, by Rebecca Keogh and Joel Pearson, (Cortex 105, 2018, 53–60: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945217303581?via%3Dihub) and “The Lumber Room” (1914), by Saki (http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/LumRoo.shtml).

I recently "came out of the closet" as a tentative Young Earth Creationist, and so I asked Joel if he'd like to discuss it. He agreed and this is our friendly chat. Joel and Alan's "Religious Debate" channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHwNX-klDnvIXymowyJaunw

Alan Kinsey invited me to discuss my God with Joel Pearson on their "Religious Debate" YouTube channel. I met them both in the comments section of my own channel's Aron Ra episode. They were friendly and courteous hosts and I really enjoyed the exchange.

Michael Found returns home to pay respects to his brother Thomas at his funeral, but something doesn't feel quite right.To download, right-click here and then click Save Huge "Thank You!" to all of the generous donors to the "Ken Scholes Meets Edgar Allan Poe" Kickstarter!! Rish Outfield Hugh Blair Joel Pearson James, Mostly Harmless Craig Christensen Jennifer Shael Hawman Chris Munroe Hugh O'Donnell Gino Moretto Bria Burton Chad Koehnen Kevin Kaatz John Higham Donna R. Barnard John A. Pitts Keith Teklits Wilson Flowlie Abbigail Hilton Jeremy Carter Keith Rainey Mike Bassett Dave Thompson Tom Tancredi Jonathan Leggo Herb Petro Ken Scholes grew up in a trailer outside a smallish logging town not far from the base of Mount Rainier in the Pacific Northwest.  Baptized into Story at a young age, he fed himself on Speed Racer, Time Tunnel, Land of the Giants and Marine Boy sprinkled with a generous dose of dinosaur picture books.  When he was thirteen, he read Bradbury's essay "How to Keep and Feed a Muse" and knew he had to be a writer. When he was fourteen, he started writing stories of his own and by fifteen, he had started his own Rejection Slip Collection. After a long break away from writing, Ken returned to it after logging time as a sailor, soldier, preacher, musician, label gun repairman, retail manager and nonprofit director. He sold his first story to Talebones Magazine in 2000 and won the Writers of the Future contest in 2004. His quirky, offbeat fiction continues to show up in various magazines and anthologies like Polyphony 6, Weird Tales and Clarkesworld Magazine.In 2006, his short story "Of Metal Men and Scarlet Thread and Dancing with the Sunrise" appeared in the August issue of Realms of Fantasy. Later that year, inspired and taunted by his friends and family to finally write a novel, Ken extended that story and Lamentation was born. Lamentation is the first in a five book series from Tor Books called The Psalms of Isaak.  He has since also written Canticle, Antiphon, and Requiem in that series.Ken lives near Portland, Oregon, with his amazing wonder-wife Jen West Scholes and their twin daughters: Elizabeth and Rachel.  If you'd like to know more about Ken, you can  contact him through his website.Cast of characters:Graeme Dunlop (of Podcastle) as Michael FoundRenee Chambliss as VictoriaJulie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard) as Sandra MatthewsWilson Fowlie as Thomas FoundMusic used in this production:"Awaiting Return", "Virtutes Vocis", and "Rumination" by Kevin MacLeodRealated Links:Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine ShowSeveral sound effects were found at freesound.org.Theme music: Liberator by Man In SpaceTo comment on this story, journey on over to the Forums

A Few weeks ago we threw our first Party, Swerve Presents: Bon Voyage. We recorded and broadcasted all of our sets live from the venue via Bondi Beach Radio. The evening was a night of memories and love, as we sent off our Founding member and all round mad dog... Kieren Hellmore in style. Here is the set from Scatterbrain aka Joel Pearson, an official badman on the decks, he rips through a set of brooding, dark, bass heavy goodness sure to ripple ya chestplate. Check it out!

Pianist and musical director Joel Pearson talks about the importance of good musical arrangements and shares a few tips for aspiring cabaret artistes.