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#52: Brain Fitness, Biofeedback & Nootropics - Andrew Hill, PhD
FromThe FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology
#52: Brain Fitness, Biofeedback & Nootropics - Andrew Hill, PhD
FromThe FitMind Podcast: Mental Fitness, Neuroscience & Psychology
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75 minutes
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
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Dr. Andrew Hill is a neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and biohacker. He's the Founder of Peak Brain Institute, a brain fitness center, and Lead Neuroscientist at TruBrain, a nootropics company. Dr. Hill holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from UCLA and is best known for his mission to bring the brain-hacking technology of neurofeedback into mainstream practice. His community-oriented company Peak Brain Institute teaches brain-training from a fitness perspective and uses EEG neurofeedback and QEEG brain mapping designed to help people enhance cognitive performance. Topics in this episode include neurofeedback, a NASA study on cat brains, how brainwaves work, debunking the stoned ape hypothesis, the "god spot" in the brain, aging well, altered states of consciousness, brain gyms, the future of neuroscience technology, and why Elon musk may be wasting his time trying to get to Mars.
Released:
Aug 18, 2020
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Podcast episode
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