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THE BRAIN: A User’s Guide to the Blob Between Your Ears

THE BRAIN: A User’s Guide to the Blob Between Your Ears

FromThe Next Big Idea


THE BRAIN: A User’s Guide to the Blob Between Your Ears

FromThe Next Big Idea

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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

If you managed to stay awake during Bio 101, then you probably think you have a basic understanding of how your brain works. Not so, says neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett. In this cerebral yet highly entertaining conversation with Next Big Idea Club curator Daniel Pink, Lisa says our brains are made for budgeting, not thinking. She debunks the myth of the lizard brain. And she makes the far-out claim that everything you see and hear, including this podcast, is a hallucination.
Released:
Mar 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Next Big Idea is a weekly series of in-depth interviews with the world’s leading thinkers. Join our host, Rufus Griscom — along with our curators, Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — for conversations that might just change the way you see the world. New episodes every Thursday.