In this episode of the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Jean Gomes and Scott Allender talk to Dr Joe Barnby. Joe is a computational neuroscientist, assistant professor at Royal Holloway in London where he leads the social computation and cognitive representation (SoCCR) lab, and the founder of Senscapes. Through his research, Joe is working to develop better theories of the brain and behavioural basis of social interaction, and how these might be used to explain and treat psychiatric and neurological  disorders.  0.00 Introduction2.49 Can you give us an overview of your work?7.28 Can you explain how these mathematical models are built?10.28 What are you learning from this about people with an open mindset versus a fixed mindset?14.36 In some of your recent work you mention that there’s been a shift in how neuroscientists and psychologists look at social cognition and how it operates. Can you take us through some of the underlying ideas in this shift of thinking?17.42 What do we do with the output of this work?21.14 What are the moral implications?23.58 In the past you have described the possibility of being able to analyse the nature of an individual’s social threat from others enabling us to build healthier teams. Can you tell us about that?26.15 When we think about how an individual makes sense of the world, they are triangulating between their physical, emotional and all the other senses that are creating this map of the world plus the predictive element of it. How do you start to make sense of that huge amount of complexity and where are we on the journey of being able to capture that complexity?34.49 In your recent research, have you had any ah-ha moments in terms of making progress with those building blocks?39.34 What are the key pieces of insight that someone listening could take from with them from this conversation?41.42 Tell us about Senscapes.46.29 Where will your research go in 2023?49.35 Through the work that you’ve carried out, what have you learnt about yourself and how have you put those learnings into practice? Social: Instagram           @evolvingleader LinkedIn             The Evolving Leader Podcast Twitter               @Evolving_Leader The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU!https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EvolvingLeader/