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Your Brain Is Not for Thinking
Your Brain Is Not for Thinking
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Length:
24 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
...and 7 other lessons about the command center that runs all our body's systems. Lisa Feldman Barret, professor of psychology at Northeastern University and a director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory there, talks about how the 128 billion neurons in the brain act like the air traffic control system. They are knit together into a pattern that's capable of a remarkable range of functions, from satisfying thirst to making morally responsible choices. Plus... Why Plato was wrong about the brain. https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/
Released:
Jun 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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