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Chasing Life

Answering Your Burning Questions About The Brain

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

How can we test our brain health? What happens to the brain during pregnancy? And how easily does the brain heal from alcohol? On today’s episode, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, answers listener’s questions about the inner workings of the brain, and shares what he has learned after decades in the operating room and reporting on this powerful, 3.5 pound organ. Plus, Dr. Gupta shares his top tips for keeping sharp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

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0:11.5

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0:14.0

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0:18.0

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0:20.0

Bluetooth and internet connection required.

0:22.0

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0:23.8

your phone and Chromebook.

0:27.7

This season of the podcast I set out to explore what I think is the most fascinating the most enigmatic and mysterious part of our human

0:35.8

anatomy. It's that part of our bodies that dictates how we learn and how we feel and how we move.

0:42.3

It's basically who we are at our core, the brain.

0:47.0

Long time listeners of the show already know that I've been fascinated by the inner workings of the brain

0:54.9

since childhood. It all started when I was pretty young. I was worried about my grandfather's dementia.

1:01.2

But ever since then and throughout my career as a brain surgeon, I've always wondered, how can we build a stronger brain?

1:09.0

How do we keep our brain sharp? How do we keep it more resilient, less likely to develop problems as we age?

1:16.0

I have dedicated my life to exploring these questions and trying to answer them. I've written

1:21.2

books, I've poured over the latest research so it probably came as no

1:25.3

surprise to you when I decided to dive even deeper into the inner workings of the

1:30.2

brain for this season of the podcast. Think of it as a professional privilege, an opportunity

1:36.3

for me to bring my two worlds together. And collectively, we explored many things. For example, what does it mean to have a distracted brain?

1:46.0

Can anyone maximize their attentiveness, their attentive brain?

1:52.0

Yes, I absolutely think so.

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