Hey, it's Manouche here and today we've got a little something extra for you because we know

you Ted listeners love to hear and talk about neuroscience. So this is from our friend,

the psychologist Adam Grant. You've heard him on the show here before. Well, he also has his

own podcasts, including one called rethinking with Adam Grant. And we thought you'd really enjoy

this episode where he talks to neuroscientist Chantal Pratt. And she dispels all kinds of things

that you thought you knew about your brain, which are actually myths. There's definitely some

surprises in here. So please enjoy. Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant. Welcome back to rethinking.

My podcast on the science of what makes us tick. I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm

taking you inside the minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.

My guest today is cognitive neuroscientist Chantal Pratt. Her research is one numerous awards

and has been funded by the NIH and the Navy. She specializes in making sense of how our brains

differ, how we think, and how we learn languages. Her debut book is The Neuroscience of You,

which is the smartest and funniest book I've read on the brain. It gave me a bunch of light bulb

moments about my brain. So I thought it was time to talk to her about it. I mean, honestly,

we could do this podcast just with me reading your book and laughing out loud. The humor.

Oh my gosh, that would be awesome. I would pay for that. I definitely got some strange looks.

What are you reading and why are you laughing at a neuroscience book? How did this happen?

I like to violate expectations. I mean, I guess I don't like to, but I do very frequently. So

that's the laynight inhabit. So, Madness will go with it. So how does one become a neuroscientist,

a psychologist, and a linguist? Well, I started out with a very specific question and that is how

to understand how brains make people the unique individuals they are. And that question

lives at the intersection between psychology and neuroscience. On average, people who live in

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