Brain Health & Neurology | Exploring Cognitive Function & Attention With Dr. René Marois
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 February 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The human brain is a mystery that scientists are still attempting to unravel. Many experts say that we know far more about the nature of the Universe than we know about the brain. Is this true? If so, what makes this wrinkly gray organ so complex? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. René Marois to discuss the neural basis of attention in humans – a fascinating topic that we are only just beginning to understand…
Dr. Marois is a Professor of Psychology and the Winkelried Family Chair in Neuroscience at Vanderbilt University. He also heads up the Human Information Processing Laboratory at Vanderbilt, where he researches the relationship between attention, working memory, and awareness.
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- The relationship between the brain and the mind.
- Why humans are inherently bad at multitasking.
- Various brain-based limitations.
- How to expand your ability to be neuroflexible.
You can follow along with Dr. Marois's Human Information Processing Laboratory here!
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| 0:30.0 | This is the Finding Genius Podcast. |
| 0:33.0 | That is Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius Podcast, |
| 0:41.0 | now part of the Frontenious Foundation. |
| 0:43.0 | My guest is Renee Mahwa, PhD. |
| 0:45.0 | He's a professor of psychology. |
| 0:47.0 | He's the Winkle Reed family chair in neuroscience. |
| 0:50.0 | We're going to talk about his work in the Mawrab. They deal with two main topics. |
| 0:54.6 | They focus on understanding the neural basis of attention in humans. They use tools like |
| 0:59.0 | fMRI and things like that. They're also looking to understand the neural basis of |
| 1:03.2 | the limits of your ability to pay attention why can we only you know attend to a few |
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| 1:10.8 | know unintended and they and welcome Renee. |
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