Brené with David Eagleman on The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain

Unlocking Us with Brené Brown

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Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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David Eagleman is a neuroscientist, New York Times bestselling author, TED speaker, and Guggenheim Fellow, and in this episode, we talk all about the brain and how it works. It’s mysterious, malleable, constantly changing, and up for new challenges. We dig deeper into the research in his book Livewired: The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain on the power of being uncomfortable and trying new things and how important new experiences are for continued brain development and health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone I'm Brinay Brown and this is unlocking us.
0:03.2	In this episode I am talking with my friend Dr David Eagleman.
0:10.4	He's a neuroscientist, a New York Times best-selling author, a Ted speaker, and a
0:15.9	Guggenheim fellow. And he has done some incredible research over the decades
0:21.4	about the brain and how it works. And I can tell you right now that I am a
0:27.3	firm believer that we will never know everything there is to know about the brain. I think some of that is just
0:32.0	reserved under the category of
0:34.4	forever mysterious. But I do believe we're learning more and more important things
0:41.8	about the brain and how we can live and make choices in ways that make
0:49.6	us healthier and not just physically healthier but neurobiologically healthier.
0:54.9	We're going to talk about David's new book, LiveWired, the Inside Story of the Ever Changing
0:59.2	Brain.
1:01.0	And we're going to talk about one of my weird favorite topics, which is neuroplasticity.
1:05.6	Is the brain malleable?
1:07.9	Does it stay malleable?
1:09.5	And if so, what does it take to do that?
1:11.8	I think you're going to love this conversation. It
1:15.0	actually changed a couple of my habits. You're at a place you just discovered
1:19.7	and being an American Express Platinum card member with Global Dining Access by Resi
1:25.0	helped you score tickets to quite the dining experience.
1:29.0	Oh, okay, chef.
1:31.0	You're looking at something you've never seen before, much less tasted.
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