BS 149 "Happy Brain" with Dr. Dean Burnett

Brain Science with Ginger Campbell, MD: Neuroscience for Everyone

Ginger Campbell, MD

Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Neuroscience, Medicine, Brain, Science

4.8 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Brain Science 149 is an episode for listeners of all backgrounds. It is an interview with Dr. Dean Burnett, author of Happy Brain: Where Happiness Comes From, and Why. We look beyond the hype about dopamine and consider how our social nature impacts our happiness.

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0:00.0	This is brain science, the podcast that explores how recent discoveries in
0:08.0	neuroscience are helping unravel the mystery of how our brains make us human. I'm your host Dr. Ginger Campbell and this is
0:16.6	episode 149. I call this the show for everyone who has brain, because my goal is to make brain science accessible to everyone regardless of your background.
0:30.0	Recently, we've had some fairly technical episodes so wanted to take a break with a rather unusual guest.
0:37.5	Dr. Dean Burnett is the author of two popular books, The Idiot Brain and Happy Brain.
0:44.3	Hopefully those titles give you a clue that Dr. Burnett is not the typical
0:49.4	neuroscientist.
0:51.1	His hobby is actually stand-up comedy. In this month's interview we will focus on
0:56.5	happy brain and explore the fascinating question of how do our brains make us happy?
1:04.0	As always, you will find complete show notes and episode transcripts on our website at
1:09.4	brainscience podcast.com
1:12.0	and you can send me feedback at brain science podcast at gmail
1:15.6	dot com. I will be back after the interview to review a few key ideas and to give
1:21.8	you an update on next year's trip to Australia.
1:26.3	And also I want to tell you about an event that I'm going to be attending in Boston this
1:31.9	November.
1:33.0	Welcome to Brain Science, Dean.
1:35.0	Great to have you on the show.
1:40.0	Yes, thanks, Army.
1:41.0	I was appreciated.
1:42.0	Any invite is was good.
1:44.0	Can you start out by just telling us a little bit about yourself?
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