Daniel Lieberman | How a Single Chemical in Your Brain Drives Love, Sex, and Creativity―and Will Determine the Fate of the Human Race
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
Srinivas Rao
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2020
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Join us on Unmistakable Creative as we delve into the mind of Daniel Lieberman, a distinguished professor and vice chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University. In this episode, Lieberman unravels the mystery of a single neurotransmitter in our brain that drives our desires, decisions, emotions, and behaviors. This fascinating hormone propels us to chase the future we yearn for, often without our conscious realization.
Lieberman, the author of 'The Molecule of More,' provides an in-depth exploration of how this molecule influences our lives. From our personal relationships to our professional pursuits, this hormone plays a pivotal role in shaping our experiences. Lieberman's insights are not just theoretical; they are practical, offering us a unique lens to view our actions and motivations.
In addition to his academic achievements, Lieberman is a recipient of the Caron Foundation Research Award and has published over 50 scientific reports on behavioral science. His expertise has been sought by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the US Department of Commerce, and the Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy. Tune in to this episode to uncover the power of this 'molecule of more' and how it shapes our lives.
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| 0:00.0 | From the point of view of our brain the world is divided into two domains which we call the pari-personal and the extra personal. |
| 0:08.5 | The pari-personal is the three-dimensional space around you that's within arms reach. |
| 0:14.0 | The extra-personal space is everywhere else in the universe |
| 0:18.0 | that's outside arms reach. |
| 0:21.0 | And that represents things that you don't own, you don't have and you don't |
| 0:24.8 | control. These two spaces are processed by the brain in very different ways. From |
| 0:31.5 | the brain's perspective there's a fundamental difference between resources that you have and those that you don't have but need. |
| 0:40.0 | And so the brain created two very different sets of circuits |
| 0:44.8 | to manage the pari-personal versus the extra-personal. |
| 0:49.8 | Now, interacting with the extra- space is coordinated by one brain chemical, and that is dopamine. I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable Creative Podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements, built thriving businesses, written best-selling books, and created |
| 1:14.8 | insanely interesting art. |
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| 1:49.0 | Daniel, welcome to the Animasakable Creative. |
| 1:50.0 | Thanks so much for taking the time to join us. |
| 1:52.0 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:53.0 | Yeah, it is my pleasure to have you here. |
| 1:55.0 | So I actually came across your work because I stumbled up on your book, |
| 1:58.0 | The Molecule of More, when I was browsing through Amazon, and when I saw that somebody had actually done a deep dive into the neuroscience of dopamine which |
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