The Neuroscience of Voodoo Dolls, Vampires & Zombies

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

Braintrauma, Healthtips, Sleep, Obesity, Anxiety, Braininjury, Depression, Ptsd, Mentalhealth, Mood, Brainhealth, Health & Fitness, Energy, Disease, Addiction, Mental Health, Healthadvice, Adhd, Memory, Focus

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode of the Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen take a fun look at the neuroscience behind some of the ghost stories in American folklore and mythology. Tales of vampires, zombies, and voodoo dolls have become deeply embedded in our culture, populating our books, movies, and TV shows. It’s all fiction, or course, but the real-life origins behind these legends just might surprise you.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman.
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0:49.6	Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast.
0:58.0	Well, today is going to be really interesting. We're going to talk about the neuroscience of voodoo dolls, zombies, and vampires.
1:04.4	And it's not what you think.
1:07.8	So I like, this is really funny
1:09.7	because I've always been fascinated and curious
1:12.3	why our society is fascinated and curious why our society is fascinated and curious with all of
1:16.6	this American folklore and I've never understood why all of our television shows are
1:21.3	going toward this so we went on a trip to New Orleans,
1:24.2	and it started to become clear to me,
1:25.8	and this is fascinating.
1:27.2	But before we do that, I want to read one thing really quickly
1:30.9	because we got like sort of overloaded and
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