David Eagleman
@davideagleman
Neuroscientist at Stanford, NYT bestselling author, Writer/host of The Brain. #1# Science Podcast: Inner Cosmos.
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Donning a wearable is easy -- but what signals should you look for? Find out this week with Michael Snyder (@SnyderShot), Stanford genetics professor & pioneer of self-quantification.
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What might you inexpensively measure about the invisible states of your body? Join me this week with Michael Snyder (@SnyderShot), Stanford genetics professor & pioneer of self-quantification, to understand what it means to know thyself.
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Our Brain Treats Corporations Like Individual People -- via @bigthink
How can you inexpensively quantify the secret signals of your body & how does this improve your health? Join me this week with data pioneer Michael Snyder (@SnyderShot) to understand what it means today to know thyself.
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The real reason to learn a second language:
- Bilingual kids have lower vocabulary in each language than monolingual kids, practice volume matters
- Google Translate is not Google Relate, fluency builds real human connection
- The struggle itself is the point: forcing your brain to work builds cognitive flexibility
- Immersion + motivation = fastest path to fluency
Dr. David Eaglemen (@davideagleman) on @hubermanlab
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How can collecting massive data improve health? Join me this week with Michael Snyder @SnyderShot), Stanford genetics professor & pioneer of self-quantification, to understand what it means to know thyself.
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Can you quantify yourself to improve your health? Join me this week with Michael Snyder (@SnyderShot), Stanford professor & pioneer in massive data, to understand what happens when healthcare expands from a snapshot of your body to a movie.
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How do differences in our nervous systems (whether from genetics or experience) change how we experience choices in the world? Join me this week as we explore differences in the inner cosmos.
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Is there a difference between wanting and liking? Join Inner Cosmos this week with eating disorder advocate Paige Gordon.
Can water coming out of a hose appear to flow backward? Why do car wheels sometimes spin the wrong way on TV? What do these illusions have to do w the camera? See me and Wired's Robbie Gonzalez decipher several tricks of our visual systems.
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What's an eating disorder like from the inside? Join me this week with advocate Paige Gordon as we talk about why two people facing the same choice can feel different urges.
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What is food noise? What does it have to do with eating disorders? Join me this week with Paige Gordon, eating disorder advocate, to dive into why some urges feel irresistible & different brains make different choices.
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Why the Clean Air Act may have done more to lower crime than any other piece of legislation. #LeadAndCrime#
Can life be very different inside different heads? Join me this week for a conversation about brains and eating disorders, with guest Paige Gordon.
Why curiosity is a prerequisite for long-term memory:
- Brain plasticity spikes when curiosity and engagement are present
- That neurochemical cocktail makes information stick long-term
- Old model: teacher dumps info you may never need (Battle of Hastings, 1066)
- New model: kids get answers the moment they want them, retention is far higher
- Access to TED Talks, search, and AI means knowledge compounds faster than ever
@davideagleman on @hubermanlab
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Why are we quick to turn disorders into moral judgments? Do we treat someone with cancer differently than we do someone with bulimia? Join me and eating disorder advocate Paige Gordon to dive into why different brains make different choices.
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Your Time-Bending Brain -- via @bigthink
Why can't we assume that reality is the same inside different heads? And what does this have to do with eating disorders? Join me this week with advocate Paige Gordon to dive into why different brains are driven to different choices.
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What will we do about radiation exposure & different day-night cycles on Mars? Join Inner Cosmos this week for a mind-bending exploration with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon (@scottesolomon), author of "Becoming Martian".
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What basic Earthly experiences will blow the mind of a Martian human? Join Inner Cosmos this week for a mind-bending exploration with evolutionary biologist Scott Solomon (@scottesolomon), author of "Becoming Martian".
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