How do brains slip so easily from the real world into made up worlds? What do authors of great literature have in common with stage magicians and comedians? What does any of this have to do with cognitive shortcuts, prediction machines, Marcel Proust, Toni Morrison, Jane Austen, or why jokes are always structured in threes? Join Eagleman this week for a conversation with his Stanford colleague Joshua Landy as they discuss brains on story.

How do brains slip so easily from the real world into made up worlds? What do authors of great literature have in common with stage magicians and comedians? What does any of this have to do with cognitive shortcuts, prediction machines, Marcel Proust, Toni Morrison, Jane Austen, or why jokes are always structured in threes? Join Eagleman this week for a conversation with his Stanford colleague Joshua Landy as they discuss brains on story.

Neuroscientist and author David Eagleman discusses how our brain interprets the world and what that means for us. Through storytelling, research, interviews, and experiments, David Eagleman tackles wild questions that illuminate new facets of our lives and our realities.

Neuroscientist and author David Eagleman discusses how our brain interprets the world and what that means for us. Through storytelling, research, interviews, and experiments, David Eagleman tackles wild questions that illuminate new facets of our lives and our realities.

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

Ep107 "Why do brains love stories?" (with Joshua Landy)

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/9535183a-59e1-4ed7-b094-b2f0005a7fc2/transcript

Week 2 of Mental Health Awareness month: Anxiety is close to everyone’s experience, either because you've had it or someone close to you has. Does your brain accidentally teach itself to stay anxious by looping on the same fears? Is anxiety helping you perform better, or does it make everything harder? Is it possible to unlearn worry the same way you learned it? Join Eagleman with Dr. Jud Brewer, who suffered with anxiety as a young man... and then became a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies anxiety and developed a very different approach to its treatment.

Week 2 of Mental Health Awareness month: Anxiety is close to everyone&rsquo;s experience, either because you've had it or someone close to you has. Does your brain accidentally teach itself to stay anxious by looping on the same fears? Is anxiety helping you perform better, or does it make everything harder? Is it possible to unlearn worry the same way you learned it? Join Eagleman with Dr. Jud Brewer, who suffered with anxiety as a young man... and then became a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies anxiety and developed a very different approach to its treatment.

Ep153 Can You Unlearn Anxiety? with Judson Brewer

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/431b3d95-508a-41b4-9f45-b447007e3a90/transcript

What do you do when your own mind stops feeling safe? How does a person sing on stage while panicking inside? How do you catch your thoughts before they catch you? Join Eagleman with singer/songwriter Jewel to talk about mental health: the battles she’s lived, the wisdom she’s earned, and the lives she’s helping shape. This episode kicks off Mental Health Awareness month, when we’re reminded to look directly at what is typically hidden. A troubled mind with stormy weather can often remain dark; join us this month to bring some light.

What do you do when your own mind stops feeling safe? How does a person sing on stage while panicking inside? How do you catch your thoughts before they catch you? Join Eagleman with singer/songwriter Jewel to talk about mental health: the battles she&rsquo;s lived, the wisdom she&rsquo;s earned, and the lives she&rsquo;s helping shape. This episode kicks off&nbsp;Mental Health Awareness month, when we&rsquo;re reminded to look directly at what is typically hidden.&nbsp;A troubled mind with stormy weather can often remain dark; join us this month to bring some light.

Ep152 "How do you survive your own thoughts?" with Jewel

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/8565d3a9-4965-4407-9e3e-b43f016b66f7/transcript

Why do we generally feel like the world is getting worse, when by almost all measures it’s getting better? How do ideas "have sex”, and why does that matter for innovation? Why do brains tend to systematically misread the future? What if optimism is a more rational stance than pessimism? If innovation isn’t primarily about lone geniuses, what’s it really about? Join Eagleman with scientist and author Matt Ridley to explore what it means to be, in Ridley’s phrasing, a "rational optimist".

Why do we generally feel like the world is getting worse, when by almost all measures it&rsquo;s getting better? How do ideas "have sex&rdquo;, and why does that matter for innovation? Why do brains tend to systematically misread the future? What if optimism is a more rational stance than pessimism? If innovation isn&rsquo;t primarily about lone geniuses, what&rsquo;s it really about? Join Eagleman&nbsp;with scientist and author Matt Ridley to explore what it means to be, in Ridley&rsquo;s phrasing, a "rational optimist".

Ep151 "Can One Be a Rational Optimist About the World?" with Matt Ridley

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/daf00257-bf56-4e14-8c54-b43901058d20/transcript

Ep107 "Why do brains love stories?" (with Joshua Landy)

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