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E60: Confidence & Why Your Beliefs Matter (with Professor Ian Robertson)
The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
The Curse of Genetic Fatalism and the Importance of Neuroplasticity
This chapter discusses the curse of genetic fatalism and its impact on people's confidence in their ability to change. The speaker reflects on their frustration with the lack of scientific rationale in psychiatry and clinical psychology, and emphasizes the importance of neuroplasticity and the reorganizability of the human brain. They also discuss the application of behavioral learning principles to dementia treatment and their efforts to escape the belief that all behaviors are predetermined by genes or early experiences.
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