What Happens When You Get Surprised Learn Instantly

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The evolutionary reservoir what we're left with is when you get surprised learn instantly because learning instantly favored our ancestors. Of course not all surprises now are imminent danger or immense opportunity. So that's the spike says stop it just screams alert alert alert phase two is slow dopamine.

In this episode, Micheal Rousell, author of The Power of Surprise, explains the science of surprise at the level of neurons and brain structures, and then talk about how surprises often lead to the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves, the different personal narratives that guide our behaviors and motivations and goals, and, perhaps most importantly, our willingness to be surprised again so that we can change and grow.

In the show, you will how we can use the current understanding of how surprise leads to learning, and how learning depends on interpretation, to improve our lives, and the lives of others