Brainy Authors - What Do You Want People to Take Away From Neuroscience?

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Lisa Feldman Barrett's new book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain, is out now. Pink: "I want people to have fun with neuroscience" Barrett: "You are more responsible for your behavior than you might know or like" You can also use neuroscience to think about the kind of human that you want to be.

If you managed to stay awake during Bio 101, then you probably think you have a basic understanding of how your brain works. Not so, says neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett. In this cerebral yet highly entertaining conversation with Next Big Idea Club curator Daniel Pink, Lisa says our brains are made for budgeting, not thinking. She debunks the myth of the lizard brain. And she makes the far-out claim that everything you see and hear, including this podcast, is a hallucination.