The Behavioral Design Podcast

Lessons About the Brain with Lisa Feldman Barrett

Apr 21, 2021

54:26

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Lisa Feldman Barrett

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Episode notes

Is Your Brain Predicting What's Going to Happen?

05:18

Petiesti

02:13

Your Brain's Most Important Job Is Budgeting

04:35

Introduction

2min

How Did You Get Started?

6min

I'm Inherently a Skeptic, and I Don't Take Anyone's Word for Anything

3min

Why Do Creatures Have Brains?

3min

Your Brain's Most Important Job Is Budgeting

5min

Is Your Brain Predicting What's Going to Happen?

5min

The Consequences of Past Experiences

2min

How Your Brain Predicts a Snake

5min

Petiesti

2min

10.

Are You Connecting Emotions to Predictions?

4min

11.

Are You Anxious?

6min

12.

Overrated Versus Underrated

2min

13.

Is Dual Process Theory Overrated?

3min

14.

Is Buddhism Overrated?

3min

15.

The Most Underrated Lesson From Zino's Book

3min

16.

What Does Responsibility Mean to You?

2min

This episode features a profound conversation with world-renowned neuroscientist and psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett. Lisa is among the top 1% of most-cited scientists in the world, with over 240 peer-reviewed scientific papers contributing to her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. Outside of the lab, she's a best-selling author and her popular TED talk has more than 6 million views. TLDR: Lisa is a rockstar 🤘.

We cover several interesting topics, including why your brain is not for thinking, how prediction becomes reality, why most people are wrong in how they think about emotions, the best type of chocolate (spoiler: dark), and much more. Enjoy!

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