Dr. David Eagleman, PhD, is a neuroscientist, bestselling author and professor at Stanford University. We discuss how to leverage the science of neuroplasticity to learn new skills and information and how accurate and false memories form and are forgotten. We also discuss time perception and why it speeds up or slows down depending on our age and stress level. We cover dreaming and the meaning of visual and other dream content. And we discuss the neuroscience of cultural and political polarization and how to remedy it. This episode provides science-based knowledge and practical tools you can use to enhance learning and better understand your experience of life in the past, present and future.
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*Timestamps*
00:00:00 David Eagleman
00:02:35 Neuroplasticity & Learning; Cortex, Flexibility & Repurposing, Savantism
00:11:07 Sponsors: Mateina & Rorra
00:13:27 Specialization vs Diversification, Practice; Internet & Curiosity
00:22:05 Building a Well-Rounded Brain, Tool: Critical Thinking & Creativity
00:28:18 Neuroplasticity & Adults, Tools: Novelty & Challenge
00:32:41 Neuromodulators & Plasticity, Psychedelics; Directed Plasticity
00:38:50 Sponsor: AG1
00:39:41 Building a Better Future Self, Tool: Ulysses Contract to Avoid Bad Behaviors
00:50:13 Brain Chatter, Aphantasia & Practice
00:56:57 Specialization vs Diverse Experience, Childhood & Brain
01:00:50 Space & Time Perception, Tool: Space-Time Bridging Meditation
01:06:17 Are We Good at Estimating Time?; Fear, Time & Memory
01:11:23 Sponsor: Lingo
01:12:53 Fearful Situations & Time Perception; Joyful Events & Novelty, Tool: Do Things Differently
01:18:56 Staying in the Present, Mental Illness & Time Domains, Addiction
01:27:09 Social Media, Addiction, Curiosity
01:30:51 Vision & Auditory Deficits, Sensory Substitution, Neosensory Wristband
01:35:26 Sponsor: Function
01:37:13 Sensory Reliance, Echolocation, Potato Head Theory, Sensory Addition
01:41:36 Why We Dream, Vision & Neuroplasticity, REM Sleep, Blindness
01:49:55 Victims, Fear, Memory Drift & Recall, Eyewitness Testimony & Jury Education
01:56:10 Kids vs Adults, Memory Manipulation; Photos
01:59:27 Polarization, In vs Out Groups, Empathy; Fairness
02:06:31 Polarization, Reward vs Punishment; Propaganda, Language, Complexification
02:19:27 Current Projects; Acknowledgements
02:21:44 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter
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