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April 09, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
Puppet Show: Are emotions in the brain?
Luiz Pessoa's argument for the feedback between lower and higher brain function
How the regions of the brain evolved to interact
"The content problem" in the neuroscience of emotion and cognition
Are the common fears of snakes and spiders "hard-wired," and how?
What brain mapping fails to tell us about cognition
Rami's research on prosopagnosia (face blindness) and emotional cognition
August 25, 2017 — Robert Wright & Lisa Feldman Barrett
Emotions and the Brain
Lisa's new book How Emotions are Made
Can we truly feel an emotion before we can name it?
Is it true that the !Kung people feel no fear?
Fear in the body, the brain, and in concept
Do animals have emotions as we know them?
Lisa's advice for young scientists: Keep it empirical
December 06, 2017 — Noah Rasheta & Ellen Leanse
Emotions and the Brain
Ellen's new book The Happiness Hack as an owner's guide to the human brain
Distraction as a "dopamine hijack"
Conditioning the mind for happiness
The neurology behind self-inflicted emotional wounds
How to change happiness from "destination" to "journey"
Ellen's tips for "hacking into" contentment and purpose
May 15, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
Are emotions cultural or physiological?
Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett's argument for emotion-via-culture
Why social construct theory is all the rage today
Rami's thoughts on self-help psychology
Rami: Pets teach us that emotional connection predates language
What makes emotions adaptive to environment?
Stephen and Rami review the Jaak Panksepp Memorial Symposium
What neuroscientists say about the brain's unpredictability
December 12, 2016 — Josh Summers & Sara Lazar
Are the benefits of mindfulness exaggerated?
Meditation and our "neuroplastic" brains
How meditation alters the fear response
Why studying mindfulness is hard
Mindfulness is about more than being in the moment
Advice for the anti-Trump crowd from meditation teachers
July 20, 2018 — Robert Wright & Robin Hanson
The Wright Show
Why Robin's head will be severed and frozen upon his death
Robin used the phrase "redistribution of sex" and people got mad
Robin defends his controversial blog post about rape and cuckoldry
Robin's book about our selfish motives, The Elephant in the Brain
Laughter as a signal about norm violation
Robin: Politics is about proving your loyalty to your side
What's the real reason we engage in conversation?
December 05, 2015 — David Bryce Yaden & Roy Hamilton
Science of Spirituality
Roy explains non-invasive brain stimulation
Assessing the safety of this technology
Can brain stimulation make you smarter?
Does increasing memory decrease creativity?
The possibility of unlocking savant-like abilities
An ethical question about cognitive enhancement
August 23, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
What is pleasure, and what isn't?
How human will fits into philosophies of pleasure
Addiction, brain chemistry, and the lies we tell ourselves
Why are some people more prone to addiction than others?
Addiction as a disease of deprivation
Antonio Demasio's new book that rethinks culture and the roots of consciousness
May 22, 2017 — Robert Wright & Jay Van Bavel
The Wright Show
The partisanship that bolsters Trump
Jay's favorite experiments on the psychology of tribalism
Is the anti-Trump movement its own worst enemy?
What's going on in Trump's brain?
How a sports fan's brain warps reality
Is there hope for overcoming our tribal psychology?
Want a retweet? Stoke moral outrage.
March 08, 2018 — Stephen Asma & Rami Gabriel
Emotions and the Brain
Puppet show: Why are human emotions unique?
Does self-restraint make us human?
Considering emotions as social constructs
Stephen: If you have emotions, you have consciousness
Artificial intelligence doesn't necessarily defer to it its creator
How insects are like robots
Does culture change how the brain reads emotion in faces?
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