Our brain processes information in various stages from the thalamus to the prefrontal cortex until it comes into conscious perception. Deep brain stimulation is an experimental method to change behavior in people for whom other treatments have not worked.
The speaker shares a personal moment of realization about their desire to be a bridge between the United States and Brazil, which emerged while reading the book "How to Change Your Mind" on a plane and experiencing psychedelic-like effects from the reading.
The podcast discusses the elusive and transformative experience of non-dual consciousness, which may take one beyond the boundaries of normal waking consciousness but cannot be sustained.
This podcast explores the emotional context and memory of cancer patients and how they cope with the trauma of a cancer diagnosis. While techniques for adults are more established, the approach for children remains a different and ongoing space of research and learning.
This episode discusses the role of the neurotransmitter dopamine in creative thinking and problem-solving. Specifically, it explores how dopamine is involved in divergent thinking, which is the ability to generate multiple possibilities and ideas.
The basal ganglia is a neural circuit that helps us generate go and no-go scenarios, while the orbital frontal cortex is involved in meshing emotionality with our current state of progress to reach a goal. Both brain areas play a crucial role in our behavior and decision-making processes.