Pavlovian conditioning is a memory system that helps us to avoid making bad decisions. Dogs can be conditioned to salivate in response to the sound of a bell, a process important for understanding fear and threat responses.
Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the importance of removing bias in the scientific method and relying on objective truth when making important decisions.
Through measuring brain function in real time, one can track the transformational process of significant change after a brain injury, anxiety, depression, or other mood disorder. Measuring the brain's function can improve coherence and efficiency, ultimately leading to a healthier brain.
The speaker explains how using "I feel" statements instead of identifying with the emotion itself, can help individuals realize that they still have control over their actions despite their emotions.
By measuring brain activity in real-time, we can understand the transformational process that occurs in the brain after a traumatic event or during a mental health condition such as anxiety, depression, or cyclic mood disorder. Analyzing one's life within a disturbing emotion may worsen the brain's state, leading us away from true change.