The guest talks about his experience with psychedelics and how it opened his mind to spirituality and trauma healing.
The involuntary changes in heart rate and respiratory rate that come from fear and anxiety were valuable as a truth signal for early human social structures to call for help when needed, which eventually gave rise to various communication methods from smiling to nonverbal cues.
A vision scientist explains how eye contact can provide an incredible amount of information about a person's inner experience, from positive arousal to negative emotions like depression or fear, and how it can be especially informative to trained psychiatrists.
The practice of meditation can allow for individuals to expand their consciousness and view themselves and the world from a new perspective, leading to greater understanding and personal growth.
Our vision is the predominant way in which we orient ourselves in space and time, and it sets our frame rate. The occipital cortex in our brain is devoted to vision and is important in alerting the body to kickstart all our engines and regulate our body clock.