The Synapse

May 24 2024 80 ep. 27 mins 10
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We explore the interdisciplinary applications of STEM fields with guest interviews and educational productions. This podcast is student-run through the nonprofit "Simply Neuroscience."

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Why do we make irrational choices, why education is not a key to fix our modern society and much more... - NeuroTree E2, with Dr. Dan Ariely

May 24 2024 31 mins  
In this episode you will learn a lot about the human mind, especially about the origin of human beliefs, their impact on society, why we are different in terms of choosing what to believe in, increasing importance of trust in the global world, can we ever free ourselves from the machinery that drives us to believe in irrational things, is there a way to design a better society and

How to Keep Lasting Relationships - Optimize Podcast E7, Dr Rick Hanson

Mar 31 2024 37 mins  
Connect with Dr Hanson! rickhanson.com Connect with Simply Neuroscience: simplyneuroscience.org Intro and Outro Music: Where The Waves Take Us by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Parenthood, Purpose, and the Meaninglessness of "Optimizing" Everything- Optimize E6, Dr Sarah McKay

Mar 26 2024 72 mins  
Dr Sarah McKay is an Oxford educated neuroscientist, as well as the author of The Women's Brain Book and Baby Brain. She is also an influential neuroscience commentator who has been featured on ABC, quoted on the Wall Street Journal, and appeared as a TedX speaker. Today I had the chance to talk to her about her career and her transition out of the lab and into science commu

Exercise, Consciousness, and Reconnecting with our Roots- Optimize Podcast E5, Dr John Ratey

Mar 19 2024 31 mins  
Dr John Ratey is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, an internationally recognized authority on exercise and neuropsychiatry, and the author of Go Wild and Spark. He's also been a longtime advocate of exercise and reconnecting with our ancestors' ways of life, ideas that today echo across many corners of the internet. Today I had the chance

Mindfulness Meditation - Optimize Podcast E4, Dr Fadel Zeidan

Mar 12 2024 19 mins  
Connect with Dr Zeidan! https://twitter.com/FadelZeidan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Connect with Simply Neuroscience: simplyneuroscience.org Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonjiang43 Intro and Outro Music: Where The Waves Take Us by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creati

How to Fuel Your Motivation - Optimize Podcast E3, Dr Brett Jones

Mar 05 2024 33 mins  
All you need to do is compare a gym in January with a gym in February to see how quickly motivation drops off for the average person. We often think of motivation as an elusive, uncatchable force that comes an goes as it pleases, leaving us whenever it wants to in unpredictable patterns. In this episode with Virginia Tech educational psychology professor Dr Brett Jones, we reveal

Neuroscience and Free Will - NeuroTree E1

Mar 03 2024 24 mins  
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Neuron y Parle - Émission 12 - L'Exercice sur le cerveau nous donne de la puissance!

Feb 28 2024 6 mins  
Salut ! Bienvenue à Neuron y Parle, le premier podcast francophone chez le Synapse. Si vous vous intéressez à la neuroscience, la biotechno, la génétique et la psychologie (parmi d'autres sujets !), et vous êtes francophones/francophiles, félicitations, ce podcast est pour vous !

Neuron y Parle - Émission 11 - Les neurosciences derrière les rêves.

Feb 28 2024 5 mins  
Salut ! Bienvenue à Neuron y Parle, le premier podcast francophone chez le Synapse. Si vous vous intéressez à la neuroscience, la biotechno, la génétique et la psychologie (parmi d'autres sujets !), et vous êtes francophones/francophiles, félicitations, ce podcast est pour vous !

The Pillars of High Performance - Optimize E2, Dr. Greg Wells

Feb 27 2024 31 mins  
Everyone nowadays is looking for quick fixes to studying, to fitness, and to wellness - but we know that long term wellness isn't made through quick, one time fixes. Join me today while I talk to Dr. Greg Wells, a performance physiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto who is also an avid athlete, bestselling author, and CEO of Wells Performance, a consul