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The Synapse

We explore the interdisciplinary applications of STEM fields with guest interviews and educational productions. This podcast is student-run through the nonprofit "Simply Neuroscience."

  1. 05/24/2024

    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

    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 much more. Find us at simplyneuroscience.org

    32 min
  2. How to Keep Lasting Relationships - Optimize Podcast E7, Dr Rick Hanson

    03/31/2024

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

    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/...

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

    03/26/2024

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

    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 communication. I also had the chance to learn her views on finding purpose in your work, the futility of the modern biohacker movement, and taking on the challenge of parenthood. Connect with Dr McKay! https://drsarahmckay.com/about/ Check out her book at: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/baby-brain-the-surprising-neuroscience-of-how-pregnancy-and-motherhood-sculpt-our-brains-and-change-our-minds-/dr-sarah-mckay/book_9780733648984.htm 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/...

    1h 12m
  4. Exercise, Consciousness, and Reconnecting with our Roots- Optimize Podcast E5, Dr John Ratey

    03/19/2024

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

    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 to talk to him about topics ranging from the essentials that we aren't getting from the modern world, how reconnecting with our origins betters our lives, neuroscience's failure to find an explanation for consciousness, and the importance of exercise for health and performance. Connect with Dr Ratey! http://www.johnratey.com/ Check out his book on exercise at https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514 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/ Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... 0:00 Entering the field of exercise science 1:08 Intro 2:16 What got you into studying psychiatry? 2:55 We aren't close to understanding consciousness 6:35 Exercise can be as effective as medication 10:04 Can exercise be used alongside medication? 11:30 Aerobic vs anaerobic exercise 13:09 Exercise increases academic performance 15:00 Temporary high vs lasting mood boost 17:00 How a sedentary lifestyle wrecks your body 18:38 Forced vs voluntary exercise 21:10 People who change the world all exercise 22:30 How the modern world messes with our hunter-gatherer bodies 29:22 Find a community for your exercise 30:12 Outro

    31 min
  5. Mindfulness Meditation - Optimize Podcast E4, Dr Fadel Zeidan

    03/12/2024

    Mindfulness Meditation - Optimize Podcast E4, Dr Fadel Zeidan

    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/ Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

    20 min
  6. How to Fuel Your Motivation - Optimize Podcast E3, Dr Brett Jones

    03/05/2024

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

    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 that motivation is something you can deliberately increase in yourself, and we discuss his MUSIC model of motivation and how we can leverage it to push ourselves to our goals. Connect with Dr Jones! https://www.themusicmodel.com/team/brett-jones/ 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/ Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

    33 min

  7. 03/04/2024

    Neuroscience and Free Will - NeuroTree E1

    Find us at simplyneuroscience.org

    24 min
  8. Neuron y Parle - Émission 12 - L'Exercice sur le cerveau nous donne de la puissance!

    02/28/2024

    Neuron y Parle - Émission 12 - L'Exercice sur le cerveau nous donne de la puissance!

    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 !

    6 min
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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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  • Creator
    Simply Neuroscience
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Simply Neuroscience
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    The Synapse

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