Hidden Brain Podcast

Spitfire Strategies and the Communications Network are proud to present NPR's Shankar Vedantam in this installment of the Science of Communications. Vedantam's reporting focuses on the human brain and social sciences. In this presentation, he helps explain how the Hidden Brain influences decision making.

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It sounds like the plot of a movie: police discover the body of a young man who's been murdered. The body tests positive for a deadly infectious disease. Authorities trace the killing to a gang. They race to find gang members linked to the murder... who may also be incubating the virus. This week on Hidden Brain... disease, panic, and how a public health team used psychology to confront an epidemic.
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About Shankar Vedantam:
Shankar Vedantam is the author of The Hidden Brain: How our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars and Save Our Lives. He is also a social science correspondent at NPR – National Public Radio. He was formerly a reporter at The Washington Post. From 2007 to 2009, he wrote the Post’s Department of Human Behavior column. Vedantam travels widely to give talks that explore how the science of human behavior shapes corporate life, nonprofit institutions and public policy.

Vedantam has been invited to teach at several academic institutions, including Harvard University and Columbia University. He has served as a senior scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, and as a fellow at the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University.

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A blind man can see. Another feels pain in his missing arm. One believes he's God. A son thinks his parents are imposters. Are their thoughts real or just in their heads? In this remarkable NOVA, pioneering brain detective V.S. Ramachandran, hailed as the Sherlock Holmes of neuroscience, tackles four mysterious cases and delivers mind-boggling conclusions.

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We have all heard of the phrase “beauty is skin deep”, suggesting skin has a rather superficial role in who we are. But what if that is not true? Claudia Aguirre tells us about the hidden brain in our skin and the surprising things it reveals about our mental health.

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Guy Raz, host and editorial director of TED Radio Hour, talks about how ubiquitous technology and the emergence of smartphones affect brains and relationships.

Americans spend five hours in front of devices and children spend seven hours in front of screens every day, but the long-term consequences aren’t understood. These devices can enhance life but they can also negatively impact memory, attention spans, and interactions with others. If technology offers both promise and peril, Raz suggests that technology must also play a role in preventing brains from going astray.

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In the months since the presidential election, many have noted that lots of Americans live in bubbles — echo chambers filled with the voices of people who mostly agree with us. Sociologist Arlie Hochschild felt this long before the rise of Donald Trump, and five years ago she went on a mission to understand the other side. She left her own liberal bubble in Berkeley, California for a conservative one, deep in the Louisiana bayou.

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There are some topics about which it seems no amount of data will change people's minds: things like climate change, or restrictions on gun ownership. Neuroscientist Tali Sharot says that's actually for good reason. As a general rule, she says, it's better to stick to your beliefs and disregard new information that contradicts them. But this also means it's very difficult to change false beliefs. This week, we look at how we process information, and why it's so hard to change our views.

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Did you know you have functioning neurons in your intestines -- about a hundred millions of them? Food scientist Heribert Watzke tells us about the hidden brain in our gut and the surprising things it makes us feel.

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Shankar Vedantam talks about the part of our brain that influences, unconsciously, the way we behave and make decisions. Mr. Vedantam says that this hidden brain impacts the way we vote, shapes the way we respond to mass tragedies, and aids in indoctrinating suicide bombers. He spoke at Harvard Book Store.

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Young people have always used language in new and different ways, and it has pretty much always driven older people crazy. But the linguist John McWhorter says all the likes and LOLs are part of a natural – and inevitable –evolution of language. This week on Hidden Brain, why language can't sit still.

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How can we get people to save more money, eat healthy foods, engage in healthy behaviors, and make better choices in general? There has been a lot written about the fact that human beings do not process information and make decisions in an optimal fashion. This course builds on much of the fascinating work in the area of behavioral economics and allows learners to develop a hands-on approach by understanding its methods and more importantly, how it can be harnessed by suitably designing contexts to “nudge” choice.

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Frances Jensen, MD, Sr. Associate in Medicine & Director of Epilepsy Research at Children's Hospital Boston, talks about gender and brain development. Watch as she explains the differences in the development of the female brain and the male brain and how they affect learning.

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Award-winning novelist and MacArthur Fellow Rebecca Newberger Goldstein reads from her new novel 36 Arguments for the Existence of God. This lecture was presented by the Harvard Book Store and recorded on 2/2/10. View more lectures at:

(Visit: How the brain creates intelligence is viewed by many as the greatest scientific quest of all time. We are living at the time when rapid progress is being made and a comprehensive theory of brain function is emerging. Jeff Hawkins, an inventor, engineer, neuroscientist, author and entrepreneur, presents the big picture of what we know so far and describes recent progress in a core issue: why neurons are arranged as they are in the neocortex, how this arrangement builds models of the world, and how these models make predictions and generate actions. Series: UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures [12/2012] [Science] [Show ID: 24411]

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There has been a growth in the attempt to apply knowledge about the brain to philosophical problems, much of which is reductive in intent, and involves a category error. Nonetheless it is possible for knowledge of the brain to illuminate aspects of the phenomenal world in which we, as human persons, live. The nature of the attention we pay to the world changes what we find there, and it appears from research into the brains of birds, animals and humans that with the two cerebral hemispheres they pay quite distinct types of attention to the world. At the human level, this has predictable consequences for the nature of the world as experienced that each hemisphere brings into being for us. Each of these 'takes' on the world has its uses, and each needs to be taken into account. Knowledge of the way in which the brain functions cannot in itself answer questions about the ultimate nature of reality, but it can illuminate the problems we may encounter in trying to reach an understanding of the world.
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(October 6, 2012) A panel of thought leaders and scientists explores the developing world of neuroscience and what it means for people on a personal basis. Topics include neuroplasticity and different therapies used to treat stroke victims.

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With an age gap of nearly 30 years between the presidential candidates, Vedantam says some voters could view John McCain's age as a liability.

In his book Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, Yuval Noah Harari gives us a future view of human evolution as it develops around new technology.

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How billions of interconnected cells in the brain can interpret and regulate all our bodily functions as well as mediate our experiences of interactions with and responses to the world around us is a huge and fascinating question that many different disciplines have attempted to tackle.

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The plasticity and capability of the brain has never been better understood. New research is revealing compelling findings that will change the way we think, interact and plan throughout our lives. As longevity and at the same time mental health issues are on the rise, our ability to impact the brain is also increasing.

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Perform 12 to 15 quad squats by slowly squatting, keeping your knees at a wider than 90 degree angle. Hold the position for one second, and then slowly return to a standing position.

Step 6: Strengthen hamstrings
Do hamstring exercises, which will help strengthen your knees. While on your stomach, place your left foot on your right heel.

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