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Brain Snack: Can New Technology Find Consciousness in the Brain? A new technology promises research progress and finding the roots of consciousness in the brain

"Can New Technology Find Consciousness in the Brain? "

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#brain #neuroscience #consciousness

Brain Snack: Your Brain Learns Better With Less Input New research shows that less frequent stimuli are more effective for learning responses in brains

Yes, less can be more, especially when learning. Today's Brain Snack:

"Your Brain Learns Better With Less Input"

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#brain #neuroscience #learning

Brain Snack: How Guilt And Shame Influence Behaviour With Separate Brain Pathways Recent research investigates how guilt and shame are related and neural patterns behind these

Fascinating:

"How Guilt And Shame Influence Behaviour With Separate Brain Pathways"

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#brain #neuroscience #guilt #shame #wellbeing #mentalhealth

Brain Snack: Your Fat May Be Shrinking Your Brain A new large-scale study shows that "fat types" are much more important than simple obesity for brain degeneration

Oh dear!:

"Your Fat May Be Shrinking Your Brain"

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#brain #neuroscience #health #wellbeing #brainhealth

Forget Self-Discipline and Focus on Happiness - According to Science Recent research has questioned the link between self-discipline and happiness with surprising results.

A neat piece of research (and nicely supports our SCOAP model):

"Forget Self-Discipline and Focus on Happiness - According to Science"

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#brain #happiness #wellbeing

Brain Snack: Inserting Ideas Into Dreams to Boost Creativity New research shows that actively stimulating a problem in dreams with an anchor improves problem-solving ability

Today's brain snack is very Inception like:

"Inserting Ideas Into Dreams to Boost Creativity"

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#brain #neuroscience #creativity #problem-solving #sleep #dreaming

Brain Snack: Your Brain Does Work Like AI (In Some Cases) New research shows striking similarities between AI and human brain language processing

And another brain snack on AI and your brain:

"Your Brain Does Work Like AI (In Some Cases)"

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#brain #neuroscience #AI

Brain Snack: A Master Switch for Brain Aging? New research finds a key switch in the brain and hypothesises that this could be a master switch

And the next brain snack

"A Master Switch for Brain Aging?"

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#brain #neuroscience #aging #longevity #agingbrain

The Science of Love (Updated) The research into love tells us what we feel - duh!

And here's some updates on the science of love:

"The Science of Love (Updated)"

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#brain #neuroscience #love

Your Brain on Love Love is everywhere: in films, books, stories, sagas, myths, not to mention in the masses of commercial products, from wedding rings, to flowers, to cards, to dating sites and apps.

For Valentine's weekend here is a review of the science and brain science of love:

"Your Brain on Love"

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#brain #neuroscience #love

Research Hit: Can Cuddling Improve Your Memory? Oxytocin - the "cuddle hormone" - has been shown to improve memory.

For Valentine’s weekend I’ll be posting some of my previous posts on all things love and attachment. Let’s start with a short one on some of the benefits of cuddling:

"Can Cuddling Improve Your Memory?"

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#brain #love #cuddles

Weekly Roundup: Exercise or Therapy, Improving Teenage Mental Health, The Aging Brain, Brain Waves for Your Sense of Self A roundup of fascinating topics today: the brain rhythms that define your sense of self, the simplest way for teens to protect their mental health, exercise is as good as therapy for depression, and…

Catching up here. From a few weeks ago now:
"Weekly Roundup: Exercise or Therapy, Improving Teenage Mental Health, The Aging Brain, Brain Waves for Your Sense of Self "
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#exercise #therapy #brain #neuroscience #mentalhealth #agingbrain

Brain Snack: Smile And The World Smiles With You (According to Science) New research give evidence that indeed the world will smile with you

I've missed out on posting my regular brain snacks and reviews. So time to catch up a bit:

Brain Snack: Smile And The World Smiles With You (According to Science)

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#brain #neuroscience #smile #positivity

Brain Snack: Your Brain's Motivational Brake A new study identifies the circuit that puts a brake on your motivation and ability to engage in action

Today's brain snack: "Your Brain's Motivational Brake"
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#brain #neuroscience #motivation #engagement

Did Our Gut Microbes Develop Human Brains and Intelligence? A new study shows that brain evolutionary brain development is driven, in part, by our gut microbiome.

Did Our Gut Microbes Develop Human Brains and Intelligence? Maybe!

Read more here:

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#brain #brain-gut #microbiome #evolution

Brain Snack: When Doubting your Doubts Boosts Motivation A new study shows that doubt can, counter-intuitively, boost motivation to achieve goals

Sounds a bit topsy turvy but it's true: double doubt increases motivation

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#motivation #goalachievement #psychology #neuroleadership

Brain Snack: Empathy Can Be Learned New research shows that empathy can be conditioned - with lasting effects

New research shows that empathy can be learned - conditioned!

Now we just need to figure out how to do this to large populations (but maybe your corporate rewards systems are badly aligned!).

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#empathy #neuroleadership #emotionalintelligence #EQ #HR

Brain Snack: How Expectations Shape Brain Responses New research shows different brain responses to verbal and auditory cues and placebo

Another nice one on the placebo effect - or how expectation impacts outcomes...in the brain.

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#brain #neuroscience #placebo #pain #performance

Handbook of Your Brain in Business: Table of Contents Contents of The Handbook: Your Brain in Business

Table of Contents: buff.ly/3WZ3Z3k

So far I've been writing on the high-performing brain. Chapters include:
- "What is the High-Performing Brain"
- "Your Predictive Brain"
- "Your Creative Brain"

Upcoming is "Your Decisive Brain"

I am publishing in instalments online and you can get full access by subscribing online. All introductory sections are free and the first few sections of each chapter.

My goal is to write the definitive guide to using your brain in business for high-performance, leading teams, leading organisations, and leading through different contexts such as change, innovation, and crises.

The Handbook: Your Brain in Business | leading brains Review | Andy Haymaker | Substack The definitive guide to your brain in business - the science, the psychology, the top tips, across all areas and fields. Click to read leading brains Review, by Andy Haymaker, a Substack publication…

I'm proud and happy to say my online book is well on its way:

THE HANDBOOK: YOUR BRAIN IN BUSINESS

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#neuroleadership #brain #leadership #neuroscience

leading brains Review | Andy Haymaker | Substack The brain and behaviour in society, learning, health, and business. Click to read leading brains Review, by Andy Haymaker, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Phew! Have finally finished updating my archive - 470+ articles on the brain and human behaviour in business and society:

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#neuroleadership #brain #behavior #neuroscience

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Brain Snack: Why Those With Higher IQ Can Make Better Decisions A new study shows that those with higher IQ are better at forecasting

Today's Brain Snack:

"Why Those With Higher IQ Can Make Better Decisions"

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#IQ #intelligence #decisionmaking #forecast #prediction

Call for participants - would be great if you could spend a few minutes answering questions on any high- or low-performing team you have been a member of:
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Thanks 🙏

Brain Snack: AI is Overconfident and Doesn't Recalibrate Like Humans Do A new study shows that AI is overconfident but doesn't recalibrate as well as us human beings

Today's Brain Snack:

"AI is Overconfident and Doesn't Recalibrate Like Humans Do"

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#brain #AI #artificialintelligence #LLM

Review: So How Plastic is Your Brain Really? New research show that we can birth new brain cells into advanced adulthood

"So How Plastic is Your Brain Really?"

A short review consolidating research into how changeable your brain is - and whether you can build new neurons (spoiler: you can - probably).

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#brain #neuroscience #neuroplasticity

Brain Snack: Optimists' Brains Think Alike (and Pessimists' Differ) New research shows how optimists and pessimists process future scenarios and that optimists' brains think more alike

And today's brain snack:

"Optimists' Brains Think Alike (and Pessimists' Differ)"

Fascinating research!

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#brain #neuroscience #optimism #pessimism