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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

I need your help!

Your input would be really appreciated (first surveys are in and the results are already fascinating). lnkd.in/ePxsBPbS

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:
leading-brains.typeform.com/HP-Teams
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

Brain Snack: Your Brain May be More Emotionally Intelligent than You Think New research shows the brain responds to human emotional signals but some may not read this so well

My brain snack from last Thursday:

"Your Brain May be More Emotionally Intelligent than You Think"

Seems like the brain always gets it right we just don't always read the internal signals well!

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#brain #neuroscience #emotionalintelligence #EQ

Brain Snack: A Supplement to Rewire the Brain? New research into a commonly used sports supplement shows impressive benefits for the brain

Last Tuesday's brain snack:

"A Supplement to Rewire the Brain?"

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#brain #neuroscience #neuroplasticity #creatine #supplement

Brain Snack: Your Brain on Persevering or Giving Up Keeping going under mental fatigue is controlled by distinct regions in the brain

Brain Snack: Your Brain on Persevering or Giving Up

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#brain #neuroscience #grit #resilience #motivation

Research Hit: Do you have a brain wired for doomscrolling? New research show brain regions associated with seeking negative information.

Research Hit: Do you have a brain wired for doomscrolling?

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#brain #neuroscience #socialmedia #negativity

Daily Brain Snack: You Have Micro Grooves on Your Brain That Boost Cognition - and Grow with Experience A recent paper outlines how micro grooves impact brain function but are also more flexible than the brain's big grooves.

Today's Brain Snack:

"You Have Micro Grooves on Your Brain That Boost Cognition - and Grow with Experience"

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#brain #science #neuroscience #cognition

What a Sandpile and Your Brain Have in Common A new paper outlines a foundational theory of the brain

"What a Sandpile and Your Brain Have in Common"

(And why self-organised criticality is important for everything)

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#brain #science #neuroscience

Daily Brain Snack: Stress Disrupts Cognitive Function Particularly in Those with Mental Health Conditions A new review shows that impact of acute stress on executive functions is worse in those with mental health conditions

Daily #Brain Snack:

#Stress Disrupts Cognitive Function Particularly in Those with Mental Health Conditions

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#mentalhealth #wellbeing

I need your help!

Your input would be really appreciated (first surveys are in and the results are already fascinating). lnkd.in/ePxsBPbS

Daily Brain Snack: Why Children (and Maybe You) Learn Faster than AI A new paper outlines the incredible learning abilities of children over AI and what the reasons are

Yesterday's Brain Snack:

Why Children (and Maybe You) Learn Faster than AI

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#brain #learning #AI #artificialintelligence

Sunday Brain Mix: Seasonality in Genes, Locked in Stress, Complex Decision-Making in the Brain, What Humans Can do Better than AI Today I give you nice mix from seasonality and how different people respond to this, new insights into how stress can get locked in, research into decision-making in simple and complex scenarios, and…

My Sunday #Brain Mix:

- Seasonality in your Genes,
- Locked in #Stress
- Complex #Decision-Making in the Brain
- What Humans Can do Better than #AI

Research Hit: How Rudeness Makes Decision-Making Worse Research show that rudeness focuses attention with potential negative impacts on decision-making. Even if only observed.

Another one from the archives but still just as relevant:

"How Rudeness Makes Decision-Making Worse"

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#workplace #performance #decisionmaking #rudeness

Daily Brain Snack: Just One Week of Micro-Acts of Kindness Improves Wellbeing Small acts of "micro-joy" over only one week saw significant improvements in multiple wellbeing ratings

I have to say I was impressed by how effective this was:

"Just One Week of Micro-Acts of Kindness Improves Wellbeing"

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#kindness #gratitude #wellbeing #mentalhealth

Daily Brain Snack: Multitasking is Multiple Skills New research shows three main types of multitasking

Well, this explains a few things (such as what we can and can't do and some gender differences ):

"Multitasking is Multiple Skills"

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#brain #multitasking #workplace #neuroleadership

Your Sunday Brain Mix: Can AI be Funny, Moral Processing in Brain, Robots and Yawning, and Face Massage for Brain Detoxification I'll start this week with something that is still in the news every day, namely AI.

My last weekly review:
- #AI can be funny (but not as good as humans)
- #Moral processing
- #Robot yawning
- #Brain detoxification

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#neuroscience #artificialintelligence

Daily Brain Snack: We Build Human-Like Attachment to AI New research shows that humans seem to be building strong relationships to AI

I suppose this is kind of logical - but fascinating nonetheless:

"We Build Human-Like Attachment to AI"

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#attachment #relationships #AI #artificialintelligence

Daily Brain Snack: Parenting Boosts Innovation and Adaptability in the Workplace Proactivity at home translates into multiple benefits in the workplace

One from the archives but one of my favourites and impressive results:

"Storytelling Changes Your Hormonal Balance (Positively)"

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#story #reading #emotions #hormones #children #parenting