Intelligence Unshackled: a show for people with brains (a Brainjo Production): Recent Episodes
Josh Turknett, MD
Hosted by Dr. Josh Turknett, the Intelligence Unshackled Podcast explores the potential of human intelligence, and how to release it through the enhancement, protection, and optimization of brain health and function.
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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
Henry Mahncke is the CEO of Posit Science and the creator of BrainHQ, the most researched brain training platform in the world. A neuroscientist who did his PhD with Michael Merzenich, considered the father of adult brain plasticity, Henry has spent two decades translating brain plasticity science into tools that actually improve brain health. In this conversation, we dig into why most brain training criticism misses the point, what the largest clinical trials really show, and why the future of brain health looks a lot like the evolution of physical fitness.
In this episode: 00:00 — Introduction and Henry's background (PhD with Merzenich at UCSF, McKinsey, founding Posit Science) 07:00 — Brain training vs. cognitive training: why the distinction matters 09:00 — Brain plasticity as the driver of brain health, and why cognitive reserve is really just brain health 13:00 — Maladaptive brain plasticity: how aging actively degrades information processing through negative plasticity 18:00 — How BrainHQ exercises are designed: adaptive speed and accuracy training from psychophysics 24:00 — The transfer and generalization debate: does brain training improve real-world function? 28:00 — Clinical trial evidence: the Mayo/USC RCT, the ACTIVE study, and 300+ published papers 34:00 — The pharmaceutical analogy: why asking "does brain training work?" is the wrong question 37:00 — Who is brain training for? From post-concussive disorder to Tom Brady 44:00 — Brain training as physical exercise: the case for everyone at every age 46:00 — Real-world brain plasticity activities: racquet sports, musical instruments, foreign languages 51:00 — Josh's Brainjo origin story and what music training does for the brain 55:00 — The loss of skill learning in modern life and education 58:00 — The "dark ages" of brain health and where the field is headed
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Can a shingles vaccine cut your dementia risk by 20%? A series of landmark studies — published in Nature, Cell, and JAMA — say yes. In this episode, Tommy unpacks the research: how natural experiments in four countries produced one of the most compelling signals in dementia prevention, what might explain the effect beyond infection prevention, and what it means for your own vaccination decisions.
In this episode: 00:00 — Introduction 00:52 — The new data on shingles vaccination and Alzheimer's risk 01:48 — The Stanford group and their regression discontinuity methodology 03:15 — How birthday-based eligibility creates a natural experiment (Wales, Canada, Australia) 05:28 — Results: a ~20% reduction in dementia diagnoses across all countries 06:52 — The Cell paper follow-up: benefits at every disease stage (unimpaired → MCI → dementia) 07:55 — Shingrix vs. Zostavax: the US natural experiment and a potentially larger effect 09:08 — Why does it work? Preventing illness, avoiding bed rest and disuse, immunomodulation 11:29 — Neuroinflammation and possible immune system "tuning" effects 12:27 — The sex difference: greater benefit in women in most (but not all) studies 15:52 — Summary of the evidence and what it means for dementia prevention strategy 17:36 — Josh's take: number needed to treat analysis 19:15 — Heterogeneous pathways to dementia and why vaccination fits the toolkit 21:13 — Practical advice: when to get vaccinated, repeat dosing, and personal risk assessment 25:36 — Wrap-up and how to submit questions
Links & Resources:
- Shingles vaccine and dementia studies: Nature (Wales, 2025), Cell (Wales follow-up), JAMA/Lancet (Canada, Australia, US)
- Flu vaccine and dementia: Neurology (2026)
- Tommy's book: The Stimulated Mind
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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
A recent study published in Nature Medicine claims a blood test can predict when you'll develop Alzheimer's disease, and it got a lot of attention. But how well does it actually work, and should you rush out and get tested?
In this episode, we break down the study behind the headlines to understand what it really shows, where the major limitations lie, and what it means for anyone thinking about getting this kind of test.
Topics and Questions Covered * What P-Tau 217 is and why it's become the leading blood-based biomarker in Alzheimer's research. * How researchers built a predictive "clock" from blood test data and what that process required. * The important distinction between having pathology in your brain and actually developing dementia. * Who should and should not be getting tested. * What a large Norwegian population study reveals about the overlap between pathology and normal cognitive function. * How biomarkers like this might eventually fit into a broader, more personalized approach to prevention. * and more!
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In this episode, we discuss a study published in PLOS One that compared living brain tissue to post-mortem brain tissue and found dramatic molecular differences between the two.
The findings raise serious questions about decades of Alzheimer's research built on post-mortem analysis and may help explain why pharmaceutical treatments for the disease have been so disappointing Study: A Study of RNA Splicing and Protein Expression in the Living Human Brain
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In this episode, we explore a rigorous meta-analysis examining how action video games, particularly first and third-person shooters, affect cognitive function in young adults. The research reveals promising evidence that these games can enhance processing speed and selective attention, with the strongest benefits coming from games requiring rapid environmental responses and decision-making under time pressure.
What we discussed:
- How action video games like Halo and Call of Duty improve processing speed and selective attention more than traditional brain training apps
- Why games requiring rapid responses to the environment create cognitive benefits that are hard to replicate in daily life
- The specific game features that matter most: unpredictable environments, time pressure, and rapid response demands
- Practical game recommendations for adults new to gaming, including accessible options on Nintendo Switch and modern smart TVs
- How to balance gaming benefits with potential downsides like sleep disruption and social isolation
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In this episode, we dig into a recent McGill University study on computerized cognitive training and its effects on brain chemistry in older adults.
What you'll learn:
- Why certain brain training games reversed a decade of age-related cognitive decline in just 10 weeks—and how researchers finally measured actual biological changes in the brain
- The critical difference between activities that genuinely enhance your brain versus mental junk food like Candy Crush or Solitaire
- The single organizing principle you can use to evaluate whether any cognitive activity is actually helping your brain or wasting your time
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In this episode, we dive into guidelines to figure out what all the fuss is about, whether that fuss is warranted, and whether we should even be issuing dietary guidelines to begin with!
Topics and Questions Covered * The updates: A breakdown of the specific shifts regarding protein prioritization, full-fat dairy, and whole grain recommendations. * The visual shift in nutrition: The transition from the "MyPlate" model to the inverted pyramid visual and the symbolism and subtext behind the change. * Individualization vs. Population health: Why a "one-size-fits-all" approach to nutrition often fails to account for individual metabolic variation. * The problem with food classification: Why our archaic food categories generate needless confusion and controversy. * Internal contradictions: Identifying inconsistencies within the guidelines * Subsidies and accessibility: The economic misalignment between government dietary advice and agricultural subsidies for ultra-processed food ingredients. * Communication challenges: The difficulty of maintaining scientific nuance in a public health messaging environment.
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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
Much of what we talk about on Better Brain Fitness resolves around the demand-driven decline model we published.
Well...a new study just published in Nature Communications gave that model the best test to date, and the results are pretty darn exciting. So of course we had to do an episode about it!
The study looks at the relationship between brain aging and creative activities like music, dance, art, and video gaming. Tommy walks through the study and explains why this matters for anyone thinking about their long-term cognitive health.
What You'll Learn: * A more sensitive way to measure brain aging than structural scans * The connection between music, dance, art, and video gaming on brain aging * The effect of 30 hours of video gaming on brain aging, the kinds of video games that have the greatest impact (and why traditional "brain games" haven't been as successful) * What this research tells us about whether cognitive decline is reversible * The dose-response relationship between complex activities and brain health
To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to the free Better Brain Fitness newsletter, join us when we record live, and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."
Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"
Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
In this episode, we tackle a question from listener Carolyn in Michigan about the potential cognitive impacts of long-term hearing loss.
What You'll Learn: * The research linking hearing loss to increased dementia risk and what the evidence actually shows * How hearing aids impact the risk of cognitive decline * The mechanisms behind why hearing loss might affect brain health * Practical strategies for maintaining cognitive health when dealing with hearing loss * Innovative technologies for hearing loss that could provide new forms of cognitive stimulation
To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to the free Better Brain Fitness newsletter, join us when we record live, and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."
Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"
Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
You may have heard the alarming headline about a recent study that showed the typical brain had about a teaspoon of microplastics inside of it. And that amount appears to be increasing each year.
In equally alarming fashion, that same study also revealed that those with dementia had over 5 times the amount of plastic in their brains as those without.
Needless to say, it's an issue worth paying attention to. So, in this episode, we break down what is known about microplastics and their impact on brain health, and we discuss the specific measures we're both taking to reduce our own exposure to microplastics and enhance their clearance.
Because brain plasticity is a great thing, but a plastic brain is not!
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Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."
Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"
Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to the free Better Brain Fitness newsletter, join us when we record live, and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."
Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"
Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
Click here to grab Ben's new book, "Why Your Brain Needs Friends"!
To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to the free Better Brain Fitness newsletter, join us when we record live, and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."
Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"
Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to the free Better Brain Fitness newsletter, join us when we record live, and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
Click here to pre-order Dr. Wood's book, "The Stimulated Mind."
Click here to grab Dr. Turknett's bestselling book, "Anyone Can Play Music"
Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
Click here to pre-order a copy of Dr. Wood's book, The Stimulated Mind!
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Click here to check out James's book, Regenerative Performance. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to the free Better Brain Fitness newsletter, join us when we record live, and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
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06To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness Substack newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
To learn more about how you can boost brain fitness with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo.academy.
Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
To learn more about how you can boost brain fitness with neuroscience-based musical instruction, head to brainjo.academy.
Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
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Click here to learn more about Bionic Health. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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Paper: "Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of menopause hormone therapy on risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia" Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
Link to the 5 Calls Website for contacting your representative (including a script specifically for this issue): https://5calls.org/issue/nih-nsf-funding-cuts/ Dr. Elizabeth Nance's Instagram: @profnance To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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The book: Anyone Can Play Music, by Josh Turknett, MD
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Link to the study discussed in today's episode: "An online multidomain lifestyle intervention to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk older adults: a randomized controlled trial"
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Click here to check out the clip from Tommy's appearance on Live with Kelly and Mark! To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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Intro and Outro music composed and produced by Julienne Ellen.
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0To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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In this episode of the Better Brain Fitness podcast, Drs. Josh Turknett and Tommy Wood discuss ketosis, fasting, and their effects on brain health.
Topics explored include:
- Hhow muscle mass and physical activity influence carbohydrate thresholds in ketosis
- The impact of fasting and caloric intake on cognitive function, and
- A comparison of the enefits of fasting vs. exercise for overall brain health
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The paper reviewed on today's podcast can be found here. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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In this episode, we have the pleasure of interviewing our good friend and colleague, Dr. Georgia Ede, about her exceptional book "Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind." Here how and why Dr. Ede transitioned from a traditional and largely unsatisfying psychiatric practice focusing on pharmaceutical treatments to now using diet to succeed where the drugs had failed. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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In this episode we address a question from listener Maria in Spain, who asks how we might increase neuroplasticity as we get older.
In the episode, we first debunk commonly held myths about the brain's ability to change as we get older.
Then, we dig into multiple ways in which we can enhance our brain's plastic potential as we get older, which we believe to be the cornerstone of preventing cognitive decline and Alzheimer's.
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We're delighted to have Nicole Vignola on the Better Brain Fitness podcast to discuss her newly published book, "Rewire," which is all about how to harness the magic of neuroplasticity to improve our mental health and well being. To learn all about Nicole, visit her at nicolesneuroscience.com.
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Links to Dr. Turknett's books on migraine: The Migraine Miracle and Keto for Migraine.
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Click here to read the primary paper discussed in this episode ("Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors in Men With Erectile Dysfunction and the Risk of Alzheimer Disease") To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Better Brain Fitness newsletter and get our Guide and Checklist to essential blood tests and nutrients, go to: betterbrain.fitness.
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What's the research say on the link between cold sores and Alzheimer's? And for those who get cold sores, is there anything that should be done to minimize the risk?
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On today's episode with have the incredible Dr. Julian Abel to talk with us about the critical role of relationships, kindness, and compassion in human health.
Links and Resources:
- "Creating Compassionate Communities and Promoting Health" edition of the Lifestyle Medicine journal
- Compassionate Communities UK
- The Compassion Project, by Julian Abel
- "Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation" - Surgeon General's Advisory
- Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods, by Shawn Wilson
- Survival of the Kindest podcast
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Show Notes:
00:35 Introducing the Special Guest: Dr. Julian Abel 01:22 Understanding Compassionate Communities and Their Impact on Health 01:50 Dr. Julian Abel's Journey into Compassionate Communities 03:04 The Impact of Social Relationships on Health 05:11 The Role of Compassionate Communities in Healthcare 06:33 The Importance of Social Relationships in Healthcare 07:28 Survival of the Kindest: A New Perspective on Evolution 16:59 The Role of Elders in Compassionate Communities 18:57 The Importance of Compassion in Schools and Workplaces 23:14 Building Compassionate Communities: Practical Steps 36:00 The Role of Compassion in Politics 42:31 The Importance of Embracing Complexity in Healthcare 49:58 Closing Thoughts on Compassionate Communities
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Click here to check out the paper "Could Alzheimer's disease be a maladaptation of an evolutionary survival pathway mediated by intracerebral fructose and uric acid metabolism?" To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Brainjo Connection, a free, twice-monthly newsletter about the latest science of how to keep the brain fit and healthy, along with our recommended products, books, tools, and other resources for doing so, go to: brainjo.academy/connection
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To view the paper discussed in this episode, click here.
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Click to listen to Dr. Tommy Wood's appearance on The Drive, by Peter Attia
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Today we have a special guest on the podcast, Dr. Dan Pardi, founder and CEO of humanOS. Listen here to Dr. Pardi's TEDx Talk, "How To Optimize Light For Health."
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Links mentioned:
- Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get To Work
- Viking Waffles
- Quest Chips
- The P:E Diet, by Dr. Ted Naiman
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Thanks to Rick B. for this week's questions. To submit a question for us to answer on the podcast, go to brainjo.academy/question. To subscribe to The Brainjo Connection, a free, twice-monthly newsletter about the latest science of how to keep the brain fit and healthy, along with our recommended products, books, tools, and other resources for doing so, go to: brainjo.academy/connection
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In this episode, we go through the factors that drive age-related cognitive decline and dementia, which are also synonymous with the factors that promote peak brain health and fitness.
Link to paper we discuss: "Demand Coupling Drives Neurodegeneration: A Model of Age-Related Cognitive Decline and Dementia"
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What's the connection between beer drinking and playing by ear?
Links Mentioned:
- The Laws of Brainjo book
- brainjo.academy
Introducing a new recurring segment on the podcast.
Links Mentioned:
- The Laws of Brainjo book
- brainjo.academy
How to turn weaknesses into strengths by re-routing the flow information.
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In this episode, I'm interviewed by Christopher Kelly of Nourish Balance Thrive about the 4 Quadrant Model for making health-related decisions and evaluating therapeutic interventions.
Click here to view the show notes and quadrant model.
Click here to view the Ancestral Health Symposium talk on YouTube.
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Do we really understand the nature of our own intelligence, or what it is our brains truly excel at? Or have we been looking in the wrong places?
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Think some people are born with good memories?
Think exponential gains in memory capacity, if even possible at all, would take years to develop?
Perhaps no domain better illustrates the latent potential inside each brain, or challenges conventional ideas about innate intelligence, better than that of the world of competitive memory.
In this episode, we explore this topic with 4 time US Memory Champion Nelson Dellis.
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How could an insult to the brain result in the gain of new abilities?
The explanation directly challenges the conventional view of human intelligence and innate ability, with broad reaching implications for how to best support and nurture cognitive development.
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We don't like feeling terrible at something, and so most of us avoid doing things that make us feel that way. Yet, if we're looking to optimize the health and function of the brain, that's precisely the kinds of feeling we should be seeking out.
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In this episode, I talk with mathematician and author Ben Orlin. Ben is the creator of the "Math With Bad Drawings" blog and similarly titled book, which I can't recommend highly enough.
In this episode, we talk about the book, misconceptions about mathematical aptitude, the importance of allowing yourself to be stuck with a problem, and more.
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In this episode, we talk with neuroscientist Dr. Michael Merzenich, who's research was instrumental in overturning the fixed brain dogma, replacing it with our present understanding of the brain as dynamic and plastic throughout our lives.
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For much of the 20th century, the prevailing view in neuroscience was that, after childhood development, the brain was fixed and unchanging.
We now know that this couldn't be further from the truth, yet we are still recovering from fallout of this idea, with much to still be learned about the brain's remarkable and lifelong capacity for continuous change.
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In this conversation with Dr. Tommy Wood, we review the basic tenets of protecting and optimizing the brain's biological foundation.
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How is it that, in recent decades, despite an unfathomable investment of resources, and despite massive technological transformations in other domains of human life, we've made virtually no progress in medical therapeutics?
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We don't perceive the world as it is, but as our brain constructs it.
For years, today's guest Frank Capek, founder of Customer Innovations and pioneer in the field of Cognitive Experience Design, has been helping companies apply our understanding of how the brain constructs reality to elevate the human experience.
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What's the single most important mental model for understanding how to optimize the biological foundation of human intelligence? Mismatch.
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There's a war going on inside our heads, and we only ever see the winners.
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Since the advent of neuroscience, scientists have struggled with a fundamental question about how the brain is organized.
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In this episode, Dr. Tommy Wood interviews James Hewitt, Chief Innovation Officer at Hintsa Performance, on how knowledge workers can optimize their cognitive performance.
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Why is it that, in spite of our brain's ability to change itself throughout our lives, behavior change is rare?
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A short announcement about the Circadian Lux Challenge that's about to launch in the Elite Cognition and Elite Performance forum, which is available to members of the Brainjo Collective.
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More Resources on light and circadian biology:
- Dan Pardi's TEDx Talk: How To Optimize Light for Health
- Interview on Nourish Balance Thrive with Dr. Satchin Panda: How To Use Time Restricted Eating to Reverse Disease and Optimize Health
- Interview on Nourish Balance Thrive with Dr. Greg Potter: How To Entrain Your Circadian Rhythm for Perfect Sleep and Metabolic Health
The next mental model for Cognitive Neuroscience up for discussion: confabulation. Or, why "I don't know" is the hardest phrase for a human to say.
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This episode introduces our next mental model, Subterranean, one that profoundly alters our conception of human behavior, and of the nature and scope of cognition.
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This episode introduces the first in a series of Mental Models for Cognitive Neuroscience, which we'll use to understand and frame some of the central claims of this podcast.
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In this introductory episode of the Intelligence Unshackled podcast, your host Dr. Josh Turknett explains its origins, what to expect, and the ways in which human intelligence is constrained in today's world.
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