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Professor Chantel Prat discusses "The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain Is Different and How to Understand Yours," a rollicking adventure into the human brain that reveals the surprising truth about neuroscience, shifting our focus from what’s average to an understanding of how every brain is different, exactly why our quirks are important, and what this means for each of us. "The Neuroscience of You" helps us see how brains that are engineered differently ultimately take diverse paths when it comes time to prioritize information, use what they’ve learned from experience, relate to other people, and so much more.

A briefing on the cognitive properties of experience.

Meditation is like a gym for your brain. If you follow through and exercise (in this case, your brain) every single day... pretty soon you'll see results.

Sara Lazar spoke at the Celebrating Delightful Moments and the Tech Vectors of Happiness event, the official launch of Joyance Partners. She shared the results of recent studies on how meditation changes the brain, showing a capacity for increased levels of empathy and creativity, and decreased levels of stress and depression.

What mindset is needed to lead a transformation? Michael Apollo shares the practice and research of mindfulness for executives and workplace leaders in the midst of transformation.

What motivates people making economic decisions? You might assume people are rational decision-makers and that they always choose the option that earns them the most money. But, that’s often not the case. With insights from neuroscience, behavioral economics research seeks to understand why people are often predictably irrational when it comes to economic decision-making.

How much do you know about the world? Hans Rosling, with his famous charts of global population, health and income data (and an extra-extra-long pointer), demonstrates that you have a high statistical chance of being quite wrong about what you think you know.

‘Perfectionists’ are generally held in high-esteem: praised for their self-discipline and refusal to compromise. Yet in truth, the trait is a manifestation of self-hatred - and must be overcome if we are ever to feel truly fulfilled.

One reason why relationships are valuable is that they enable us to know ourselves better; being part of a couple can help us to understand who we are.  Our partners may see what we no longer can; both what is adorable and what is more perplexing and difficult. They might, for example, remind us that we’ve told that anecdote (three times) before or that purple doesn’t suit us. They can tell us that we’ve overreacted to a problem at work or that we’ve placed our trust in an envious friend. Their responses give us a chance to grow sightly less obtuse, haughty and peculiar…

Stress isn’t always a bad thing: it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it’s continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can affect brain size, its structure, and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes.