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304 – The seductive allure of neuroscientific podchat
Category: Education
Duration: 00:38:27
Publish Date: 2022-07-26 08:00:25
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People are more satisfied by explanations that contain neuroscientific jargon and images. Why? Because dopamine fires up the hippocampus, and that’s a fact! (Warning: It’s not.) 

This week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Owen and Ross G are separating fact from fiction as we discuss neuroscience with Amy Brann, author of Make Your Brain Work. 

We discuss: 

  • The meaning of neuroscience (as a discipline vs in popular media) 
  • The relevance of neuroscience for HR and L&D 
  • Practical insights from neuroscience. 

 

During the discussion, Owen referenced two papers: 

  Weisberg, D. S., Keil, F. C., Goodstein, J., Rawson, E., & Gray, J. R. (2008). The seductive allure of neuroscience explanations. Journal of cognitive neuroscience, 20(3), 470-477. Online at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778755/ 

 

Farah, M. J., & Hook, C. J. (2013). The seductive allure of “seductive allure”. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 8(1), 88-90. Online at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26172255/  

 

In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Owen discussed Wordle (https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html), Heardle (https://www.spotify.com/heardle/) and Framed (https://framed.wtf/) 

 

Ross discussed the Freakonomics series ‘What Can Blockchain Do for You?’: https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/what-can-blockchain-do-for-you/  

 

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To find out more about Amy, see https://amybrann.com/ and https://synapticpotential.com/  

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