Instant Genius Podcast: Brain myths, with Dr Lisa Feldman-Barrett

Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week's episode, we talk to Dr Lisa Feldman-Barrett. She's a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and author of Seven And A Half Lessons About The Brain.

She debunks some common misconceptions about the brain and explains how our grey matter really works.

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And if that's not enough, you can hear even more from Lisa on Instant Genius Extra.

On this subscription-only show, available on Apple Podcasts, we take a deeper dive into the topics covered on Instant Genius. In this episode, Lisa explores the idea of free will (in neuroscience) and explains how our brains are wired into one another, and what that means for our wellbeing.

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