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His first nonfiction book, The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars and Save Our Lives, was published in 2010. [1] His second nonfiction book (co-written with Bill Mesler), Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain , was published in 2021.
The show originally began as a segment of NPR's Morning Edition. [5] The first episode of the podcast focused on a concept called "switchtracking". [6] [7] [8] Vedantam founded the independent company Hidden Brain Media in 2019 and left NPR in 2020. [9]
The free energy principle is a theoretical framework suggesting that the brain reduces surprise or uncertainty by making predictions based on internal models and updating them using sensory input. It highlights the brain's objective of aligning its internal model and the external world to enhance prediction accuracy .
The brain has a central role in stress, because it’s the brain that decides if the stress is helpful or harmful. Your brain health matters! BrainHQ rewires the brain so you can think faster ...
Uncertainty: Explore the strange, small world of quantum mechanics. The phenomenon of "uncertainty" takes a quizzical glimpse at quarks and a world in constant flux. Viruses: Viruses are the tiniest, simplest form of life on the planet. Yet they know ways to enter our body, kidnap our cells, and outwit our defenses. Volcanoes
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain is a 2011 New York Times best-selling [1] nonfiction book by American neuroscientist David Eagleman, [2] ...
Explaining TJ Mack, the character created by actor and comedian Brian Jordan Alvarez, and the viral song Sitting, TJ Mack's wife, and more parts of the universe. 'Sitting' was his 1st hit.
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions is a 2008 book by Dan Ariely, in which he challenges readers' assumptions about making decisions based on rational thought. Ariely explains, "My goal, by the end of this book, is to help you fundamentally rethink what makes you and the people around you tick.