Today on the Limitless Athlete Podcast, you’ll be listening to a conversation Tom had with Jonas Kaplan - Cognitive neuroscientist at USC’s Brain and Creativity Institute and Co-Director at Dornsife Neuroimaging Center

The theme of today is the structure of beliefs, and what creates them. Jonas & Tom stick to as broad an application of beliefs as possible, so they don’t talk much about applying to athlete specific examples. But they do discuss how this applies in general. By listening to this show, you can gain a deeper understanding of how beliefs are formed and the biological structures which are involved in the research behind them.

Alongside the fundamentals of belief, they also touch on:

• The role of the gut in our beliefs

• What parts of our brain are responsible for beliefs

• How to challenge our beliefs

• The emerging research of psychedelics & beliefs

• The vagus nerve and its role in the way we feel