What Monkeys Do

#14 Neuroscience: How your brain responds to change w/Gabija Toleikyte


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Changing behaviour is difficult. It can provoke both anxiety, anger and stress. But why? What exactly happens in your brain when you try to make a change? I have asked neuroscientist, Gabija Toleikyte, to help us understand change from a neurological perspective – how your brain works, and what you can do to help it change. 

GABIJA TALKS ABOUT

  • Some of the biggest breakthroughs in recent time in neuroscience. 
  • How to ‘trick’ your Mammal brain into liking a change.
  • Why we need the Prefrontal Cortex to change and how to activate it. 
  • How leadership style can affect the brain’s willingness to change. 
  • The Amygdala: A small part of the Mammal brain that can hijack your rational behaviour and cause anxiety, anger etc.
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