00:34 - How would you explain the concept of a “livewired” brain?

01:54 - History behind the phrase “fly by the seat of your pants”

03:37 - How can a monkey incorporate a rake into its sense of self?

04:35 - Why would reverting to a fully plastic brain be a bad thing?

05:51 - Difference between working and cognitive memory

06:32 - How are older memories “burned in deeper”?

07:20 - What is David Eagleman’s theory about why we dream?

08:44 - How does social babbling influence us?

10:46 - What is changing in the bilingual brain?

11:51 - How do learning speeds differ between generations?

14:30 - Potato Head model of cognition

15:57 - David Eagleman’s Neosensory Buzz wristband story

16:29 - How does a pattern become qualia?

18:44 - What I wished I had asked David Eagleman

20:13 - Are beans the answer to America’s health problems?

20:56 - What is acetylcholine’s role in memory formation?

22:13 - Do you lose one skill when you gain another?

23:11 - How do you divvy up praise?

24:11 - Experiences with synesthesia

26:10 - Have you ever livewired yourself out of a funk?

28:34 - How does isolation affect our livewired brains?

29:11 - Why does the brain tune out constant patterns?

30:37 - Could the body learn an algorithmically compressed data signal?

32:38 - What would happen to the brain if someone lost the ability to dream?

33:46 - Was dreaming necessary for the brain to name itself?

34:05 - Evolutionary benefit of being aware of one’s own consciousness

35:21 - Do you have a voice inside your head?

36:57 - How the brain interprets in-group vs. out-group empathy

38:39 - “World traveler” metaphor for learning

39:48 - “Location of the economy” metaphor

41:10 - How are competing Twitter topics similar to competing thoughts?

42:24 - What would a conscious Earth say to a conscious Mars right now?

44:46 - Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought deeply about your reflection?

45:53 - How are you planning to keep your brain plastic as you age?

47:51 - Dylan’s feet experience a more optimal environment

50:01 - How did the brain name itself?