Your manager sees it one way. Your colleague sees it another. Both ways are different from yours. Why is that? Well, our brains may have something to do with it.

Today’s brain researchers are studying what makes our brains different. They’re finding that these differences not only impact how we interpret situations, but also how well we’re able to focus, learn new things, and adapt to change. They’re also discovering what motivates us and how well we connect with teammates.

Chantel Prat is a neuroscientist who studies brain differences, and she’s written a book on the subject, The Neuroscience of You: How Every Brain is Different and How to Understand Yours. In it, she explains how differences in brain design play out in work and in life. She helps us appreciate these differences and gain greater empathy for one another.

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The Dress

Michael Gazzaniga and Roger Wolcott Sperry and Simon Baron-Cohen

Hebbian Theory

PACE Model of Curiosity

Theory of Mind

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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Learn more about host, Gayle Allen, and producer, Rob Mancabelli, here.

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