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Concepts: How the Brain Constructs Reality, Emotional Experience and Who You Are - w/ Nicholas Shea
Ever wonder why you can recognise your friend's face instantly but struggle to remember where you put your keys? Your brain is running the most sophisticated learning system ever created, and most of us have no clue how it actually works.
Nicholas Shea is an Oxford and King's College Researcher working in philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
He breaks down the fascinating psychology behind how we build concepts in our minds. Think of concepts as mental shortcuts - when you see a dog, you don't analyse four legs, fur, and a tail. Your brain instantly accesses everything you know about dogs.
We dissect these fundamental building blocks of learning into how the brain actually works and learns, and build mastery.
Three key takeaways:
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Nicholas Shea
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Growth Mindset Psychology:
Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
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Episode: The Building Blocks of Learning and Mastery in the Brain - w/ Nicholas Shea
Chapters:
00:00 How does your mind really work?
03:21 Playing with Concepts
05:00 Overview of Concepts in Psychology
06:14 Building and Storing Concepts
06:30 Concept Learning in Adults
07:59 Concept Acquisition in Children
08:46 Motor Skills and Conceptual Thinking
09:29 Automatic vs. Deliberate Thinking
11:00 Richness and Accessibility of Concepts
13:56 Cognitive Shortcuts and Biases
15:09 Narration on how media affects our thoughts
17:27 The Frame Problem in AI
22:25 Emotions in Decision Making
26:17 Animal Cognition and Emotions
29:14 Neurotransmitters and Learning
30:44 Philosophy methods and experimentation
31:32 Interdisciplinary Approach in Philosophy
33:13 Practical Implications of Abstract Research
34:29 Challenges in Applying Theoretical Insights
37:54 Recommended Books and Final Thoughts
39:45 Books Repeated
40:34 Take-home ideas
42:27 How to change the world podcast
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Ever wonder why you can recognise your friend's face instantly but struggle to remember where you put your keys? Your brain is running the most sophisticated learning system ever created, and most of us have no clue how it actually works.
Nicholas Shea is an Oxford and King's College Researcher working in philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence.
He breaks down the fascinating psychology behind how we build concepts in our minds. Think of concepts as mental shortcuts - when you see a dog, you don't analyse four legs, fur, and a tail. Your brain instantly accesses everything you know about dogs.
We dissect these fundamental building blocks of learning into how the brain actually works and learns, and build mastery.
Three key takeaways:
-------
NEW SHOW - How to Change the World
Sam's new show can be found on major podcast players:
Can't find it on your player?
RSS feed - https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/682b3b86696b5d1232d698a8
-------
Nicholas Shea
Recommended Books
UPGRADE to Premium:
🏖️ Ad-free listening
🤘 Support the show
🔓 Exclusive AMAs and bonus content
💬 Community Discord
GrowthMindset.Supercast.com
Get in Touch
👋 Free Call - Schedule Link - https://cal.com/samwebster/mindset
📧 Email - GrowthMindsetPodcast (@) gmail,com
Growth Mindset Psychology:
Sam Webster explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.
📺 Watch - YouTube (Growth Mindset)
🛜 Website - Growth Mindset
Show: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvement
Episode: The Building Blocks of Learning and Mastery in the Brain - w/ Nicholas Shea
Chapters:
00:00 How does your mind really work?
03:21 Playing with Concepts
05:00 Overview of Concepts in Psychology
06:14 Building and Storing Concepts
06:30 Concept Learning in Adults
07:59 Concept Acquisition in Children
08:46 Motor Skills and Conceptual Thinking
09:29 Automatic vs. Deliberate Thinking
11:00 Richness and Accessibility of Concepts
13:56 Cognitive Shortcuts and Biases
15:09 Narration on how media affects our thoughts
17:27 The Frame Problem in AI
22:25 Emotions in Decision Making
26:17 Animal Cognition and Emotions
29:14 Neurotransmitters and Learning
30:44 Philosophy methods and experimentation
31:32 Interdisciplinary Approach in Philosophy
33:13 Practical Implications of Abstract Research
34:29 Challenges in Applying Theoretical Insights
37:54 Recommended Books and Final Thoughts
39:45 Books Repeated
40:34 Take-home ideas
42:27 How to change the world podcast
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