The brain and the gut are connected -- and our well-being depends on it. Emeran Mayer joins Vasant Dhar to speak about the importance of the gut in our physical lives -- and our emotional ones! Useful resources: 1. Emeran Mayer on Google Scholar, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and his own website. 2. The Mind-Gut Connection -- Emeran Mayer. 3. The Gut-Immune Connection -- Emeran Mayer. 4. Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions -- Jaak Panksepp. 5. Human and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare -- Episode 4 of Brave New World (w Eric Topol). 6. Thinking, Fast and Slow — Daniel Kahneman. 7. Daniel Kahneman on How Noise Hampers Judgement -- Episode 21 of Brave New World. Check out Vasant Dhar's newsletter on Substack. Subscription is free!