In this episode, I'm joined by neuroscientist Dr. Jaya Viswanathan. She shares what science tells us about nootropics (and whether or not they actually work), why we should move towards personalized medicine, the role of physical movement in your brain’s ability to use energy, how green spaces impact your cognition, why the marketing of brain supplements matters, how sensory neuroscience keeps you safe and delivers critical information, why certain evolutionary mechanisms work the way they do, what neuroscience has to say about affirmations, how "neurons that fire together, wire together,” working with neuroscience to delay instant gratification, how eye contact impacts brain development, how education and employment affect Alzheimer's, and much more.