The Synapse

By Simply Neuroscience

We explore the interdisciplinary applications of STEM fields with guest interviews and educational productions. This podcast is student-run through the nonprofit "Simply Neuroscience."... more

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The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.

The Synapse episodes:

May 24, 2024 Why do we make irrational choices, why education is not a key to fix our modern society and much more... - NeuroTree E2, with Dr. Dan Ariely
In this episode you will learn a lot about the human mind, especially about the origin of human beliefs, their impact on society, why we are different in terms of choosing what to believe in, increasing importance of trust in the global world, can we ever free ourselves from the machinery that drives us to believe in irrational things, is there a way to design a better society and much more.
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32min
March 31, 2024 How to Keep Lasting Relationships - Optimize Podcast E7, Dr Rick Hanson
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38min
March 26, 2024 Parenthood, Purpose, and the Meaninglessness of "Optimizing" Everything- Optimize E6, Dr Sarah McKay
Dr Sarah McKay is an Oxford educated neuroscientist, as well as the author of The Women's Brain Book and Baby Brain. She is also an influential neuroscience commentator who has been featured on ABC, quoted on the Wall Street Journal, and appeared as a TedX speaker.
Today I had the chance to talk to her about her career and her transition out of the lab and into science communication. I also had the chance to learn her views on finding purpose in your work, the futility of the modern biohacker movement, and taking on the challenge of parenthood.
Connect with Dr McKay! https://drsarahmckay.com/about/
Check out her book at: https://www.boomerangbooks.com.au/baby-brain-the-surprising-neuroscience-of-how-pregnancy-and-motherhood-sculpt-our-brains-and-change-our-minds-/dr-sarah-mckay/book_9780733648984.htm
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1h 13min
March 19, 2024 Exercise, Consciousness, and Reconnecting with our Roots- Optimize Podcast E5, Dr John Ratey
Dr John Ratey is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, an internationally recognized authority on exercise and neuropsychiatry, and the author of Go Wild and Spark.
He's also been a longtime advocate of exercise and reconnecting with our ancestors' ways of life, ideas that today echo across many corners of the internet.
Today I had the chance to talk to him about topics ranging from the essentials that we aren't getting from the modern world, how reconnecting with our origins betters our lives, neuroscience's failure to find an explanation for consciousness, and the importance of exercise for health and performance.
Connect with Dr Ratey! http://www.johnratey.com/
Check out his book on exercise at https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain/dp/0316113514
Connect with Simply Neuroscience: simplyneuroscience.org
Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonjiang43
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0:00 Entering the field of exercise science
1:08 Intro
2:16 What got you into studying psychiatry?
2:55 We aren't close to understanding consciousness
6:35 Exercise can be as effective as medication
10:04 Can exercise be used alongside medication?
11:30 Aerobic vs anaerobic exercise
13:09 Exercise increases academic performance
15:00 Temporary high vs lasting mood boost
17:00 How a sedentary lifestyle wrecks your body
18:38 Forced vs voluntary exercise
21:10 People who change the world all exercise
22:30 How the modern world messes with our hunter-gatherer bodies
29:22 Find a community for your exercise
30:12 Outro
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32min
March 12, 2024 Mindfulness Meditation - Optimize Podcast E4, Dr Fadel Zeidan
Connect with Dr Zeidan! https://twitter.com/FadelZeidan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Connect with Simply Neuroscience: simplyneuroscience.org
Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonjiang43
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20min
March 05, 2024 How to Fuel Your Motivation - Optimize Podcast E3, Dr Brett Jones
All you need to do is compare a gym in January with a gym in February to see how quickly motivation drops off for the average person. We often think of motivation as an elusive, uncatchable force that comes an goes as it pleases, leaving us whenever it wants to in unpredictable patterns. In this episode with Virginia Tech educational psychology professor Dr Brett Jones, we reveal that motivation is something you can deliberately increase in yourself, and we discuss his MUSIC model of motivation and how we can leverage it to push ourselves to our goals.
Connect with Dr Jones! https://www.themusicmodel.com/team/brett-jones/
Connect with Simply Neuroscience: simplyneuroscience.org
Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonjiang43
Intro and Outro Music:
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34min
March 04, 2024 Neuroscience and Free Will - NeuroTree E1
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25min
February 28, 2024 Neuron y Parle - Émission 12 - L'Exercice sur le cerveau nous donne de la puissance!
Salut !
Bienvenue à Neuron y Parle, le premier podcast francophone chez le Synapse. Si vous vous intéressez à la neuroscience, la biotechno, la génétique et la psychologie (parmi d'autres sujets !), et vous êtes francophones/francophiles, félicitations, ce podcast est pour vous !
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7min
February 28, 2024 Neuron y Parle - Émission 11 - Les neurosciences derrière les rêves.
Salut !
Bienvenue à Neuron y Parle, le premier podcast francophone chez le Synapse. Si vous vous intéressez à la neuroscience, la biotechno, la génétique et la psychologie (parmi d'autres sujets !), et vous êtes francophones/francophiles, félicitations, ce podcast est pour vous !
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6min
February 27, 2024 The Pillars of High Performance - Optimize E2, Dr. Greg Wells
Everyone nowadays is looking for quick fixes to studying, to fitness, and to wellness - but we know that long term wellness isn't made through quick, one time fixes. Join me today while I talk to Dr. Greg Wells, a performance physiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Toronto who is also an avid athlete, bestselling author, and CEO of Wells Performance, a consulting firm dedicated to helping individuals and corporations achieve their potential. In this episode we discuss the foundations of high performance, such as meditation, achieving quality sleep, falling in love with the process, and finding balance over time.
Check out his new book! https://www.harpercollins.com/products/powerhouse-greg-wells?variant=40612121673762
Connect with Dr Wells: https://drgregwells.com/
Connect with Simply Neuroscience: simplyneuroscience.org
Connect with me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonjiang43
Intro and Outro Music:
Where The Waves Take Us by Purrple Cat | https://purrplecat.com/
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0:00 Intro
2:48 What got you into studying performance?
5:07 Have a holistic approach (there is no single cure!)
8:30 How to have a good night’s sleep
11:25 Why you need to start meditating
16:32 How to start a mindfulness practice
18:05 Start small, fall in love with the process
19:55 Finding balance over time
23:27 Learning
25:06 Fitting nutrition into a tight schedule
27:24 Health food/junk food balance
30:27 Outro
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32min

FAQs about The Synapse:

How many episodes does The Synapse have?

The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.