Posts in neuroscience
Dr. Erik Won - Neurotech & PTSD with a Navy Surgeon

Dr. Erik Won, a Harvard-trained U.S. Navy Flight Surgeon and former CTO at Boeing, delves into the science behind an innovative therapy for treating PTSD called magnetic e-resonance therapy (MeRT).

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Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD - Taking Control of Your Brain

Famous neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor talks about the brain hemorrhage that led to her stroke of insight, the inner workings of a human brain, and how to become your best self.

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Tamara Russell, MSc, PhD, PsyD - Martial Arts, Neuroscience & Mindfulness

Author, lecturer and black belt, Dr. Tamara Russell talks about her training in Shaolin Kung Fu and the neuroscience of martial arts and mindfulness.

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Melanie Greenberg, PhD - Creating a Stress-Proof Brain

Dr. Melanie Greenberg is a clinical psychologist and consultant who wrote the bestselling book The Stress-Proof Brain. We discuss getting off of autopilot, the neuroscience of stress, and some direct tips for creating your own stress-proof, or at least stress-resistant, brain.

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Daniel Ingram, MD - Meditation Mastery, Pragmatism & COVID-19

Daniel is an advanced meditator and controversially a self-described Arahant (one who has become fully "enlightened" in Buddhist terms). He holds an M.D. and M.Sc. in Epidemiology from UNC Chapel Hill.

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Judson Brewer, MD, PhD - Mindfulness & Addiction

Dr. Judson Brewer, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, author, and Founder of MindSciences, Inc. He has used his skill set to research and develop treatments for addiction using mindfulness meditation.

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Willoughby Britton, PhD - Can Meditation Be Harmful?

Dr. Willoughby Britton is a neuroscientist at Brown University studying the neurocognitive effects of mindfulness-based interventions for mood and anxiety disorders. In this episode, we discuss the potential dark sides of meditation practice.

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Ash Sangoram, MD, PhD - Neuroscience, Meditation & Elite Performance

Dr. Ash Sangoram is a neuroscientist, neonatologist, former assistant Stanford Golf coach, and the Founder of GoaLoGolf, an elite performance training company. Ash is also an experience insight meditation practitioner, and he is integrating these principles with science and elite performance.

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff - Neuromyths, Productivity & Cognitive Biases

Anne-Laure Le Cunff is the Founder of Ness Labs, a venture studio dedicated to products that help people be happier and healthier. Previously Anne-Laure worked for Google on their digital health products team, and she is currently completing a Master of Science in Applied Neuroscience at King's College London.

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Wallace J. Nichols, PhD - The Science of Blue Mind

Dr. Nichols is a scientist, activist, community organizer, and author of the bestselling book Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do.

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Cortland Dahl, PhD - Science, Meditation & the Mind's Full Potential

Dr. Cortland Dahl is a leading scientist at The Center for Healthy Minds, the top meditation research lab in the world. He also has decades of meditation experience and is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Tergar International, a global network of meditation groups and centers. We talk about what science has to say about unlocking the mind's full potential through meditation.

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Sara Lazar, PhD - Your Brain on Meditation

Dr. Sara Lazar is a neuroscientist at Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School studying meditation and its effects on the brain. She is one of the world's leading researchers on the neuroscience of meditation.

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Culadasa (a.k.a., John Yates, PhD) - The Mind Illuminated

Culadasa (John Yates, Ph.D.) combines Buddhist teachings with an emerging, scientific understanding of the mind. A neuroscientist with over four decades of meditation experience, Culadasa is the author of The Mind Illuminated and former director of Dharma Treasure.

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