Clifton & Sanchez - Mirrors & Windows 10/24/2001 at The New School, New York, NY. Moderated by Eisa Davis.
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How attention and focus affects creative thinking.
Priyanka Potdar shares her experience and idea on how Neuropsychology can help with Performance Anxiety as part of the TEDxNapaValley 2014 “Going Against The Grain, embracing the unconventional” event.
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Riane Eisler joins the Thom Hartmann program, warning that we are in regression and that we can still make progress, if we handle regressions from human rights victories, like the election of Donald Trump.
Let your mind wander: Your next great idea might come when you least expect it.
To be creative, we have to unlearn millions of years of evolution. Creativity asks us to do that which is hardest: to question our assumptions, to doubt what we believe to be true. That is the only way to see differently.
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Geriatric psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dilip Jeste reveals how our brains compensate for physical aging and discusses an unexpected evolutionary advantage to growing old–gaining sage wisdom–which holds great promise to benefit society as a whole.
A former drug addict himself, Lewis now researches addiction. In order to get over ones addiction, he explains, self-trust is necessary. Unfortunately, self- trust is extremely difficult for an addict to achieve.
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People say to me Well I can’t predict my future. I'm in the unknown. I always say to them: The best way to predict your future is to create it. Not from the known, but from the unknown.
Talk from Professor Richard Davidson at "Creating a Happier World: an afternoon with the Dalai Lama and friends" - organized by Action for Happiness in London on 21 Sept 2015