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My TEDx talk ‘Indulge Your Neurobiology’

Jun 3, 2015 | Creativity, Education, Healthy Living, Mental Health, Mind-Body, Neuroscience, Performance, Sleep, The Scientists Speak | 69 Comments

Here it is: My TEDx Northern Sydney Institute talk 'Indulge Your Neurobiology'. In my talk I share my ...

Guess what? You’re not your job.

May 31, 2015 | Healthy Living, Professionals, Stress, The Scientists Speak | 4 Comments

Thanks to Bek Lambert from Hacking Happiness for another savvy reminder of the blurring of the lines between work, home ...

Your pain is in fact produced in your head and it will produce it more readily and more intensely if you have what you think is clear evidence that something is wrong

No brain, no pain: it’s in the mind

May 1, 2015 | Mind-Body, Neuroscience, The Scientists Speak | 3 Comments

With thanks to The Conversation for publishing this fascinating article by Prof Moseley (and their creative commons license ...

Did Rick Hanson’s Positive Neuroplasticity training change my skeptical mind?

Feb 10, 2015 | Mental Health, Mind-Body, Psychology, Stress, The Scientists Speak | 22 Comments

That's me and Rick Hanson PhD, a neuropsychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and ...

Brain Rules – Walking Book Club

Feb 4, 2015 | The Scientists Speak, Walking Book Club | 1 Comment

The return of the Walking Book Club Lets kick this Walking Book Club off again!! Why walk and ...

My top 5 brain health stories for 2014.

Dec 18, 2014 | Creativity, Healthy Living, Mind-Body, Neuroscience, Professionals, Psychology, Stress, The Scientists Speak | 1 Comment

As 2014 draws to a close I've crunched the numbers and come up with the the top 5 most ...

How stem cells can help to repair the damaged brain.

Oct 3, 2014 | Brain Injury, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, The Scientists Speak | 8 Comments

At the time of publishing this blog post I'm in Marrakesh with my family about to start month ...

Why working too hard impairs your thinking.

Aug 21, 2014 | Healthy Living, Performance, Professionals, Stress, The Scientists Speak | 3 Comments

This week's blog post comes from Rebekah Lambert. Rebekah makes her living as marketing, content creation and copywriting freelancer ...

July Walking Book Club – Brainwashed: the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience

Jul 4, 2014 | Neuroscience, The Scientists Speak, Walking Book Club

Neuroscience seems to offer daily insights into the very core of what it means to be human. But ...

How to build good habits, make them stick & the awesome power of being boring

Jun 5, 2014 | Neuroplasticity, Performance, The Scientists Speak | 3 Comments

Todays blog post is comes to you from Gregory Ciotti who writes at SparringMind.com where he explores creative work, ...

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