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Ep101 "Why do people walk away from bad events with different outcomes?"

4/21/2025 • 59 min

What enables some people to keep going when everything falls apart? We all know someone who’s been through hell and comes out standing. This episode is about resilience. Join Eagleman with guest Dr. Jonathan Downar to discover what happens in the brain when we face adversity. Is resilience something you’re born with, or is it something your brain can develop? Wh… Play episode

Ep100 "Why do brains love slow motion video?"
Ep99 "Why do brains sometimes make things up?"
EP98 "What's the future of AI relationships?" (with Bethanie Maples)
Ep 97 "Can we rewrite the human code?" (with Trevor Martin)
Ep96 "What’s the future of education in an AI world?" (Part 2: Sal Khan)
Ep95 "What's the future of education in an AI world?" (Part 1)
Ep94 "How does the brain construct reality?"
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Ep93 "Will AI kill our creativity or enhance it?"
Ep92 "Why is it hard to keep a secret?"
Ep91 "What is love?"
Ep90 "What's the future of connecting our tech to our brains?"
Ep89 "Why do you love some flavors and not others?"
Ep88 "Might there exist very different kinds of minds?"
Ep 87 "How do we operate in the present when we perceive the past?"
Ep86 "What are emotions?"
Ep39 rebroadcast "What is the future of AI relationships?"
Ep10 rebroadcast "Why is it so hard to spot a counterfeit bill?"
Ep85 "What is a Thought?"
Ep84 "Why do brains love music?"
Ep83 "Why Do Your 30 Trillion Cells Feel Like a Self?" Part 2
Ep82 "Why Do Your 30 Trillion Cells Feel Like a Self?" Part 1
Ep 81 "How close are we to longevity?"
Ep51 rebroadcast "Why do brains dream?"
Ep48 rebroadcast "Why do brains become depressed?"
Ep31 rebroadcast "Why do we see #TheDress differently?"
Ep1 rebroadcast "Does time really slow down when you're in fear for your l…
Ep80 "What's it like to never forget?"
Ep79 "Does everyone have different mind's eyes, mind's ears, and mind's to…
Ep78 "Does your brain have one model of the world or thousands?"
Ep77 "What is Life?"
Ep76 "How do you decide?" (Part 2)
Ep75 "How do you decide?" (Part 1)
Ep74 "Why do we laugh?"
Ep73 "How do we fool ourselves in the stock market?"
Ep72 "How do you put yourself in other people's shoes (and can AI do it)?"
Ep71 "Why do our memories drift? Part 2: Misremembering yourself"
Ep70 "Why do our memories drift? Part 1: The War of the Ghosts"
Ep69 "Why do you see something everywhere after you've seen it once?"
Ep68 "What if our brains worked a trillion times faster?"
Ep67 "How did human brains get runaway intelligence? "
Ep66 "Why do brains love conspiracy theories?"
Ep65 "Why do brains so easily fall for magic tricks?"
Ep64 "Why do familiar things lose their shine (& what can we do about it)?…
Ep63 "Why do brains love faces?"
Ep62 "Is it possible to rehumanize the enemy?"
Ep61 "When should you (not) trust your intuition?"
Ep60 "Can we think better by wrestling with conflicting ideas?"
Ep59 "Do you visualize like I do?"

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