Neurobollocks

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05/27/24 • 54 min

The B-Word

Have you ever heard that we only use 10% of our brains?

That the brain's right hemisphere is creative and the left hemisphere is logical?

Or that we all have a lizard brain, a mammal brain, and a human brain?

All of these statements have one thing in common....they're #neurobollocks.

In this episode, James talks to UCL Neuroscientist Joe Devlin about the uses and misuses of neuroscience.

Have you ever heard that we only use 10% of our brains?

That the brain's right hemisphere is creative and the left hemisphere is logical?

Or that we all have a lizard brain, a mammal brain, and a human brain?

All of these statements have one thing in common....they're #neurobollocks.

In this episode, James talks to UCL Neuroscientist Joe Devlin about the uses and misuses of neuroscience.

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