Top Brain Scientist: Billionaire Brain, Anxiety & Addictions | Vidita Vaidya | FO518 Raj Shamani

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
03:04 - Animal Brain vs. Human Brain
09:25 - Live, Dead & Preserved Brains
12:59 - What Neuroscientists Have Learned About the Human Brain
19:06 - Why Did Albert Einstein's Brain Weigh More?
22:16 - What Is Grey Matter?
26:02 - Does Alcohol Affect Grey Matter?
30:38 - Do Women Have a Larger Hippocampus Than Men?
33:25 - Does Sugar Affect the Brain Like Alcohol?
35:35 - How Animal Studies Help Us Understand the Brain
44:17 - Memory Formation
58:47 - Why Do Some People Have Better Memory Than Others?
1:01:38 - How Does Muscle Memory Work?
1:05:43 - Decoding the Brains of Top Athletes
1:20:59 - Which Brain Regions Help You Win?
1:27:40 - No Two Brains Are Identical
1:32:02 - Why Do 25-Year-Olds Feel Something Is Missing?
1:37:26 - Why Does This Generation Lack Willpower?
1:44:50 - Top 3 Exercises to Improve Willpower
1:53:45 - What Is Anxiety?
2:04:54 - Can Family Cause Chronic Social Stress?
2:06:50 - Where Is Anxiety First Felt in the Body?
2:20:25 - Why Do High Performers Break Down in Their 30s or 40s?
2:27:53 - How Do Drugs Help the Brain Grow?
2:33:43 - Why Do People Enjoy Drugs Despite Reckless Use?
2:37:20 - Why Shouldn't You Take Psychedelics Recommended by Friends?
2:46:33 - What Does a Happy Brain Look Like?
2:50:28 - BTS
2:51:13 - Outro

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In today’s episode, we sit down with Vidita Vaidya, Neuroscientist and Senior Professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai, to understand the most complex object we know, the human brain.

We discuss what makes the human brain so powerful, the difference between survival and desire, and why bigger brains do not necessarily mean higher intelligence.

The conversation also covers grey matter vs white matter, how alcohol affects the brain, whether men or women have better memory, and why the brain creates feelings of familiarity. She explains how memories are formed, stored, and recalled, and what makes the human brain different from every other species.

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