EP 07: Your Brain Didn’t Come With a Manual | Heather Collins, PhD, Neuroscientist

Is AI making us dumber? A neuroscientist with more than fifty peer-reviewed papers has a one-rule answer: your brain reserves the right of a first draft.Marco Palou, author of HOMO ARTIS, sits down with Dr. Heather Collins, cognitive neuroscientist whose research runs from Alzheimer's disease to what space does to astronauts' brains. This is Don't Freak Out, a podcast about being human in the future that came, where every conversation happens while making something with our hands. Today: origami, and a Muppet named Bobby.They talk about brain gain versus brain drain, how to make AI a thinking partner instead of a replacement brain, breaking a chatbot of its flattery, why your working memory holds about four things, what nine months in space does to a skull, the 100-millisecond first impression and why everyone remembers the meat dress, and the science of Touchies, the memory-holding objects from HOMO ARTIS, which a neuroscientist validates in real time.Her closer: it's gonna be okay, because now you know how to take care of your brain.Pre-order and get the first 4 chapters of HOMO ARTIS free: https://homoartis.comWatch and follow Don't Freak Out: https://dontfreakout.usInstagram: https://instagram.com/dontfreakoutpodcastSay hello: [email protected] by Shira Chait and Marco PalouCinematography and stills by Raul Seca Jr.Production design by Teresa Guerrero C.Color corrected by Shira ChaitPost production by Amarte Labs Get full access to Marco Palou at marcopalou.substack.com/subscribe