60 Seconds of Neuroscience
This podcast offers brief, impactful episodes that explain key concepts about brain function. Each minute-long segment presents a single neuroscience idea that listeners can apply to their daily lives. Designed to be quick and accessible, it delivers practical insights without technical jargon.
Episodes
Procedural versus Declarative Memories
Skills you need to practice, knowledge you need to study.
Habit Formation
Simple habits make your life easier, and better!
The Generation Effect
Figuring out the answer yourself is better than reading it!
Intuition versus Deliberation
Sometimes your intuition is right, but sometimes... it isn't!
Transfer of Learning
Vary the way you practice to be better prepared for the real world!
Metacognition
Be aware of what you do not know.
LTP
Repetition strengthens memories at the neuron level!
Memory Consolidation
Your memories form mostly while you sleep!
The Forgetting Curve
Keep reviewing something you want to remember!
Working Memory
Your mental scratch pad is limited in size!
Chunking
It is easier to remember things if you store them in "chunks".
Neuroplasticity
Your brain has the ability to rewire itself!
The Testing Effect
Tests help build memories!
Retrieval Practice
Trying to remember things strengthens your memory of them.
Messy Learning
Sometimes doing some incomfortable helps you learn more.
The Spacing Effect
It is better to space out learning than it is to cram.
Choice Options
Having more options is not always good.
Present Bias
Be aware that future values are discounted!
Regret
You rehearse future regret
Hindsight Bias
Outcomes bias your memory of the past.
The Planning Fallacy
Your brain underestimates how long things take - but always in your favour.
Optimism Bias
Sometimes, our confidence gets in our way.
The Availability Heuristic
Why do you believe what you believe?
Confirmation Bias
Are you decisions biased by the information that you choose to focus on?
Somatic Markers
Your body whispers the scoresheet from past bets.
Risk versus Reward
Why do some opportunities feel exciting and stressful at the same time? This episode explores how the brain weighs potential rewards against possible risks, shaping the decisions we make every day.
Loss Aversion
Your brain doesn't treat gains and losses equally. Losses trigger stronger emotional responses—often about twice as powerful as gains of the same size.
The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Have you ever stuck with something even thoough you knew you should not?
Group Decision Making
Why do smart groups sometimes make worse decisions? This episode explores how brain synchronization and reduced conflict detection during agreement can quietly undermine critical thinking—and why disagreement leads to better decisions.
Brain Health
Sleep, diet, exercise, and mindfulness are the keys to better decision-making.
Predictive Processing
How your brain uses prediction errors—detected by the ACC—to update its internal model and improve decisions.
The Status Quo Bias
Why do we stick with the same choices—even when better options are available? This episode explores how the brain's preference for familiarity and loss avoidance drives the status quo bias, keeping us anchored to what we already have.
The Anchoring Bias
Framing Effects in Real Life
How identical choices lead to different decisions—simply because of how they're framed.
Framing Effects
