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Dr. Lila Landowski

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
363 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

You know, we've forced ourselves into this nuclear family and we put all of this pressure on ourselves and, you know, maybe our significant other to get things done.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

But we've actually never really in human history had to do that until recently.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

Exactly.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

Yeah.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

I mean, now we have to worry about, you know, getting stuck in traffic or, you know, is there going to be a breakdown on the road or all of these things that, you know, are part of our life now but never used to be part of our lives.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

Yeah.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

And being certain places at a certain time, you know, before you just do things as they arise and go with the flow.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

Yeah.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

You'd have that kind of, we call it time affluence.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

So when you feel like you've got control of your time and

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

then you feel happier and you're less stressed.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

But in today's society where you're running from one thing to the next and you don't feel like you have any control over things, that's a stressor and it's not good for us.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

They sound really logical, but when I explain it, it'll make more sense.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

So attention, alertness, sleep, repetition, breaks, and mistakes.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

So in order to

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

learn something, you need to be paying attention to it, right?

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

You can't be distracted.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

You've got to give it your attention, then you'll learn.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

You've got to be alert.

Two Broke Chicks
Life Lessons On Memory & Popcorn Brain With A Neuroscientist

You know, if you're tired and sleepy, then it's going to be hard to pay attention.