Emily Kwong
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Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
If we're disagreeing and our amygdala is going off, what else is happening in our brain?
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
She just had people sitting around having a conversation like one might at family dinner, except her research participants are wearing these swim cap things.
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
No, they're just people out here living their lives.
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
And she's looking at their brain activity.
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
Okay, their brains were more synchronous.
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
So clearly disagreement sets off a waterfall of reactions and behaviors that...
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
that lights up all these parts of the brain.
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
When that is happening to us, which seems fairly inevitable, how can we approach disagreement better?
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
This absolutely reminds me of Jeannie and Richard.
Short Wave
How To Disagree Better
They are not trying to change each other's minds.