Your Brain: A Prediction Machine, Not a Reactor
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Resources & Recommendations
Books
- "The Courage to Be Disliked" - This book changed the host's view on how past events define us, suggesting that we apply meaning to what happens, which then determines our behavior.
People Mentioned
- Maria - A young adolescent girl from an anthropological case study who experienced trauma after watching Oprah, despite not showing signs of trauma before, illustrating how cultural context and inherited meaning can shape one's experience of events.
- Oprah - Her show was mentioned in an example where Maria watched women discuss physical abuse, which led Maria to re-evaluate her own experiences and subsequently develop symptoms of trauma.
Organizations & Institutions
- Emory University - An anthropologist from this university was mentioned for her work studying people and trauma across different cultures.