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Neuroscience

Brains Build More than One Kind of Mind

Why do we experience culture shock?  Why do people process the same event so differently? Why is code-switching so exhausting? It’s because different people, especially from different cultures, have different minds—and shifting between them is taxing.  This is the main point of Lisa Feldman Barrett’s 6th lesson.  I’m continuing with Barrett’s new book, Seven and a […]

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discipleship Neuroscience

Your Brain Works With Other Brains

What does it really mean to say that humans are social beings? How does it really affect us that we are embedded in our relationship?   And what does this mean for discipleship? I’m continuing with Barrett’s new book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain (I’m working through chapters as part of the […]