The Neuroscience Of Awe, Distraction and Anxiety - Beau Lotto - #376

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Beau Lotto. He's a professor of neuroscience at the University of London and an author. Beau is the founder of the Lab Of Misfits, which he describes as lunatic fringe neuroscience. He's created nightclubs in his lab where every action people take is measured. He's locked people in dark rooms and waited to see what happens. And he's got actors to have a fit on the floor to observe how people respond. Today, expect to learn the neuroscience of why awe makes us feel so connected to the world around us, how donating a lot of money to charity can turn off that girl that you're trying to impress, why unanswered questions causes so much anxiety, how distraction occurs in our brains and much more. Don't forget that the Modern Wisdom reading list is now live. You should take your face to chriswillex.com. To download your copy now, there is a hundred books that you need to read before you die waiting for you, chriswillex.com/books. In other news, this episode is brought to you by DW Aligners. You can get the perfect straight smile that you have always dreamed of, 70% cheaper than other invisible align methods and you can have it in as little as three months. They've just released their nighttime aligners, which means that you can get straight teeth while you sleep. You don't need to wear these ones during the day and you still get all of the support that you do with their normal system. They include a premium whitening kit with every plan, so you get that for free. Not only do you get straight teeth, but you can have white teeth too. They have a hybrid system that means the customers can undergo the full treatment from the comfort of their own home while still getting the full support from Dr. Richard Marks and his qualified dental staff throughout. The custom made invisible aligners are unobtrusive. You change them each week and they incrementally adjust your teeth, creating a straighter smile. It's an easier, quicker and cheaper way to get the smile that you've always dreamed of while still receiving all the support and expertise that you would traditionally. plus, they also offer great finance plans. If you've got straighter teeth, you will be more confident. You'll smile more and be more approachable. And it's a pretty good place to start. And now you can do it overnight. You don't have to wear these ones during the day. So you can choose the daytime or the nighttime system. And they're both 70% cheaper than other invisible align methods. Head to dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom. That's dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom.
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Beau Lotto, welcome to the show.

**Beau Lotto** (4:22)
Thank you very much, Chris. Good to be here.

**Chris Williamson** (4:25)
We were just talking about what happens if you can hear your own voice briefly after you say it. So it's like your mum's old phone on loudspeaker and you're speaking and then her microphone catches the audio out of the speaker and sends it back to you. What happens with your brain? What were you talking about there?