Brain Politics
The Robot and the Ghost (The Brain's Ancient Autonomous Systems)
The Robot is the brain's habit system. It works to automate anything that we do repeatedly. It reduces the effort needed for the action and eventually takes over the action so we can do it without thinking. The Ghost is the brain's unconscious. There is a lot that goes on in the brain outside of our conscious awareness, which profoundly influences how we think act and feel. Knowing the rules by which these two systems operate is vital for the King to excel at Brain Politics.
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Meet Your Host Dr. Rajiv Parinja
Dr. Rajiv Parinja is a psychiatrist with Mercy health in Toledo. He started his career in England where he trained in psychiatry as a resident of psychiatry and a fellow in General Adult Psychiatry. He subsequently did another residency at the Cleveland Clinic in psychiatry. He has worked as an inpatient psychiatrist at Cleveland Clinic and at Mercy Health in Toledo.
He has an interest in understanding how our brains work from an evolutionary standpoint and applying that knowledge to improving the wellbeing of individuals and societies. He has developed a program called ENaBLe ME which stands for Evolution and Neuroscience Based Learning and Mindfulness Exercises which helps people understand how their brains work and apply that knowledge to improve wellbeing.
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