In this episode, my guest is Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, EdD, professor of education, psychology and neuroscience at the University of Southern California and director of the Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education, who has done groundbreaking research on emotions, self-awareness and social interactions and how these impact the way we learn and change across our lifespan. She explains how an understanding of emotions can be leveraged to improve learning in children and in adults, and how the education system should be altered to include new forms of exploration and to facilitate better learning and to include more diverse learning (and teaching) styles. This episode ought to be of interest to anyone interested in how we learn, human development in children and adults, as well as those generally interested in education, psychology or neuroscience.

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Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
USC Academic Profile: https://rossier.usc.edu/faculty-research/directory/maryhelen-immordinoyang USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education: https://candle.usc.edu
Emotions, Learning, and the Brain (Book): https://a.co/d/fgsEUjG
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@candle79
TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RViuTHBIOq8
Twitter: https://twitter.com/candleusc
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryhelen-immordinoyang

Articles
Neural correlates of admiration and compassion: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0810363106?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed
Decoding the neural representation of story meanings across languages: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hbm.23814
Default and executive networks’ roles in diverse adolescents’ emotionally engaged construals of complex social issues: https://academic.oup.com/scan/article/17/4/421/6378602?login=false
Cultural differences in the neural correlates of social–emotional feelings: an interdisciplinary, developmental perspective: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352250X16302068?via%3Dihub
Building Meaning Builds Teens' Brains: https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/building-meaning-builds-teens-brains
How People Learn II: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24783/how-people-learn-ii-learners-contexts-and-cultures
The Smoke Around Mirror Neurons: Goals as Sociocultural and Emotional Organizers of Perception and Action in Learning: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1751-228X.2008.00034.x
Diverse Adolescents’ Transcendent Thinking Predicts Young Adult Psychosocial Outcomes via Brain Network Development: https://psyarxiv.com/cj6an
Sages and Seekers: The development of diverse adolescents’ transcendent thinking and purpose through an intergenerational storytelling program: https://psyarxiv.com/5e4bu

Timestamps
00:00:00 Dr. Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
00:02:11 Sponsors: Eight Sleep, HVMN, ROKA
00:05:54 Inspiration, Awe & Story
00:09:59 Brain-Body, Narratives
00:15:58 Emotions, Durability & Lifespan
00:21:47 Conjuring Stories, Historical Context & Emotion
00:32:16 Sponsor: AG1
00:33:30 Hierarchal Emotion Organization, Default Mode Network, Story & Emotion
00:46:24 Emotional Development & Lifetime
00:57:13 Narrative & Genocide; Checking Assumptions & Mental Flexibility
01:05:22 Social Media, Cognitive Dissonance
01:09:52 Education, Deconstructing Beliefs & Curiosity
01:17:22 Sponsor: InsideTracker
01:18:32 Emotion & Learning; Constructing Meaning
01:28:59 Good Teachers & Curiosity
01:33:25 Inter-disciplinary Education; Development & Culture
01:50:58 Idea Exploration, Tolerance
01:56:53 Reframing Education, Deconstructing Assumptions
02:03:28 Safety, Creativity & Default Mode Network
02:12:15 Civic Discourse & Education; Deconstructing Ideas
02:27:31 “Mirror” Neurons, Shared Social Experiences
02:35:49 Cold Exposure & Sickness; Role of Education
02:38:51 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Momentous, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

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