Brain Fact Friday: ”Think Like an FBI Profiler: Using the Neuroscience of Curiosity to Improve Learning.”

<p> </p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p>“What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.”--Paulo Coelho</p> <p>Welcome back to <em>The Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast</em> where we bridge the gap between theory and practice, with strategies, tools and ideas we can all use immediately, applied to the most current brain research to heighten productivity in our schools, sports environments and modern workplaces. I’m Andrea Samadi and launched this podcast to share how important an understanding of our brain is for our everyday life and results. Like you, I’m interested in learning and applying the research, to our everyday life.</p> <p>On today’s episode #256 and this week’s Brain Fact Friday, I wanted to take what we learned from Dr. Chantel Prat earlier this week on EP#255<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a>, and her book <em>The Neuroscience of You</em><a href='#_edn2'><em>[ii]</em></a><em>,</em> and dive a bit deeper to increase our learning with whatever it is we are interested or curious about.  At the end of our interview with Dr. Prat, I shared how much I learned about myself from reading her book, and how learning inspires me (which is why I am motivated to keep producing podcast episodes that can help all of us take our results to new heights—with what we are learning and applying here, and why I’m always looking to fill in the gaps in with my knowledge). Do you know what I mean here? Have you ever found someone who knows something that you don’t know, (you notice the knowledge gap) and then you were motivated, or even energized to glean their knowledge to enhance your life?</p> <p>I know that each of us will be curious about something in the world and I’m so grateful that you’ve chosen this podcast to learn from, along with me.</p> <p>I’m always looking to answer the question “What is it that YOU’RE curious about?” so I can create episodes that are helpful, and Chapter 7 of Dr. Prat’s book dives much deeper into the research behind curiosit