Are Our Brains Wired Together? The Power of the Mind in Business & Beyond with Moran Cerf, Neuroscientist & Professor

About this episode

Moran Cerf discusses the hidden signals shaping human behavior and the underestimated role of smell in decision making.

If you understand this about your brain, you’ll be unstoppable. Today, we're talking to Moran Cerf, neuroscientist and professor, about why the hidden signals shaping human behavior have more in common with ants and fish than we'd like to admit, how smell — not vision — may be the most underestimated force behind the decisions we make, why brains in the same room quietly synchronize whether their owners agree or not, and what it actually means when an alien looking down from the moon asks what the humans are building. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! To learn more about Moran's work, check out his website here.

People in this episode

Host: Modern CTO

Guest: Moran Cerf

Topics covered

• neuroscience
• human behavior
• decision making
• business
• synchronization
• smell

Keywords

• neuroscience
• human behavior
• decision making
• synchronization
• smell
• business
• Moran Cerf

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Organizations: Modern CTO, ProSeries Media

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