No.1 Brain Scientist: Billionaire Brain, Anxiety & Addictions | Vidita Vaidya | FO518 Raj Shamani

About this episode

In this episode, Raj Shamani interviews brain scientist Vidita Vaidya about the human brain, its differences from animal brains, and the effects of substances like alcohol and sugar on brain health.

Disclaimer: This episode is intended solely for educational and scientific purposes; it contains real animal brain specimens handled by a qualified professional, does not encourage or promote any unsupervised handling, experimentation, dissection or replication of the activity shown, may be disturbing for some viewers, and minors should watch only under parental guidance. This video is intended solely for educational purposes and opinions shared by the guest are her personal views. We do not intent to defame or harm any person/ brand/ product/ country/ profession mentioned in the video. Our goal is to provide information to help audience make informed choices. The media used in this video are solely for informational purposes and belongs to their respective owners. This episode is brought to you by Urban Platter. To know more, checkout: https://bit.ly/urban-platter-figuring-out Our goal is to provide information to help audience make informed choices. The media used in this video are solely for informational purposes and belongs to their respective owners. (00:00) - Intro (03:04) - Animal Brain vs. Human Brain (09:25) - Live, Dead & Preserved Brains (12:59) - What…

People in this episode

Host: Raj Shamani

Guest: Vidita Vaidya

Topics covered

• neuroscience
• brain anatomy
• addiction
• anxiety
• animal studies

Keywords

• brain science
• neuroscience
• anxiety
• addiction
• grey matter
• Hippocampus
• Albert Einstein

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