Measuring & Enhancing Peak Performance - Dr. Izzy Justice

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Dr. Izzy Justice discusses the neuroscience behind peak performance and the significance of the 10 Hz frequency.

We’ve all heard that peak performance is ‘all in your head,’ but our guest today invested time mapping where that ‘headspace’ lives. Dr. Izzy Justice is a world-renowned sports neuroscientist who notes he has analyzed over 18,000 EEG brain scans to uncover a startling truth: there is a specific frequency—10 Hz—where elite performance becomes effortless. He is the author of Life Explained: Chasing 10 Hz, and he’s here to show us that confidence isn't a feeling, it's an electrical state. Today,...

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Guest: Dr Izzy Justice

Topics covered

• peak performance
• sports neuroscience
• EEG brain scans
• confidence
• elite performance

Keywords

• brain scans
• electrical state
• Life Explained: Chasing 10 Hz

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Products: Life Explained: Chasing 10 Hz

Books & works: Life Explained: Chasing

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