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Dr. Emily Falk on How to Rewire Your Brain for Better Choices | EP 596

2025/4/10
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John R. Miles: 本期节目探讨了大脑如何评估价值,以及如何利用神经科学的见解来促进积极的行为改变。我们讨论了社会联系的重要性,以及如何克服对拒绝和排斥的恐惧。此外,我们还探讨了如何将个人价值与想要创造的改变联系起来,以及如何利用价值肯定等技巧来减少防御性,并促进个人成长。 Emily Falk: 我分享了我的新书《What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change》的核心观点,阐述了大脑如何进行价值计算,以及短期奖励如何影响我们的决策。我解释了自我相关性和社会相关性系统如何影响我们的价值判断,以及如何利用价值肯定等技巧来减少防御性,并促进个人成长。我还讨论了目标感的重要性,以及如何通过改善睡眠和增加体育活动等方式来提升目标感。此外,我还探讨了社会反馈循环的持久性,以及如何利用重新评估等技巧来改变我们对情境的看法,从而改变感受。最后,我强调了超越自我的价值观(例如同情心、善良)的重要性,以及如何通过建立大脑同步来促进社会联系。 Emily Falk: 我分享了我的新书《What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change》的核心观点,阐述了大脑如何进行价值计算,以及短期奖励如何影响我们的决策。我解释了自我相关性和社会相关性系统如何影响我们的价值判断,以及如何利用价值肯定等技巧来减少防御性,并促进个人成长。我还讨论了目标感的重要性,以及如何通过改善睡眠和增加体育活动等方式来提升目标感。此外,我还探讨了社会反馈循环的持久性,以及如何利用重新评估等技巧来改变我们对情境的看法,从而改变感受。最后,我强调了超越自我的价值观(例如同情心、善良)的重要性,以及如何通过建立大脑同步来促进社会联系。

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This chapter explores the brain's value calculation system, highlighting how it prioritizes immediate rewards and how this can conflict with long-term goals. It also discusses the importance of understanding and aligning our values with our decisions.
  • The brain's value calculation system prioritizes immediate rewards.
  • Self-relevance and social connection significantly influence our decisions.
  • Small changes can tip the value calculation towards long-term goals.
  • Reward prediction error plays a role in shaping future choices.

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In Episode 596 of Passion Struck, host John R. Miles sits down with Dr. Emily Falk, a leading neuroscientist and expert in the science of behavior change. Falk is the Vice Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of the Next Big Idea Club Must-Read book What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change).

This powerful conversation explores how our brains weigh choices, how our values shape behavior—often unconsciously—and what it takes to truly live in alignment with who we want to become. From decoding the “value calculator” in our brain to understanding how identity, connection, and purpose influence decision-making, Falk offers deeply practical insights on how to shift your behavior and build a better life.

Full Shownotes here:  https://passionstruck.com/emily-falk-rewire-your-brain-for-better-choices/)

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

  • How your brain calculates value—and why that system often favors short-term rewards
  • Why your future self can feel like a stranger, and how to build empathy toward them
  • How self-transcendent values like compassion and purpose reshape behavior
  • What brain synchrony is and how we build it in conversation, relationships, and society
  • The psychological toll of “not mattering”—and how to fix it
  • Tools to overcome defensiveness and embrace growth, including values affirmation
  • How seemingly small changes—like biking to visit a loved one—can reshape identity
  • Why connection, not control, is the key to lasting behavior change

Connect with Dr. Emily Falk: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/communication-neuroscience-lab)

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