Are we simply robots made out of meat? Or is there an inescapable “I” who makes real choices that can change our lives? This episode of Science Uprising (Mind: The Inescapable I) challenges claims by materialists like Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett that humans are simply robots without free will. Be sure to visit scienceuprising.com to find more videos and explore related articles and books. People featured in this episode include Michael Egnor, MD, a Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University; and Jeffrey Schwartz, MD, a Research Psychiatrist at UCLA and author many books such as The Mind and the Brain, Brain Lock, and You Are Not Your Brain. Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz is a research psychiatrist at the School of Medicine at the University …
n this bonus interview footage from Science Uprising, research psychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz, MD, discusses evidence from the treatment of OCD that you are more than your brain. Dr. Schwartz is a leading researcher of the philosophy of conscious awareness, the idea that the actions of the mind have an effect on the workings of the brain. Dr. Jeffrey M. Schwartz is a research psychiatrist and one of the world’s leading experts in neuroplasticity. Decades ago, he began to study the philosophy of conscious awareness, the idea that the actions of the mind have an effect on the workings of the brain. Jeff’s breakthrough work in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) provided the hard evidence that the mind can control the brain’s chemistry. He has lectured extensively to both …
The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taki ng Control of Your Life
Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Rebecca Gladding
June 5, 2012
A leading neuroplasticity researcher and the coauthor of the groundbreaking books Brain Lock and The Mind and the Brain, Jeffrey M. Schwartz has spent his career studying the human brain. He pioneered the first mindfulness-based treatment program for people suffering from OCD, teaching patients how to achieve long-term relief from their compulsions. Schwartz works with psychiatrist Rebecca Gladding to refine a program that successfully explains how the brain works and why we often feel besieged by overactive brain circuits (i.e. bad habits, social anxieties, etc.) the key to making life changes that you want — to make your brain work for you — is to consciously choose to “starve” these circuits of focused attention, thereby decreasing their influence and …
