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AndyHab
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Expert and Speaker on Neuroscience in Business, Executive Coach, Author, Father, Masters Middle-Distance Runner, (ex)Rugby Player, Lots of Interests...
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AndyHab @andyhab.bsky.social · Jan 15
...and, if I didn't say, I'm publishing my latest book, "The Handbook of Your Brain in Business" online in instalments on my Substack.

See here for contents: https://buff.ly/4063vJs
All introduction sections are freely accessible.

#brain #neuroleadership #business #psychology #workplace
Handbook of Your Brain in Business: Table of Contents
Contents of The Handbook: Your Brain in Business
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New research shows that empathy can be learned - conditioned!

Now we just need to figure out how to do this to large populations (but maybe your corporate rewards systems are badly aligned!).

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/brain-snac...

#empathy #neuroleadership #emotionalintelligence #EQ #HR
Brain Snack: Empathy Can Be Learned
New research shows that empathy can be conditioned - with lasting effects
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August 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Another nice one on the placebo effect - or how expectation impacts outcomes...in the brain.

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#brain #neuroscience #placebo #pain #performance
Brain Snack: How Expectations Shape Brain Responses
New research shows different brain responses to verbal and auditory cues and placebo
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July 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I'm proud and happy to say my online book is well on its way:

THE HANDBOOK: YOUR BRAIN IN BUSINESS

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#neuroleadership #brain #leadership #neuroscience
The Handbook: Your Brain in Business | leading brains Review | Andy Haymaker | Substack
The definitive guide to your brain in business - the science, the psychology, the top tips, across all areas and fields. Click to read leading brains Review, by Andy Haymaker, a Substack publication…
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July 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Phew! Have finally finished updating my archive - 470+ articles on the brain and human behaviour in business and society:

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#neuroleadership #brain #behavior #neuroscience
leading brains Review | Andy Haymaker | Substack
The brain and behaviour in society, learning, health, and business. Click to read leading brains Review, by Andy Haymaker, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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July 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I need your help!

Your input would be really appreciated (first surveys are in and the results are already fascinating). lnkd.in/ePxsBPbS
July 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Today's Brain Snack:

"Why Those With Higher IQ Can Make Better Decisions"

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#IQ #intelligence #decisionmaking #forecast #prediction
Brain Snack: Why Those With Higher IQ Can Make Better Decisions
A new study shows that those with higher IQ are better at forecasting
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July 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Call for participants - would be great if you could spend a few minutes answering questions on any high- or low-performing team you have been a member of:
leading-brains.typeform.com/HP-Teams
Thanks 🙏
July 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Today's Brain Snack:

"AI is Overconfident and Doesn't Recalibrate Like Humans Do"

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/brain-snac...

#brain #AI #artificialintelligence #LLM
Brain Snack: AI is Overconfident and Doesn't Recalibrate Like Humans Do
A new study shows that AI is overconfident but doesn't recalibrate as well as us human beings
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July 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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"So How Plastic is Your Brain Really?"

A short review consolidating research into how changeable your brain is - and whether you can build new neurons (spoiler: you can - probably).

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/review-so-...

#brain #neuroscience #neuroplasticity
Review: So How Plastic is Your Brain Really?
New research show that we can birth new brain cells into advanced adulthood
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July 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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And today's brain snack:

"Optimists' Brains Think Alike (and Pessimists' Differ)"

Fascinating research!

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/brain-snac...

#brain #neuroscience #optimism #pessimism
Brain Snack: Optimists' Brains Think Alike (and Pessimists' Differ)
New research shows how optimists and pessimists process future scenarios and that optimists' brains think more alike
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July 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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My brain snack from last Thursday:

"Your Brain May be More Emotionally Intelligent than You Think"

Seems like the brain always gets it right we just don't always read the internal signals well!

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/brain-snac...

#brain #neuroscience #emotionalintelligence #EQ
Brain Snack: Your Brain May be More Emotionally Intelligent than You Think
New research shows the brain responds to human emotional signals but some may not read this so well
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July 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Last Tuesday's brain snack:

"A Supplement to Rewire the Brain?"

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#brain #neuroscience #neuroplasticity #creatine #supplement
Brain Snack: A Supplement to Rewire the Brain?
New research into a commonly used sports supplement shows impressive benefits for the brain
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July 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Brain Snack: Your Brain on Persevering or Giving Up

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#brain #neuroscience #grit #resilience #motivation
Brain Snack: Your Brain on Persevering or Giving Up
Keeping going under mental fatigue is controlled by distinct regions in the brain
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July 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Research Hit: Do you have a brain wired for doomscrolling?

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/research-h...

#brain #neuroscience #socialmedia #negativity
Research Hit: Do you have a brain wired for doomscrolling?
New research show brain regions associated with seeking negative information.
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July 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Today's Brain Snack:

"You Have Micro Grooves on Your Brain That Boost Cognition - and Grow with Experience"

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#brain #science #neuroscience #cognition
Daily Brain Snack: You Have Micro Grooves on Your Brain That Boost Cognition - and Grow with Experience
A recent paper outlines how micro grooves impact brain function but are also more flexible than the brain's big grooves.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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"What a Sandpile and Your Brain Have in Common"

(And why self-organised criticality is important for everything)

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/what-a-san...

#brain #science #neuroscience
What a Sandpile and Your Brain Have in Common
A new paper outlines a foundational theory of the brain
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July 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Daily #Brain Snack:

#Stress Disrupts Cognitive Function Particularly in Those with Mental Health Conditions

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/daily-brai...

#mentalhealth #wellbeing
Daily Brain Snack: Stress Disrupts Cognitive Function Particularly in Those with Mental Health Conditions
A new review shows that impact of acute stress on executive functions is worse in those with mental health conditions
leadingbrainsreview.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
andyhab.bsky.social
I need your help!

Your input would be really appreciated (first surveys are in and the results are already fascinating). lnkd.in/ePxsBPbS
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
andyhab.bsky.social
Yesterday's Brain Snack:

Why Children (and Maybe You) Learn Faster than AI

open.substack.com/pub/leadingb...

#brain #learning #AI #artificialintelligence
Daily Brain Snack: Why Children (and Maybe You) Learn Faster than AI
A new paper outlines the incredible learning abilities of children over AI and what the reasons are
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July 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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My Sunday #Brain Mix:

- Seasonality in your Genes,
- Locked in #Stress
- Complex #Decision-Making in the Brain
- What Humans Can do Better than #AI
Sunday Brain Mix: Seasonality in Genes, Locked in Stress, Complex Decision-Making in the Brain, What Humans Can do Better than AI
Today I give you nice mix from seasonality and how different people respond to this, new insights into how stress can get locked in, research into decision-making in simple and complex scenarios, and…
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June 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Another one from the archives but still just as relevant:

"How Rudeness Makes Decision-Making Worse"

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#workplace #performance #decisionmaking #rudeness
Research Hit: How Rudeness Makes Decision-Making Worse
Research show that rudeness focuses attention with potential negative impacts on decision-making. Even if only observed.
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June 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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I have to say I was impressed by how effective this was:

"Just One Week of Micro-Acts of Kindness Improves Wellbeing"

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/daily-brai...

#kindness #gratitude #wellbeing #mentalhealth
Daily Brain Snack: Just One Week of Micro-Acts of Kindness Improves Wellbeing
Small acts of "micro-joy" over only one week saw significant improvements in multiple wellbeing ratings
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June 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Well, this explains a few things (such as what we can and can't do and some gender differences ):

"Multitasking is Multiple Skills"

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#brain #multitasking #workplace #neuroleadership
Daily Brain Snack: Multitasking is Multiple Skills
New research shows three main types of multitasking
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June 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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My last weekly review:
- #AI can be funny (but not as good as humans)
- #Moral processing
- #Robot yawning
- #Brain detoxification

leadingbrainsreview.substack.com/p/your-sunda...

#neuroscience #artificialintelligence
Your Sunday Brain Mix: Can AI be Funny, Moral Processing in Brain, Robots and Yawning, and Face Massage for Brain Detoxification
I'll start this week with something that is still in the news every day, namely AI.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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I suppose this is kind of logical - but fascinating nonetheless:

"We Build Human-Like Attachment to AI"

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#attachment #relationships #AI #artificialintelligence
Daily Brain Snack: We Build Human-Like Attachment to AI
New research shows that humans seem to be building strong relationships to AI
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June 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM