Neuroscientists Steven Chase & Aaron Batista chat with Trey Elling about research they conducted on monkeys to learn why we struggle to learn under pressure. Topics include:
- The genesis of this research (1:34)
- How the monkeys were tested (2:23)
- The monkeys’ ‘jackpot’ (3:35)
- What the research found (4:41)
- The activity in the monkeys’ brains (5:51)
- The role of the motor cortex (7:41)
- Examining rhesus macaques over bonobo chimps (9:46)
- What led Steven and Aaron to studying the brain (11:37)
- Defining ‘the mind’ (15:14)
- Examples where Steven and Aaron failed AND succeeded under pressure (18:54)
