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Sep 2021
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#78: Neuroscience, Consciousness & Nondu...

FitMind: Neuroscience, Meditation & Mental Fitness Training
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Dr. James Cooke is a neuroscientist, writer and speaker, focused on consciousness, meditation, psychedelic states, and science.

He studied Experimental Psychology and completed his PhD in Neuroscience at Oxford University.

He holds research positions at University College London and Trinity College Dublin where he investigates how the brain creates our experience of the world.

In this episode, we dive into the concept of nonduality, why our brains construct an ego, the nature of consciousness, psychedelic states and much more.

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