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May 2021
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Dr. Chris Niebauer on Neuropsychology an...

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Dr. Chris Niebauer holds a Ph.D. in cognitive neuropsychology, specializing in the differences between the left and the right sides of the human brain. He is currently a professor at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, where he teaches courses on consciousness, mindfulness, left and right brain differences, and artificial intelligence.  

In this episode, Eric and Chris discuss No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology is Catching Up to Buddhism

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In This Interview, Dr. Chris Niebauer and I Discuss Neuropsychology and the Thinking Mind…

  • His book, No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology is Catching Up to Buddhism
  • How the “Mind 1.0 program” is an outdated program that we’re all running on
  • We don’t update this “program” because we don’t know it’s there
  • Understanding the concept of self and the idea of who we think we are
  • Our thinking mind is not accurate, but we think our thoughts are reality
  • More thinking doesn’t solve a thinking problem
  • Differences between left and right brain thinking
  • Disconnecting the thinking mind from consciousness in meditation
  • Realizing the limitations of the thinking mind
  • How the thinking mind is not who you are and is geared to finding problems
  • Recognizing that consciousness is far more vast than the thinking mind
  • Neuropsychology function is to tell us who we’re not
  • Buddha’s teaching of everything changes
  • How perception is a biological function

Dr. Chris Niebauer Links:

Dr. Chris Niebauer’s Website

Youtube Channel

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If you enjoyed this conversation with Dr. Chris Niebauer on Neuropsychology and the Thinking Mind, you might also enjoy these other episodes:

Neuroscience Behind our Reality with James Kingsland

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