• Jim Coan – Our Social Baseline

  • Dec 12 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
  • Podcast

Jim Coan – Our Social Baseline

Listen for free

View show details

  • Summary

  • In this episode, Wendy speaks with psychologist and affective neuroscientist Jim Coan. Jim is a leading researcher on how social connection impacts our minds, brains, and bodies, and he's also pushing the boundaries of impactful science communication. This conversation covers many topics, including:

    • studying relationships and emotions in the brain;
    • how a confusing research finding changed his career;
    • how holding hands impacts our bodies and minds;
    • understanding energy regulation and prediction;
    • social baseline theory;
    • the prefrontal cortex and self-regulation;
    • implications for the default mode network;
    • social support as energetic resources for the body;
    • effects of hand holding on pain processing;
    • introversion and social support;
    • the two things all his students must memorize;
    • the costs and benefits of social interactions;
    • implications for loss of relationship;
    • sense of self, belonging, and the importance of supporting others;
    • communicating science through comics;
    • and surviving—even flourishing—through climate change.

    Full show notes and resources
    Show more Show less
Show more Show less
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about Jim Coan – Our Social Baseline

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available