#52 World - Class Brain – Inside the Minds of High Performing Athletes and CEOs – Dr Frederick Travis

What is the difference in the brain functioning of the high performing athletes, world class CEOs… and everyone else? Can anyone get there? HOW? Would psychedelics help (or not)? How do you “measure” what is called “enlightenment”? How useful is it in a modern world?

Our guest today is Dr Frederick Travis, a world-class scientist who spent a very big part of his life researching the brain functioning of high performing people and meditation practitioners. Frederick will give us answers to these and other questions. Let’s tune in.

Moments To Listen For:

• Do birds see in colour?
• What is the process of Transcending?
• How does the brain change during the meditation states?
• Does “detachment” make you less empathetic and less sensitive to other people’s pain (or not)?
• The Science of the States of Consciousness
• The Science of Lucid Dreaming
• Physiology and Transcending
• Brain and Consciousness
• World-Class Peak Performance Brain
• Can we “measure” what is called “enlightenment” from a scientific point of view?
• What do psychedelics really do and what affect do they have on the brain functioning? How helpful (or not) are they for the spiritual seekers?

ABOUT DR. FREDERICK TRAVIS:

Dr. Frederick Travis received his PhD in Psychology at Maharishi International University in 1988. After a two-year post-doctoral position in basic sleep research at the University of California Davis, Dr. Travis returned to Maharishi International Management as Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition. His work has focused on brain development from birth to adulthood, effects of stress on brain functioning, effects of meditation on the brain during and after meditation practice (state and trait effects), subjective and objective markers of higher states of consciousness, brain patterns of peak performance and effects of other technologies from the Vedic tradition of India such as yoga asana practice, listening to Vedic recitation, and effects of the built environment on an individual. Fred has published 84 papers and book chapters, and has authored or co-authored four books. He teaches on the under-graduate, master’s, and doctoral levels and lectures globally on brain and consciousness.

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