S2E20: Flow-State, The Athletic Brain & Overcoming Over-Thinking w Amit Katwala

01/06/2018 43 min
S2E20: Flow-State, The Athletic Brain & Overcoming Over-Thinking w Amit Katwala

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Season 2 Episode #20, Dr. Bubbs interviews award-winning writer Amit Katwala to discuss how the athletic brain impacts performance. In this episode, Amit discusses how the art of anticipation and high-speed decision making sets elite athlete’s brains apart from the rest of us, describes what happens in the brain when athletes overthink during competition, reviews the connection between brain neuroplasticity, BDNF and dopamine, how to get into a flow-state, strategies for performing under pressure and much more. 
 
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