2021-01-18
59 分钟So for generations, when it came to your brain, we pretty much assumed that once you reach adulthood, it pretty much is what it is.
That meant you couldn't get smarter or faster or wittier or optimize it to perform at a higher level.
And on the other side, if you suffered any kind of injury or neurological illness, there was very little that you could do to help your brain recover or even rewire itself to function at a higher level again.
Well, it turns out much of that was wrong.
And my guest today, Ryan Darcy, is an acclaimed neuroscientist and entrepreneur who is at the leading edge of this awakening.
The co founder, president and chief scientific officer of health Tech connects a brain health technology company.
He also holds professorship appointments at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia, where he serves as ABC leadership chair in neuroimaging and neurotechnology.
He's published more than 260 academic works.
Research led major scientific advances, including the discovery of white matter activation in functional MRI, the world's first VR simulator for neurological training and planning the development and deployment of the world's first brain vital sign framework.
This is really cool.
We talk about this a bunch and the utilization of neuroplasticity in brain injury to drive recovery well beyond conventional limits.
So today we are talking about some of the incredible innovations in brain science across the four domains of performance optimization, mental health, neurological diseases, and brain injury recovery.
You are going to be kind of blown away at some of the things that are happening right now.
I was amazed and inspired and hopeful at so much of the work that Ryan and a lot of his colleagues are doing.
So excited to share this conversation with you.
I'm Jonathan Fields and this is good life project.
As we have this conversation.
I'm hanging out in Boulder, Colorado.
You are in Vancouver and you grew up in British Columbia, it sounds like, in a small town.
I did.