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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Season One in Review
Episode 12: Celebrating Season One - A Reflective Summary
In this special episode of Conscious Curiosity, the last before we take a break for a little while, Franck and Matt reflect on the key themes explored...
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Executive Functions... With A Little Help From Our Friends
Episode 11: Executive Functions... With A Little Help From Our Friends
Mixing it up this week, Franck & Matt continued onto the final part of their 3-part episode run-down on Executive Functions, calling in a few...
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Further Expanding on Executive Functions
Episode 10: Further Expanding on Executive Functions
In this episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck and Matt dive deep once more into the role of executive functions, how they shape our behaviour, and the critical...
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Exploring Executive Functions
Episode 9: Exploring Executive Functions
In this episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck and Matt take a step back to examine what executive functions really are and why context, not character, is so often the missing...
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Turning Attention Inside Out
Episode 8: Turning Attention Inside Out
In this episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck and Matt dive deep into the neuroscience of attention, using a recent academic paper to explore what actually triggers our focus...
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The Relationship Between Attention and Memory
Episode 7: The Relationship Between Attention and Memory
In this episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck & Matt dive deep into one of the most foundationalĀ - and misunderstoodĀ - relationships in cognitive science:...
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Paying Attention to Attention
Episode 6: Paying Attention to Attention
In this episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck & Matt unpack the groundbreaking work of Michael Posner and Mary Rothbart on the neuroscience of attention.
Far from being a...
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The Science of Motivation How Your Brain Chases Rewards
Episode 5: Why We're All Designed To Chase Rewards
In this episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck and Matt explore a fascinating neuroscience paper by Aviv Weinstein titled āThe Role of the Reward System in the...
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Is Society Mismatched to Suiting ADHD's Evolutionary Traits?
Episode 4: Is Society Mismatched to ADHD's Suiting Evolutionary Traits?
In this episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck and Matt dive into the thought-provoking paper "Distractibility and Impulsivity in ADHD as an...
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How Thinking About Our Thinking Helps Our Creativity
Episode 3: How Thinking About Our Thinking Helps Our Creativity
In todayās episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck and Matt dive into a deep topicāthinking about their own thinking. Thatās right, things start to get...
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Diving Into the 2025 Neurodiversity Index Report
Episode 2: The Power of Different Minds - City & Guilds 2025 Neurodiversity Index Report
In this episode of Conscious Curiosity, Franck and Matt reflect on the 2025 Neurodiversity Index Report, produced by the...
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The Myth of Absolute Optimality in Clinical Neuroscience
Episode 1: The Myth of Optimality in Clinical Neuroscience
In the first episode of Conscious Curiosity, host Franck Brown is joined by his long-time friend and Season 1 co-host Matt.
Together, they dive into the...
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