Dr. SunWolf

University professor, trial lawyer, folklorist—studying neuroscience, social behaviors, the science of happiness. Ukulele fan. Plant eater. Tells ghost stories.

[Dr. SunWolf @TheSocialBrain]

Every trial is a battle for good & evil, right & wrong—in the jury room.
Jurors debate with their moral brains.
Neuroscience of our moral brains, voir dire, motions, issues: https://t.co/D9x3GWgAOt

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Where do memories form in our brain?
New 2022 study reveals how the cells in our brain form and store various memories:
https://t.co/Z4Rl7cVpx5

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Thinking about committing to a few life changes? Need inspiration?
Woody Guthrie's New Years Resolutions (1943) in his road notebook:

Fond of #15 and #18 . . .

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Thanks to @katy_milkman for these recommendations!
Especially, THE COLLECTIVE EDGE, which I just ordered.
{I teach Group Communication and focus on the dynamics of PEER GROUPS.}

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{Uncertainty.} A place our brains hate to dwell. How do brains deal with choices that involve uncertainty? https://t.co/UjxXK7eGO2

💡Every trial involves uncertainty and choices: witnesses, parties, experts, JURORS

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🎄 A child's brain on Santa Claus:
Someone fun and kind, who brings gifts to the world?
🎅Santa beliefs and young growing minds:
https://t.co/MOB0phhRAb

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💚 Thankful for every Farm Worker.
https://t.co/O15QimoEGj

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🌞 Notice the disappointing things and marvelous things, at the same time.
Because they dance with one another.
{Rethinking gratitude.}

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Truth here.

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Think you know who your friends are? Maybe not.
We might be bad judges of friendship: https://t.co/EITlNckzWC

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An artist who made quirky okay for all of us.
La-di-da, la-di-da . . .

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🌿Our brains love plants: Psychological Effects of Plant Companions. The mere sight of an indoor plant can reduce work stress.

Plants can change your state of mind: https://t.co/3GYSMI5f5j. +
https://t.co/Rj6WTwCC71.

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I was born on the 4th of July.
🌞Find a moment to celebrate something that matters to you.

#4thofJuly

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{The lousy decisions we all make.}
Lousy decisions witnesses made. Unwanted decisions jurors make—from the 1st witness.
Attorneys: chart out the biases that already contaminated your case. Voir dire. Questionnaires. Raise awareness!

Teachers: Great handout for students.

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Books. Endangered species.
{Buy one. Gift one. Read a new one.}

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🎨Our social brains are deeply Colorized!
The Crayola-Fication of the World: how colors got their names. Then it messed with our brains:
https://t.co/tigkbb7ebo

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People who think in vivid colors.
My tribe.

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You. Everyone else.

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Wish you had declined more often? More creatively?

Love this one from E. B. White [fabulous author of Charlotte's Web]:

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I am NOT wasting my time by watching these two.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Cat entertaining the dog.. 😂

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Your Brain doesn't think the way you think it does.

From neuroscience—misleading perceptions about memory, attention, perception:
https://t.co/fr9PDkAy5F

Attorneys: If you need to attack what a witness will testify to, perhaps voir dire jurors on their assumptions?

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Our brains constantly try to predict the future.
What happens when our brain is wrong?
Prediction errors:
https://t.co/xL6xuWnLbR

Dopamine and the reward-prediction errors;
https://t.co/57jlyBywi3

We aren't even great at predicting our own hunger: