Nov 2, 2016
My guest for this episode of Informed Choice Radio is Dr Lynda Shaw.
I met Lynda a year ago, when she was leading a workshop for the
Society of Later Life Advisers all about communicating with older
clients.
As you will hear in this interview, Lynda is an incredible woman.
She’s a cognitive neuroscientist and business psychologist,
specialising in consciousness, emotion and the effects of
ageing.
Lynda has a long list of affiliations, including Fellow of Royal
Society of Medicine, Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of
the British Psychological Society and Fellow of the Professional
Speaking Association.
In addition to her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, Lynda has a
Masters of Research in Psychology, and a joint honours degree in
Psychology and Social Anthropology.
When I heard Lynda speak a year ago, she was covering the
psychology of communication and the older client. I wanted to touch
on some of this area again, to get a better understanding of how
our brains change as we age and what impact this has on our
decision making.
In this episode of Informed Choice Radio, I speak to Lynda about
her journey from business to academia, the link between emotion and
below conscious awareness, how we can make better decisions about
our money by reframing our state of mind, why retiring from work
might be the most unhealthy decision you make in your life, and
much more.
Welcome to Greed, Decision Making, & the Ageing Brain with Dr Lynda
Shaw, in episode 130 of Informed Choice Radio.
Some questions I ask
-How do you go from being a business woman to a psychologist and a neuroscientist?
-How is this application of neuroscience applied in business generally and in life generally?
-If we enter the decision making processes in the wrong state of mind, are we going to approach the decisions differently?
-What are the changes that we go through as we age?
-Do we lose confidence in our decision making as we age because of changes to our brains?
-Tell us about greed, can it be a positive and a negative emotion?
Thank you for listening!
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