Neuroscientist Dr. Scott Frey: The Brain as a Prediction Machine
How do exercise, conversation, and memory change our brain? Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Scott Frey has spent over 30 years researching how our brain’s adaptability impacts human performance.
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In this episode, we talk about the brain’s ability to adapt to challenges like limb loss and degenerative disease, how focus and attention determine memory function, and the way exercise impacts our neuroplasticity.
He is an award-winning scientist, endurance athlete, lecturer and entrepreneur - and not long before he began his research, he was a high school drop out financially supporting his single mother, who had multiple sclerosis.
In fact, within 10 years he graduated from Harvard University and went on to receive a PHD from Cornell University. He has focused much of his research on the impact strokes, amputation, and degenerative disease has on brain organization.
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His company, Neurocognitive Consultants, provides coaching and evidence-based strategies to enable individuals and organizations to perform better and increase their quality of life. Dr. Frey is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Missouri University, where he also directs the Rehabilitation Neuroscience Laboratory.
As he mentions in the episode, in college he recognized a correlation between active athletic training and academic success. He still enjoys running, cycling, and endurance sports. You can catch him at the Slumberland American Birkebeiner 50k cross country ski race in Wisconsin, or you can reach him at freyneuro@gmail.com.
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