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Tara Swart, MD, PhD - Neuroscience, Work, & the Future

Neuroscientist and former psychiatrist Dr. Tara Swart delves into peak performance and workplace productivity on The FitMind Podcast episode 66.

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Episode 66

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Episode Overview

Dr. Tara Swart is a neuroscientist, medical doctor, bestselling author, peak performance coach, and former psychiatrist. Dr. Swart seeks to optimize the mind by applying principles from neuroscience.

Topics in this episode include the law of attraction, autopilot thinking, organizational plasticity, and the exciting/scary intersection between neuroscience and technology.

Hope you enjoy!

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Tara Swart, MD, PhD Bio

Dr. Tara Swart holds positions as a Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan, Chief Science Officer at Heights, Neuroscience and Psychological Advisor at To Be Magnetic, and Chief Neuroscience Officer at Arowana International. She wrote The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain.

Dr. Swart received a PhD in Neuropharmacology and BS in Biomedical Science from King's College London, and a BM BCh in Medicine from Oxford. For more information, see her website. You can also check out her Neuroscience for Leadership MIT course.

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