Curiosity Daily Podcast: Wearables and AI Analytics Are Changing Medicine (w/ Dr. Lloyd Minor) and What Happens to Your Brain After a Breakup
Dr. Lloyd Minor, Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, explains how wearables and AI analytics are changing medicine. But first, you’ll learn about the strange things that happen in your brain after a breakup.
July 07, 2020
Episode Show Notes:
Here's what happens in your brain after a breakup by Kelsey Donk
- Lee, C. (2020). Why is it so hard to forgive an ex? Bbc.com. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200608-why-is-it-so-hard-to-forgive-an-ex
- Fisher, H. (2004) Dumped! New Scientist. http://www.helenfisher.com/downloads/articles/03dumped.pdf
- Reward, Addiction, and Emotion Regulation Systems Associated With Rejection in Love | Journal of Neurophysiology. (2010). Journal of Neurophysiology. https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.00784.2009
Additional resources from Dr. Lloyd Minor:
- Pick up “Discovering Precision Health: Predict, Prevent, and Cure to Advance Health and Well-Being” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3eOyaBY
- Apple Heart Study https://med.stanford.edu/appleheartstudy.html
- Apple Heart Study: Assessment of Wristwatch-Based Photoplethysmography to Identify Cardiac Arrhythmias - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov. (2017). Clinicaltrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03335800
- Stanford profile https://profiles.stanford.edu/lloyd-minor
- Stanford University School of Medicine bio http://med.stanford.edu/school/leadership/dean.html
- Follow @lloydbminor on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lloydbminor/
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