Your Brain On… podcast
By world-renowned neurologists, researchers, and public health advocates Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai, a new podcast about the neuroscience of everything. Equip yourself with neurologically sound explanations to life’s everyday experiences through a neuroscientific lens, with science-based stories, interviews, anecdotes, and brain health facts.
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Your Brain On…
About the show
Your brain is the very center of your existence.
Not only does your brain play a role in everything you do, but it plays a role in everything you experience and even who you are as a person. The better you can understand your brain, the better it will serve you and cooperate with you—but because most people find neuroscience daunting, they miss out on so much useful insight.
Fortunately, the best way to learn about the brain is also the most entertaining and applicable way: examine it under specific everyday circumstances. Compare a “normal” brain to a brain that is “on something” and you can learn a lot about both!
Each episode of Your Brain On… discusses a different “something.”
Per the original expression, that “something” might be a chemical substance (Your Brain On… Sugar) or a diagnosable condition (Your Brain On… ADHD)—but it could also be a structural change (Your Brain On… Lobotomies), a social phenomenon (Your Brain On… Football), or some kind of personal experience (Your Brain On… Dreams). Basically, if anything affects the way you think, feel, or behave, there could be an episode of Your Brain On… about it!
So if you want to become a smarter, wiser version of yourself, scroll down to browse our published episodes and start listening! It can only help that the brain—and by extension, people—are endlessly fascinating.
Meet your hosts
Dr. Ayesha Sherzai
Dr. Ayesha Sherzai is a neurologist and co-director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University, where she leads the Lifestyle Program for the Prevention of Neurological Diseases. She completed a dual training in Preventative Medicine and Neurology at Loma Linda University, and a fellowship in Vascular Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University. She is also a trained plant-based culinary artist.
Dr. Dean Sherzai
Dr. Dean Sherzai is co-director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Program at Loma Linda University. Dean trained in Neurology at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and completed fellowships in neurodegenerative diseases and dementia at the National Institutes of Health and UC San Diego. He also holds a PhD in Healthcare Leadership with a focus on community health from Andrews University.
