Laurie Santos

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Dr. Laurie Santos is a cognitive scientist and Professor of Psychology at Yale University and host of The Happiness Lab podcast. Laurie chats with the armchair expert to discuss 5 ways to increase happiness during quarantine, the neuroscience behind deep breaths and why studying animals is better than studying humans. Dax connects Laurie's principals to the principals of AA and Laurie talks about the negative impact of academic grades. The two discuss the scientific effects of giving and the connection between anthropology and psychology.

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1. 0:00welcome welcome welcome to armchair expert experts on Expert I'm Dan Shepard
2. 43:07kids got like there was grade inflation even from the moment of grades right which is kind of interesting but the
3. 1:28:02her [ __ ] and we're like oh yeah it's just it's all the same same stuff it's so cool yeah all right all...