Episode notes
Video: https://youtu.be/uKa3wzpRoxQ
You can learn:
• Why prediction errors are the engine of learning & why accepting mistakes is essential for growth.
• What actually defines motivation in the brain: how reward, cost, effort, & control are constantly being computed.
• How the brain acts as a prediction machine, maximizing value while minimizing energy and effort — which is why habits become so powerful.
• Why autistic cognition often prioritizes internal structure over external social signals, enabling deep focus, pattern recognition, & accelerated learning in rule-governed domains.
• How the brain’s “internal scoreboard” integrates reward, cost, emotion, & memory to guid ...