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Drawing on data about the biological bases of behaviour, notably Schwaab (We Are Our Brains, 2014), this next chapter is how then to release brain power. It moves into sense-making in the brain, perception, epigenetics and consequent behaviour modified by brain-sex, driven by the eight basic emotions and associated neurochemistry for survive and thrive and flow.
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Lanz, K., Brown, P. (2020). Conditions for Optimal Brain Function. In: All the Brains in the Business. The Neuroscience of Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22153-9_2
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