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Rachel Barr

@drrachelbarr.bsky.social

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Neuroscientist, author of How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend 📚🧠 https://linktr.ee/drrachelbarr

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · Nov 21

Greetings, fellow scrollers! Don’t worry, I have no intention of selfie-spamming the feed. Consider this a rare concession to formality. I just thought I’d pop up briefly to introduce myself to the BlueSky community. I’m Rachel (the neuroscientist). It’s nice to e-meet you! 🧠 🎀 #science #philosophy

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · 4d

New Substack essay just dropped, making the case for human creativity 🖤🧠 Read here: open.substack.com/pub/drrachel...

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · 4d

See you this afternoon! (And by ‘you’ I mean the 2 other humans besides my firefighter that will attend why did I agree to do this oh god).

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · 10d

Wayhay! How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend is book of the day 📖 Cheers @nextbigideaclub

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · 11d

One of the worst offending AI enshitifications in my day-to-day is that academic journals now need CONSTANT reassurance that I am, indeed, a human. Am I?! For even I am no longer certain.

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · 14d

I’m so glad you’re enjoying it! Thank you for writing this, it means a lot to me 🖤

Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · 14d

Book signing event in Quebec City! Come say hi 📖 🧠

Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · 22d

The self-perpetuating trap of loneliness 🖤🧠

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · 22d

Jane Goodall is gone, but her courage leads us forward. She taught us to see ourselves in other species, to act with care, and to hope. Rest in wild peace, Dr. Goodall 🖤

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · Sep 16

Union negotiations continue… my co-pawthor demands payment. Should I pay in tuna, cardboard, or butt pats (tribunal likely)? 🐟 📖

(Also, How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend is out now in hardback, ebook, & audiobook) 📖🧠

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · Sep 5

Do you think it’s weird if I leave this in my neighbour’s mailbox?

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · Aug 20

I wrote a feature for Big Think on consciousness, check it out: bigthink.com/neuropsych/c...

What the stages of sleep reveal about consciousness

"Ordinary dreams are, perhaps, the clearest articulation of what it is like to be," writes neuroscientist Rachel Barr.

bigthink.com

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Natalie Matosin @nataliematosin.bsky.social · Aug 11

Microdosing delight to combat stress; interesting concept, backed by neuroscience. Was a pleasure to comment on the very excellent work of @drrachelbarr.bsky.social ‬on how the experience of delight can tune down our stress response. @brainandmindcentre.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/he...

As we stress more than ever, is it time to ‘microdose delight’?

Our brains are not built to handle the daily threats modern humans face. But there’s a trick that may help them.

www.smh.com.au

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Rachel Barr @drrachelbarr.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thank you so much for this! I’m pretty sure my admin assistant just forwarded me your email. Sorry I missed the boat. I’ll make sure you get my personal email for the next one 🌸🖤