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A Neuroscientist’s Guide to the Void | Erin Clabough | TEDxUVA
TEDx Talks· 2026-05-11 15:08
When was the last time you sat in silence for just 5 minutes. Most people can't do it. And it's not because we're busy, it's because it is downright uncomfortable. And also maybe because we're afraid of what we might find there.Researchers at this university, University of Virginia, asked undergraduate students to sit alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes. And I heard about this study, I wondered a friend of mine had taken his son on a ski trip. And while on that trip, his son was on his phone every down ...