How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed | By Neuroscientist Daniel Levitin

Daniel Levitin discusses how the brain releases cortisol in response to stress, which can cause clouded thinking. He explains that to stay calm during a stressful situation, it is important to have systems in place and to be aware of the stress levels you will be in.

• Daniel Levitin discusses how the brain releases cortisol in response to stress, which raises the heart rate, modulates adrenaline levels, and clouds thinking. He shares an anecdote about how he accidentally forgot his passport while visiting his friend in Montreal and how he applied Prospective Hindsight to his predicament. Levitin discusses how designating a place for important items can help to prevent them from being lost or misplaced.

• Daniel Levitin discusses how the brain releases cortisol in response to stress, which can cause clouded thinking. He explains that to stay calm during a stressful situation, it is important to have systems in place and to be aware of the stress levels you will be in. He also discusses a statistic that most doctors don't like to discuss: the number of people who need to take a drug or undergo a procedure before one person has helped. Finally, he discusses the side effects of a drug and how stress can increase the likelihood of experiencing them.

• The speaker recommends that people think ahead to questions they might be able to ask to help push a conversation forward during periods of stress. He also advises practising with failure, as all of us are flawed.