Paul J. Zak

Paul’s two decades of research have taken him from the Pentagon to Fortune 50 boardrooms to the rain forest of Papua New Guinea. All this in a quest to understand the neuroscience of human connection, human happiness, and effective teamwork.

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Paul J. ZakNov 2, 2020 8:30:10 AM3 min read

Why Your Gut is Wrong (But is Sometimes Right)

The oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded in 2010 causing deaths and a massive oil spill in ...

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Paul J. ZakOct 26, 2020 1:37:59 PM2 min read

The Neuroscience of Disneyland

Pirates of the Caribbean—that's easily the best ride at Disneyland. At least for me.

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Paul J. ZakOct 1, 2020 6:47:12 AM1 min read

On Being One's Own Rabbit

On Being One's Own Rabbit is the title of a 1927 article by British scientist and ...

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Paul J. ZakSep 21, 2020 8:26:41 AM< 1 min read

5 Ways to Create Immersive Training@ Training Magazine

The editors at Training Magazine asked me if I could identify best practices from the ...

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Paul J. ZakSep 2, 2020 6:00:00 AM2 min read

Face Freaks

It was such a great idea. Capture people's emotional states from facial twitches.

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Paul J. ZakSep 1, 2020 2:11:59 PM1 min read

How to Optimize Training with Immersion @TD Magazine

TD Magazine invited me to write an article discussing what our clients have learned using ...

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Paul J. ZakAug 31, 2020 6:00:00 AM1 min read

Sweating the Data?

I love to sweat. When working out.

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Paul J. ZakAug 26, 2020 9:10:18 AM2 min read

Why not EEG?

That's me and Dr. Jorge Barraza, Immersion's co-founders, calibrating a high-density ...

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Paul J. ZakAug 24, 2020 10:34:49 AM2 min read

Neuromyths Debunked

Immersion is full of neuro-nerds. In the last 15 years I've done about 10,000 blood draws ...

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