Neuroscience is challenging everything we think we know about ourselves, revealing how we make decisions and form our own reality. How can we use these insights to shape a better future for ourselves and others?

Did you know that you can carry anxieties and phobias across generations of your family? Or that your genes and pleasure and reward receptors in your brain will determine how much you eat? Or that we can sniff out ideal partners with genes that give our offspring the best chance of survival?

So many of us believe that we are free to shape our own destiny. But what if free will doesn’t exist? What if our lives are largely predetermined, hardwired in our brains – and our choices are not real choices at all?

Leading neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow joins Hannah MacInnes to show us the extraordinary potential, as well as dangers, which come with being able to predict our likely futures – and look at how we can alter what’s in store for us.

Lucid and illuminating, this livestream talk will revolutionise your understanding of who you are – and empower you to help shape a better future for yourself and the wider world.