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Sarah Schauer & Studio71

Left and right brainers are often pitted against each other but here they’ll be given the time and space to collaborate. So strip away the day and step into the steam, it’s time to open up your pores and perspectives for a truly immersive, imaginative, and information-rich experience that’ll leave you refreshed and ready for whatever life throws at you next. Welcome to Schauer Thoughts, hosted by comedian and student-of-the-world Sarah Schauer!
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The BCC Club with Sarah Schauer and Kendahl Landreth

Bring your waders, this week we’re wandering into the stagnant swamp of Earth’s abject “elite.” Feel free to breathe through your mouth as we discuss AI brain rot, the “culture” of the 1%, and the longstanding tradition of offloading labor no matter the cost. Don’t worry, before we lock eyes with the ethically bankrupt and cognitively forlorn, we’ll also be discussing neuroscience, psychology, and art across cultures! So fun! I hope you enjoy these Schauer Thoughts.

Links to Substack: 

Research Wrapped 2025: https://substack.com/home/post/p-181291076 

My 2025 Reading List: https://substack.com/home/post/p-181265928 

Resources:

StudyTogether & Study Stream

 These are the apps I was talking about when wanting to find someone else to study abstract concepts with

Generative AI: the risk of cognitive atrophy

https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/neuroscience/generative-ai-the-risk-of-cognitive-atrophy/

Art Across Cultures: A Tapestry of Diverse Expressions

Exploring the impact of culture on artistic perception and creation.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/non-weird-science/202406/art-across-cultures-a-tapestry-of-diverse-expressions

The language of absence.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18558956/#:~:text=The%20paper%20%22The%20language%20of%20absence%22%20by,tantalizing%20*%20Mental%2C%20physical%2C%20and%20sexual%20abuse

ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT study

https://time.com/7295195/ai-chatgpt-google-learning-school/
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The “Art” of AI: A Critique on the Creaturds of Slop

Get ready for a strange mix of holiday cheer and fear, this week we’re serving up the science and psychology of generosity with a side of lore (my lore.) Don’t worry, things will be merry and bright… eventually. I’m just joshing, but make sure to check out the links below for sources, ideas, and much more. Hope to see you in the communal shower!

Link to my substack: https://substack.com/@sarahschauer 

Full reading list will be posted tomorrow, Dec. 10, around noon PST - it is simply too long for this caption lol.

Resources: 
Undoing Drugs: How Harm Reduction Is Changing the Future of Drugs and Addition - Maia Szalavitz 
Most Delicious Poison: The Story of Nature’s Toxins - from Spices to Vices - Noah Whiteman
What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk
Give Well, Feel Great: The Science of Gift Giving and Receiving
https://www.templeton.org/news/give-well-feel-great-the-science-of-gift-giving-and-receiving
The Psychology Behind Perfect Gift-Giving
https://swipegifts.com/blog/gift-psychology

Gift Resources & Links:
Scientific American’s Best Nonfiction of 2025
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-americans-best-nonfiction-of-2025/
The Scientific American Staff’s Favorite Books of 2025
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-scientific-american-staffs-favorite-books-of-2025/
Gifts for every kind of nerd
https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025/10/24/gift-guide-nerd
Craft Club
https://www.craftclubco.com/pages/gift-guide?srsltid=AfmBOorxPL2GQZwm70XO8bEjQWQ03oM2MFEh4jgRFMYXqaJrtxXNtnbp
Customer Stained Glass Piece
https://www.etsy.com/market/custom_stained_glass
Custom Vinyl Records
https://www.freestyle-vinyl.com/collections
Canva Magazines 
https://www.canva.com/magazines/ 
Custom Lego Figure
https://www.lego.com/en-us/minifigure-factory
Fibonacci Wall and Desk Clock
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1576771073/fibonacci-wall-and-desk-clock-unusual
Gifts for math lovers
https://www.mathnasium.com/blog/great-gifts-math-lovers-2024
Educational Subscription Boxes for Kids
https://www.cratejoy.com/collections/educational-subscription-boxes
STEM Build Boxes
https://coolsciencefinds.com/articles/stem-build-boxes
Lighting for Lego Sets
https://www.lightmybricks.com/blogs/learning-centre
Science Art - Scientific Illustration Artworks and Wall Art
https://cognitive-surplus.com/collections/wall-art
Planet Bath bombs
https://www.kiwico.com/us/store/dp/planet-bath-bombs/3205
Custom Star Map from special nights - jewelry, art, etc
https://www.thenightsky.com/
They have star map lockets!
Library Check Out Card Bookmark - Vintage
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1081591959/library-check-out-card-bookmark-vintage
Custom Book Embosser
https://www.etsy.com/listing/840508076/book-embosser-personalized-custom-ex?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=ex%20libris&ref=sr_gallery-1-35&sr_prefetch=1&pro=1&frs=1&pop=1&content_source=5d442138550e8a17059979d09cb92cbabcd17809%3A840508076&search_preloaded_img=1&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=5d442138550e8a17059979d09cb92cbabcd17809:840508076&source=aw&utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=us_location_buyer&utm_content=740219&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=740219&awc=6220_1764911312_c63edd94bc322514623e5c6d663ea839
Jane Eyre Embroidery Kit
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1008531760/jane-eyre-embroidery-kit?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=jane+eyre+embroidery&ref=sr_gallery-1-2&organic_search_click=1&utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=uk_location_buyer&utm_content=1266099&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=1266099&awc=6091_1764911520_293ebbe0bc58c5494c72236acc01f8ad
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The Science of Generosity & Holiday Gift Guide

Here we are, the third and final installment on how to be more creative! What a wild and winding journey it’s been, hopefully everyone is forever changed. Just a reminder: the essence (aka timbre - a unique quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds) of a shower thought is a rambling (divergent) musing while in the shower - an environment where sound and heat are taking ego (fixedness) offline and allowing you to make more fluid connections. Water is also a fluid, which is a substance that can flow and take the shape of it’s container aka your body, your brain - which btw are constantly changing so best to keep a lot of things fluid, moving, lest some solids clog flow. Anywho, I hope you enjoy the neuroscience, the lateral movements, the abstractions, the improv, but most of all… I hope you dance.

To the beat of your own drum. 

Don’t fall in line, or do, it’s up to you! Talk again soon, toodles!

Edit: I meant to say “IAF does RC circuits, not currents” - I was speaking so fast that I flubbed that.

Also, second edit: for an electrical fire, always disconnect the power source first. 

Third edit at the end: Delight is surprise + happiness, not happiness + sadness - I was speaking too fast. 

For more information on book club, visit my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-book-for-143088045 

Resources:

This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance - Elise Vernon Pearlstine 

Plant Lore and Legend - Ruth Binney

The Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan 

Most Delicious Poison - Noah Whiteman

The Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets - Thomas R. Cech

The Mind-Gut Connection - Emeran Mayer, MD

On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters - Bonnie Tsui

The Beauty Molecule - Nicholas Perricone, MD

A neurocomputational model of creative processes 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422001452#bbib49

Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity

https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/34623410/Lateral_thinking-libre.pdf?1409804461=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DL_AT_ERAL_T_HINKING.pdf&Expires=1764634187&Signature=gNaugtGh5fV5tq9C76US8IlQFXrqcrkaQ8UfxyvUsb~UM2YhbJJB-9PQOD4gjmHvFVaHfBNuIWsr9a~eVOHZuveFrUdxx-zZJdmh3DDxosekQ2OoHM2trx2ixYlWitsqpWY5CfobdDM0aQVICGCb00--EUfzJJq0-gIrySw388J4EI8MvqHtWJaGEIXWJx7gwpYvhfF3xTJ12GFhUK4pvrmz8qoLYTmLLjs3AwFZ-EWPRRfcCh8M6-eELduwJaTfi05edifhH6duN9qzmVUe7Nc-egIYIxcYWzIbFvwbDqseOpBDa2vD42DEZrU9eL4vW3XiYOobx6RD31QGEEvnpQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

Play It As It Lies | What Does This Mean?

https://cattailcrossing.ca/blog/play-it-as-it-lies-what-does-this-mean/ 

Improv Games for Collaboration

https://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/improv-games-for-collaboration
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How to Be More Creative: Abstraction and Improvisation (Part 3)!

Prepare to get meta, I’m going to walk you through my creative, divergent thinking process while explaining the neuroscience of creativity and divergent thinking! We do need our brains and bodies to be in sync for this to be meaningful, illuminating, give you (and I) an “aha!” moment.

Please note, divergent thinking means you think in a way that is not typical or standard, so I apologize if I’m hard to follow, however it is necessary to illustrate the point I’m making. I want you to know that you don’t have to understand every single detail, however you should focus on the actual “route” my mind is taking - the “figure 8.”

Thank you so much to The Allen Institute for inviting me to Neuroscience 2025 in San Diego, I am beyond grateful and appreciative for the experience. I encourage everyone to check out their website, as well as their mission, because science (and creativity) truly are for everyone.

The Allen Institute: https://alleninstitute.org/ 

New Book Club Information:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-book-for-143088045 

Resources:

This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas 

Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us - Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross

Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition - Joshua Comaroff + One Ker-Shing

Future Tense: Why Anxiety Is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD

 This is the book I recommended on arousal state splitting off into excitement or anxiety.

A neurocomputational model of creative process

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422001452

Functional Fixedness: When We Stick to What We Know

https://nesslabs.com/functional-fixedness

 This is not the Time Magazine article but it also covers functional fixedness and how it impacts creativity

Sensorimotor experience and verb-category mapping in human sensory, motor and parietal neurons

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010945217301491

Mental time travel, language, and evolution

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028393219302441

Isometric Handgrip Exercise Speeds Working Memory Responses in Younger and Older Adults

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10238670/

 This article does include hand exercises for younger adults, most however are focused on improving working memory for older populations

Analogy: Definition, Examples, and Usage

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/literary-devices/analogy/

Learning from the Double Diamond: How Divergent and Convergent Thinking Can Improve Collaboration and Problem-Solving in Museums

https://www.aam-us.org/2024/04/05/learning-from-the-double-diamond-how-divergent-and-convergent-thinking-can-improve-collaboration-and-problem-solving-in-museums/

On the emergence of interdisciplinary scientific fields: (how) does it relate to science convergence?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733324000751

A Global Map of Science Based on the ISI Subject Categories

https://www.leydesdorff.net/map06/texts/index.htm

The Brain Science of Elusive ‘Aha! Moments’

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-elusive-brain-science-of-aha-moments/

Recommended Books:

The Geometry of Grief - Michael Frame

The Tao of Physics - Fritjof Capra 

The Gentrification of the Mind - Sarah Schulman 

On the Art and Craft of Doing Science - Kenneth Catania 

The Meaning of Proofs: Mathematics as Storytelling - Gabriele Lolli

The Botany of Desire - Michael Pollan 

The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know - Shawn Coyne 

When Narcissism Comes to Church - Chuck DeGroat

Humour - Terry Eagleton

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Philip Fernbach & Steven A. Sloman
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How To Be Creative: Divergent Thinking (Pt. 2)!

I heard you wanted to get creative, so here is my *almost painfully*detailed breakdown of that process. If you’d like my resume when it comes to creative thinking, Google my name. 

(Before appearing too self-righteous to prospective listeners, we will be discussing the fundamental use of first person and first person possessive pronouns when it comes to creativity.)

This is part one to my new mini-series on how to be more creative where we’re exploring the fields of neuroscience, linguistics, metalinguistics, musculature, childhood development and much more! It’s time to brace yourself because the communal Schauer this week is loosening some pretty big knots.

Resources:

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk

A neurocomputational model of creative process

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763422001452

The Seven Functional Movement Patterns + Video Demonstrations

https://www.opexfit.com/blog/seven-functional-movement-patterns

Advertising: how it influences children and teenagers

https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/play-learning/screen-time-media/advertising-children#:~:text=At%207%2D11%20years%2C%20children,overstate%20how%20good%20products%20are.

Describing Skeletal Muscles: A Review of Muscle Attachments and Actions

https://www.visiblebody.com/learn/muscular/muscle-movements#:~:text=3.,muscles%20play%20in%20each%20movement.&text=The%20prime%20mover%2C%20sometimes%20called,are%20keeping%20your%20posture%20sturdy

Behavioral energetics in human locomotion: how energy use influences how we move

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11993254/

“I” versus “the author”: The power of first-person voice when writing about science

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11145200/#:~:text=Writing%20in%20the%20first%20person,that's%20something%20most%20scientists%20want. 

Using “I”: The First Person in Academic Writing

https://www.brandeis.edu/writing-program/resources/faculty/handouts/first-person.html

 Please everyone read this to understand how to apply “I” statements in academic writing OR AT LEAST when studying and trying to retain the information - there is clearly a benefit to using 3rd person, but using first person *strategically and with nuanced understanding* will make knowledge more relative and rewarding to self, as well as make concepts easier to apply.

Why Metalinguistic Awareness Matters

https://www.gemmlearning.com/blog/learning-issues/why-are-metalinguistic-skills-important/#:~:text=Metalinguistic%20awareness%20is%20the%20ability%20to:%20*,your%20understanding%20as%20you%20listen%20and%20read 

Epithelium 

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22062-epithelium 

Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development

https://www.verywellmind.com/kohlbergs-theory-of-moral-development-2795071

For sources from a previous podcast episode, please visit that episode for the full source list in the caption!
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How To Be Creative! Pt. 1

This week on Schauer Thoughts we have a special guest - please give a warm welcome to Mina Neuberg, CEO of WonderMath! Also, this episode is NOT an ad, I am not being paid, I just really love math and wanted to discuss learning and executive functioning with the executive putting the “fun” in functional learning. No but seriously, math is incredibly important and I appreciate y’all listening and *hopefully* expanding the communal comfort zone!

Learn More About WonderMath:

https://www.wondermath.com/ 

Where to Reach Mina:

mina@wondermath.com 

New Book Club Information:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-book-for-143088045 

Resources:

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk

The Power of Fun - Catherine Price

Mathematics for Human Flourishing - Francis Su

Is Math Real? - Eugenia Cheng 

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Philip Fernbach 

Neural correlates of hate

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18958169/

What Is Hate and Where Does It Live in the Brain?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-on-food/202208/what-is-hate-and-where-does-it-live-in-the-brain

The premotor cortex

https://www.physio-pedia.com/Premotor_Cortex#:~:text=The%20premotor%20cortex%20is%20a,of%20the%20contralateral%20hemisphere%20alone.

Behavioral energetics in human locomotion: how energy use influences how we move

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11993254/ 

Demonstration and Pantomime in the Evolution of Teaching

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5361109/

Total Physical Response (TPR) - Teaching Method

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392376539_Total_Physical_Response_TPR

Screen Apnea 

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/10/1247296780/screen-apnea-why-screens-cause-shallow-breathing 

Olfactory Enrichment to Improve Memory

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10405466/

What the Thalamus Does

https://teachersinstitute.yale.edu/curriculum/units/2012/3/12.03.02/4#:~:text=In%20this%20way%2C%20the%20thalamus%20is%20screening,matters%20of%20value%20and%20filtering%20out%20distractions. 

This is How the Brain Filters Out Unimportant Details

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-babble/201502/is-how-the-brain-filters-out-unimportant-details#:~:text=This%20%E2%80%9Creciprocal%E2%80%9D%20connectivity%20can%20be,popcorn%2C%20and%20air%20conditioning).

Movement-Based Learning: Students Need to Use Their Bodies to Learn 

https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2025/03/movement-based-learning-students-need-to-use-their-bodies-to-learn/ 

Math Has Its Own Language. How Can Students Learn to Speak It?

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/math-has-its-own-language-how-can-students-learn-to-speak-it/2024/09

Conceived linearities in mathematics education and how to disrupt them

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14794802.2025.2579307?src=#d1e125

How Did You Solve It? Metacognition in Mathematics 

https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/how-did-you-solve-it-metacognition-in-mathematics

Writing Problems in Possessive Form

https://www.ef.edu/english-resources/english-grammar/forming-possessive/
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How to Learn to Love Math feat. Mina Neuberg

Today’s Schauer Thoughts are a little smattering of everything with hypnotic speech for desert. Nod your head ‘yes’ if that sounds like a good time, shake your head ‘no’ if that sounds like a bad time. You’ve been a lovely audience, make sure to tip your waiter, as well as visit coat check to put your clothes back on. 

And once again, run this episode and related resources by your therapist or mental health provider so your sense of self can relieve oneself. 

“That was a stretch.” Exactly, you get it.

Resources: 

How Magicians Think - Joshua Jay 

Introduction To American Deaf - Thomas K. Holcomb

This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

A Little Book of Language - David Crystal 

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Steven Sloman & Philip Fernbach 

Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing?

https://www.vogue.com/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now

What Is the Somatic Nervous System?

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-somatic-nervous-system-2795866

Automatic-voluntary dissociation 

https://www.medlink.com/articles/automatic-voluntary-dissociation

Watch How You Nod

https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-how-you-nod

Imagined and real movements are controlled by the brain in the same way

https://news.ki.se/imagined-and-real-movements-are-controlled-by-the-brain-in-the-same-way

Chapter 8: Hypnotic Phenomena and Keeping Techniques 

https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-2487-6/part/part01/chapter/ch08

Reflex Arc

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/reflex-arc#:~:text=A%20reflex%20arc%20is%20a,the%20body%20to%20a%20stimulus.

The Link Between Optic and Spinal Nerves

https://www.themiamiproject.org/the-link-between-optic-and-spinal-nerves/

Examples of other hypnotic speech pattern’s 

https://hypnosistrainingacademy.com/milton-model-hypnotic-language-patterns-trance/?amp=1
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Regular & Hypnotic Shower Thoughts

This week we’re tackling brain rot, brain fog, social media addiction, and stopping to smell the roses! Join me on a cognitive journey to the land of untapped and undervalued sensory input, the nose. Remember, this is about a harm reduction method, it alone will not “cure” you - also feel free to run absolutely all of this by a licensed medical professional and thoroughly review the resources for yourself. As always, it’s been a pleasure having you in the communal Schauer, I hope my STEAM (du-dun-tss) of consciousness (and extended research) provides some refreshing mental clarity.

For more information on my book club visit:

Substack:

https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership

Books:

Horror on the Brain: The Neuroscience Behind Science Fiction - Austin Lim, PhD

Attention: Beyond Mindfulness - Gay Watson

Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance - Elise Vernon Pearlstine 

Plant Lore and Legend: The Wisdom and Wonder of Plants and Flowers Revealed - Ruth Binney

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihály Csizkszentmihalyi

Articles: 

Demystifying the New Dilemma of Brain Rot in the Digital Era: A Review 

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11939997/

The Psychological Conditioning of Brainrot 

https://www.fau.edu/thrive/students/thrive-thursdays/psychological_conditioning_brainrot/brainrot/

Defining brain fog across medical conditions

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223625000177

Does Exposure to Air Pollution Cause “Brain Fog”?

https://hudsonvalleypress.com/2025/08/13/does-exposure-to-air-pollution-cause-brain-fog/

Screen Apnea: What happens to our breath when we type, tap, and scroll

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/10/1247296780/screen-apnea-why-screens-cause-shallow-breathing

A New Reason to Stop and Smell the Roses

https://www.bottomlineinc.com/health/mental-health/a-new-reason-to-stop-and-smell-the-roses/

Memory Air Research Page

https://memoryair.com/pages/science

Nasal Respiration Entrains Human Limbic Oscillations and Modulated Cognitive Function

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5148230/

To smell the immune system: olfaction, autoimmunity and brain involvement 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17110318/

The Connections Between smell, memory, and health

https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/connections-between-smell-memory-and-health

Transforming the understanding of brain immunity 

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7649
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A Refreshing Take on “Brain Rot”

Make sure to stretch, drink water, and break out a pencil and paper for this week’s episode of Schauer Thoughts because it will require active attention (you don’t have to do anything I say, this is just a word of warning that there will be math in this episode and it’s cruel to make someone listen to math without being able to write it down) because we’re getting into working memory!

If you have any difficulties with math, please do not be hard on yourself, it’s had some wickedly bad instruction and PR, but I promise math is not the enemy! It’s how we’ve all evolved to this point! 

Fun little resource before the resource list, if you like literature and you’re math-curious, you should check out: The Meaning of Proofs: Mathematics as Storytelling by Gabriele Lolli.

Also, good news for my fiction readers! Due to my lack of internal monologue I’m realizing I genuinely don’t understand the flow of people’s thoughts, so if you’d like to comment your favorite fiction book with an omniscient POV, I’d really appreciate it! 

I love sapphic romance, academia(?), appreciate a good classic, female lead, dark but also enlightening, anything in that general vicinity. 

Excited to pick up some recommendations!

Thank you all for listening in on this week’s communal Schauer!

Resources: 
The Data Detective: Ten Easy Rules to Make Sense of Statistics - Tim Harford
What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk
Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe - Steven Strogatz 
Connections Over Compliance: Rewiring Our Perceptions of Discipline- Lori L. Desautels, Ph.D. 

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century - Timothy Snyder 
Teaching Absolute Value of a Number in Math
https://www.hmhco.com/blog/teaching-absolute-value-of-a-number-in-math#:~:text=What%20does%20absolute%20value%20mean,is%20neither%20negative%20nor%20positive.)

A Brief Overview of Working Memory
https://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2019/4/25-1
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Let’s Get An *Applied* Understanding of Working Memory!

Schauer Thoughts? More like Schauer Cognitive Labor! Kidding, we have fun here. Welcome to part two of my mini-series on cognitive labor! Remember, not everyone is out to use you, discernment is a skill, and always do your own research. Thank you all for listening and as always, please feel free to run the episode and resources by your therapist.

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For more information on my book club visit:

Substack:

https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership

Resources:

The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again - Catherine Price 

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice and Change - Emily Falk

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - Amanda Montell 

Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism - Robert Jay Lifton

What We Value: The Neuroscience of Choice & Change - Emily Falk

https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/annenberg-emily-falk-book-what-we-value

Thought terminating cliches:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9

The Power of Silence: Unpacking Thought-Terminating Cliches

https://desireebstephens.substack.com/p/the-power-of-silence-unpacking-thought

Entertrained 

https://entertrained.app
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What is Cognitive Labor? How Do I Know If People Are Using Me for It? Pt.2

This week we’re doing a part two to why AI will never truly replace human beings - we’ll discuss neuroscience, opinions from accredited experts, as well as go on several explanatory tangents about how the brain *actually* works and how AI does not work like that. Please enjoy this week’s communal Schauer and I hope (a type of wonder -> happiness + fear) to see you all join my book club, starting September 21 & 22nd! More information linked below.

Book Club Info:

Sunday & Monday dates available!

Substack:

https://sarahschauer.substack.com/p/schauer-thoughts-book-club-additional?utm_source=activity_item

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/c/sarahschauer/membership

Resources:

The Human Brain Doesn’t Learn, Think or Recall Like an AI. Embrace the difference

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-07-09/human-brain-artificial-intelligence-model

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Life in Three Dimensions: How Curiosity, Exploration, and Experience Make a Fuller, Better Life - Shigehiro Oishi, PhD

The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli 

This Is What It Sounds Like - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas

The Nature and Technique of Understanding: Some Fundamentals of Semantics - Hugh Woodworth 

- Book I talked about having feelings, sensations, etc. outlined - pg. 26 & 27

Epistemic Injustice: Power & the Ethics of Knowing - Miranda Fricker 
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Why AI Will Never Truly Replace Humans Pt. 2

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