Have you ever been told that you could do anything in life? Teagan Wall explores the rationality of our decision making, and how our psychology affects our decision on what to be when we grow up.

PhD Neuroscientist and science communicator at Cal Tech. Dr. Teagan Wall has a PhD in Computation and Neural Systems from the California Institute of Technology where she studied nicotine addiction in the Lester Lab. Her work focused on finding and testing new drugs to better help with smoking cessation. In her life long quest to learn everything, she has also earned an MS in Behavioral and Social Neuroscience from Caltech, a BA in Economics and Political Science from the University of Arizona, and a BS in Mathematics from the University of Arizona. Additionally, Wall is a tap dancer, crocheter of funny hats, and member of the science communication group The Nerd Brigade.

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