Cognitive antifragility is the ability to not just bounce back from stress but to grow and become stronger and more capable through difficult experiences.

“cognitive resilience the way I'm looking at it functionally is u our ability to deal with stress and and bounce back to baseline uh anti-fragility when it comes to cognitive health and performance. I feel like it's not just bouncing back but it's bouncing forward.”

Physical stressors like exercise and environmental challenges produce a cross-adaptation effect that strengthens the psyche and enhances cognitive antifragility.

“when we expose our bodies to stressors, when we exercise, when we when we do all of the body strengthening activities that, you know, we talk about adnauseium on this podcast, they actually have the um side benefit of strengthening your psyche, of strengthening your mind”