Neuroscience of Stress, Decision-Making & Human Behaviour
Helping individuals, teams, and organisations understand how the brain responds under pressure — and what it means for performance, communication, and decision-making.
Rethinking Burnout: More Than Just Fatigue
A short explanation of how burnout affects thinking, emotion, and behaviour
How This Applies in Practice
Understanding how the brain reacts under pressure has practical implications for:
Decision-making in high-stakes environments
Managing stress and cognitive load
Communication and behaviour within teams
Recognising and responding to automatic reactions
Michael delivers talks and workshops on the neuroscience of stress, behaviour, and decision-making.
These sessions focus on:
Why we react before we think — and what it means for performance
Understanding behaviour under pressure
How stress influences attention, judgement, and communication
The aim is to provide clear, practical insight that helps individuals and teams better understand how they think and respond in demanding environments.
Speaking & Workshops
Michael delivers talks and workshops focused on how the brain responds under pressure — and what this means for performance, decision-making, and behaviour.
The Neuroscience of Stress & Performance
Understanding how fast, automatic stress responses shape thinking, behaviour, and decision-making — and how to work with them more effectively in high-pressure environments.
Leadership, Decision-Making & Team Behaviour
How non-conscious brain processes influence communication, judgement, and behaviour within teams — particularly under stress — and what this means for leadership.
Building a Resilient Brain
Why resilience is not about avoiding stress, but understanding how the brain responds to it — and how individuals and teams can adapt more effectively over time.
Creativity Under Pressure
How stress alters the brain’s ability to think flexibly and creatively — and what conditions are required for innovation to emerge.
Michael speaking at the Global AI Summit in Riyadh on his experience of using AI and Neurotechnology in the Premier League and NFL
Background
Dr Michael Keane is a Medical Doctor, Registered Psychologist, and has a PhD in Behavioural Neuroscience. He is a former University Lecturer, founder/co-founder of five start-ups and three university brain technology laboratories for investigating brain function. He is widely published, including the most recent clinical guidelines for EEG and technology-assisted therapy for the Psychiatry Clinics of North America (textbook to be published in 2026), and a reviewer for several academic journals.
He has pioneered the latest advances in 3D functional brain imaging and brain optimisation technologies to image thousands of brains, allowing people to see inside their own brains and get real insights into who they are and how they work. Michael’s 1000s of hours of linking brain function to behaviour, in sports professionals, musicians, surgeons, and clinical populations make him an authority in the area of Neuroscience.