How does culture affect mental health? 🔊
How does culture shape our understanding and treatment of mental illness? Maria Armoudian speaks with Roberto Lewis-Fernandez, Tanya Marie Luhrmann, and Andrew G. Ryder about culture and its impact on mental health. Roberto Lewis-Fernandez is a Professor of Clinical...
Q+A: How does our unconscious mind alter political outcomes?
Scientists are finding more and more evidence that human behaviour is not rational, not conscious, and maybe completely programmed without our rational thinking. How does the unconscious mind and biological predispositions affect political outcomes and prejudice...
Does your phone light interfere with your internal clock?
By Jackie Grimm It’s not just sleep: Circadian rhythms influence your metabolism, circulation, and psychology, too, according to Jackie Grimm. On December 30th, 1882, at twenty minutes past eight, the first electric streetlights were turned on in Los Angeles. The few...
Does screen violence make children more emotionally distressed?
By Caroline Fitzpatrick Watching violence on screens makes children more emotionally distressed, according to new research. Children today can access media through both traditional devices, like televisions, and portable devices like laptops and tablets. With more...
What is your first memory – and did it ever really happen?
By Lucy V Justice, Martin Conway & Shazia Akhtar Do you remember when you were a baby? What was your first memory? I can remember being a baby. I recall being in a vast room inside a doctor’s surgery. I was passed to a nurse and then placed in cold metal scales to...
Black cats and cracked mirrors: Why do we believe the unbelievable?
By Neil Dagnall & Ken Drinkwater What is the science behind superstition, and why do we believe the unbelievable? Neil Dagnall and Ken Drinkwater investigate. The number 13, black cats, breaking mirrors, or walking under ladders, may all be things you actively...
Q+A: A silent epidemic: Why are suicide rates on the rise?
Suicide rates have been steadily rising in the United States. So what explains the increase in the numbers of people taking their own lives, and what can be done to solve what amounts to a crisis in public health? Maria Armoudian speaks with Mark S. Kaplan. Mark S....
Q+A: How does trauma affect people and society?
Trauma has profound and lifelong physical and psychological effects on its survivors. It can damage the mind, the brain, and stunt development. What exactly is trauma? How does it affect us individually and as a society? And how can trauma survivors recover from these...
Can MDMA help people with autism overcome social anxiety?
By Benjamin Bell Benjamin Bell lays out a cautiously optimistic case for using the psychedelic in therapy for social anxiety. For the nightly news and cop shows, Ecstasy is the scourge of music festivals, the substance of interest in raves and DEA raids. For veterans...Subscribe by Email
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