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Why can't toddlers control their impulses? This week on SBS, developmental neuroscientist Dr. Abigail Fiske of @LancasterUni explains:
🧠Executive function
👶 Infant brain development
🌱 Why early childhood matters
#Neuroscience #Psychology #ChildDevelopment #BrainDevelopment
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We sat down with Dr. Bailey Rose to explore how culture, identity, and access shape the experience of eating disorders and why one-size-fits-all mental health care doesn’t work for everyone.
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#MentalHealth #Psychology #EatingDisorders
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Can preparing the body before cancer treatment improve outcomes?
This episode we speak to Dr. Christopher Gaffney, @cgaffneyphd about how prehabilitation may play a role in how patients tolerate surgery, chemo, and radiotherapy.
Full episode out now.
#cancercare #podcast
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Can combining the knowledge of multiple novice humans beat a single expert?
Sometimes—yes.
Dr. Eeshan Hasan (@eeshan_hasan) of @ASCatOSU speaks to us on “wisdom of the crowd” models, Human-AI collaboration, and decision-making:
#AI #DecisionMaking #CollectiveIntelligence
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#sciencepodcast #cognition #decisionmaking
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Men’s health is shaped by identity, culture, and expectations.
Assoc. Prof. Gareth Terry of @MasseyUni joins to unpack how masculinity interacts with mental, sexual & reproductive health. We also discuss his work on the child-free movement.
#menshealth #podcast #MensMentalHealth
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#menshealth #podcast #MensMentalHealth #psychology
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Can Volunteer tourism do more harm than good? Dr. Melanie Altemus is one of the first to study the moral psychology of volunteer tourism.
Check out our episode with @MelAltemus . Links below 👇
#volunteertourism #moralpsychology #tourism #podcast #psychology
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Honoured to have had journalist and author Jack El-Hai on to discuss his work and how his book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, led to the @jamesthevan Film Nuremburg starring Rami Malek and @russellcrowe
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#Nurembergtrials #psychiatry #podcast
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Topics we covered include:
The Lobotomist: How a 1968 lobotomy case led Jack down a 20-year rabbit hole into the history of psychiatric surgery.
Dr. Douglas Kelly & The Nuremberg Trials
From Book to Film The 12-year journey from The Nazi and the Psychiatrist to Nuremburg
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How to Build a Conspiracy Theory with Dr. John Kerr of University of Otago — we unpack how conspiracy theories take shape, why people believe them, and how to think more critically. 🧠👀
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@SciComGuy #Conspiracy #podcasts #misinformation
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Dr. Pantea Javidan discussing the discrepancy in justice for victims.
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#epstienfiles #children #justice
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