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# This Is Your Brain

Dr. Phil Stieg Neurosurgeon-in-Chief, NYP/Weill Cornell Medical Center

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- [I’ve Got (Circadian) Rhythm!, with Dr. Emily Manoogian](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/06/ive-got-circadian-rhythm-with-dr-emily-manoogian/) - Your brain, your heart — in fact, every cell in your body — has its own clock telling you when to be alert and when to pack it in.Dr. Emily Manoogian, chronobiologist at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies explains how disrupting your circadian rhythms through shift work, long flights, eating at the wrong times,
- [How Gabby Giffords Found Her Voice, with Maegan Morrow](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/07/how-gabby-giffords-found-her-voice-s2-episode-1-reprise/) - This week we are revisiting an episode from the beginning of Season Two: “How Gabby Giffords Found Her Voice.” The episode was originally released on the 10th anniversary of the brutal assassination attempt on Congresswoman Giffords life in January of 2011.Phil Stieg: With me today is Maegan Morrow. She is a board-certified music therapist and
- [“Not Just Another Victim”  – Nancy Jarecki’s recovery from a stroke](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/05/not-just-another-victim-nancy-jareckis-recovery-from-a-stroke/) - Nancy Jarecki’s stroke could have reduced her to a statistic. But her determination, humor and style paved a different path to recovery. Phil Stieg Hi, this is Phil Steig. For our Season Six Finale we are recognizing Stroke Awareness Month with a very special episode of This Is Your Brain. You are about to
- [“I Think I Look Ugly" - Body Dysmorphia with Dr. Katharine Phillips](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/05/i-think-i-look-ugly-body-dysmorphia-with-dr-katharine-phillips/) - Bio: https://www.katharinephillipsmd.com/staff/katharine-phillips-md.html Most of us have a bad hair day or we're not happy if we have a little pimple on our face. But that's quite different from the experience of people with body dysmorphic disorder. (BDD) More than simple insecurity about one’s appearance, BDD is a disorder in which a person’s perception of their
- [I Never Forget a Face – with Brad Duchaine](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/04/i-never-forget-a-face-with-brad-duchaine/) - Bio: https://faculty-directory.dartmouth.edu/brad-duchaine Prosopagnosia Research Center https://lab.faceblind.org/index.html Imagine a world where everyone looks the same and you can’t recognize one person from another – even you own child! It sounds like a frightening episode from the “Twilight Zone” – but it’s just every day life for people with Prosopagnosia – better known as “Face Blindness”.
- [Why We Drink Too Much with Dr. Charles Knowles](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/04/why-we-drink-too-much-with-dr-charles-knowles/) - Guest bio : https://us.macmillan.com/author/drcharlesknowles Why do we sometimes drink too much, even when we know the risks? In this episode, surgeon, author, and recovering alcoholic Dr. Charles Knowles joins us to explore the neuroscience of alcohol use and addiction. Drawing from his book Why We Drink Too Much and his own lived experience, Dr. Knowles describes how
- [Why Wisdom is Necessary, with Dr. Dillip Jeste](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/03/why-wisdom-is-necessary-with-dr-dillip-jeste/) - Bio / Website - https://dilipjestemd.com/ Although memories fade, hearing declines and our bodies suffer aches and pains, there is one benefit to aging that we can actually gain with each passing year. It’s called wisdom. But just because someone is older, it doesn't mean they are wiser. It takes a certain type of person to
- [Tell-Tale Signs That You Are in a Cult – Janja Lalich](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/03/tell-tale-signs-that-you-are-in-a-cult-janja-lalich/) - Episode 019 – Tell-Tale Signs That You Are in a Cult – Janja Lalich Release Date 6 March 2026 Website: www.lalichcenter.org Cults and high-control groups influence beliefs and fundamentally reshape identity, decision-making, and autonomy. In this episode, Dr. Phil Stieg sits down with sociologist and cult expert Dr. Janja Lalich, Professor and author of Take Back
- [How To Deal With A Narcissist, with Keith Campbell](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/02/how-to-deal-with-a-narcissist-with-keith-campbell/) - Narcissism is a term that gets used constantly - but what does it actually mean in psychological terms, and how is it shaping our society? In this episode, Dr. Phil Stieg speaks with leading expert Dr. Keith Campbell to separate myth from science. Drawing from his book The New Science of Narcissism, Dr. Campbell explains the difference between
- [Can Music Heal Your Brain? with Barbara Minton, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/02/can-music-heal-your-brain-with-barbara-minton-phd/) - Release date Feb 6, 2026 Guest Website : https://musicandhealing.net Whether it’s rock and roll, classical, hip hop, or rap, most people enjoy music in one form or another. (Even newborn babies respond to it.) But why? What is going on in our brains when we hear our favorite tunes? Dr. Barbara Minton, a psychotherapist
- [What Makes Us Vulnerable to Artificial Intelligence?  with Jacob Ward](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/01/what-makes-us-vulnerable-to-artificial-intelligence-with-jacob-ward/) - https://www.jacobward.com/ Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we think, live, and make choices, but are our brains ready for it? Award-winning tech journalist Jacob Ward joins Dr. Phil Stieg to discuss how AI exploits our ancient decision-making systems, why we’re so easily manipulated, and what it means for our future. Drawing from behavioral science and decades
- [Is Retirement Bad For You? with Ross Andel](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2026/01/is-retirement-bad-for-you-with-ross-andel/) - If someone asks you what you are doing to prepare for your retirement, you might mention a 401K or an IRA, but what you might not realize is that you also need to prepare your mind for this major change in your life as well. Dr. Ross Andel, a gerontologist, who has been studying what
- [Why Brains Need Friends with Ben Rein, Ph.D.](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/12/why-brains-need-friends-with-ben-rein-ph-d/) - We all know the importance of a good diet, sufficient exercise and a good night’s sleep, but there’s one more essential thing we all need to be healthy. Social connection. Simply put, our brains need friends. Neuroscientist Dr. Ben Rein reveals exactly what is happening in our brains when we interact with friends, family, even
- [Podcast Season 6](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/12/podcast-season-6/) - https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/12/the-power-of-touch-with-dr-michael-banissy/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/11/can-big-tech-read-my-mind-with-sean-pauzauskie-md/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/11/the-neuroscience-of-your-workout-with-gary-wenk/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/10/is-ketamine-a-miracle-drug-with-john-krystal-md/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/10/grief-is-not-just-sadness-with-mary-frances-oconnor/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/10/when-the-surgeon-becomes-the-patient-with-henry-marsh/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/09/play-is-not-just-kids-stuff-with-stuart-brown/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/09/dad-brain-with-darby-saxbe/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/08/forgive-and-flourish-the-healing-power-of-letting-go-with-dr-fred-luskin-phd/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/07/taming-the-tremor-with-alexandra-lebenthal-and-dr-michael-kaplitt/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/07/stories-make-us-human-with-dr-fritz-breithaupt/ https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/06/why-we-procrastinate-with-dr-joseph-ferrari/
- [The Power Of Touch with Dr. Michael Banissy](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/12/the-power-of-touch-with-dr-michael-banissy/) - Phil Stieg Reach out and touch someone isn't just a slogan from a long distance phone ad. It's also a powerful statement about human connection. Our guest, Dr. Michael Banissy, is a leading expert in the science of social connection. As a professor of social neuroscience at the University of Bristol, his work explores how
- [The Neuroscience of Your Workout - with Gary Wenk](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/11/the-neuroscience-of-your-workout-with-gary-wenk/) - Why do you exercise? It might be to lose weight, maintain or improve your health, reduce stress, or perhaps a combination of all of these. But what is actually motivating you is simpler than that. As Dr. Gary Wenk reveals in his book “Your Brian on Exercise”, you exercise because your brain needs you to
- [Can Big Tech Read My Mind? with Sean Pauzauskie, MD ](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/11/can-big-tech-read-my-mind-with-sean-pauzauskie-md/) - Whether it’s our shopping habits, Google searches, or Facebook friends, we are all aware that our personal information is being collected and often sold online. But what about our thoughts, what’s going on in our minds? With all the advances in consumer Neurotechnology and AI, stealing data from our brains is no longer science fiction
- [Is Ketamine a Miracle Drug? with John Krystal, MD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/10/is-ketamine-a-miracle-drug-with-john-krystal-md/) - Until the death of actor Matthew Perry many people had never even heard of ketamine. As a recreational drug, known as “Special K”, it can be extremely addictive and dangerous. But, when used under supervision, this powerful drug can help people with depression and various other mental health issues. Dr. John Krystal, a leading
- [When the Surgeon Becomes the Patient, with Henry Marsh](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/10/when-the-surgeon-becomes-the-patient-with-henry-marsh/) - At age 70, after a long career as a neurosurgeon and best-selling author, the tables were turned on Dr. Henry Marsh. Diagnosed with cancer, and facing his own mortality, Marsh offers a humble and honest look at what it was like when a prominent doctor becomes a patient; just as scared and dependent as anyone
- [Grief Is Not Just Sadness with Mary-Frances O'Connor](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/10/grief-is-not-just-sadness-with-mary-frances-oconnor/) - Have you ever felt the type of grief where it seemed like you would never recover, like your heart was actually broken? Whether it’s a member of your family, a friend or a beloved pet, all of us will experience the loss of a loved one, and the deep and difficult emotions that follow.
- [Play is Not Just Kid’s Stuff, with Stuart Brown](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/09/play-is-not-just-kids-stuff-with-stuart-brown/) - Phil Stieg What do you mean by there's power in play? Stuart Brown I think if you look at a life without it, the power differential between the playful person and the non-playful person has societal implications. The non-playful person generally does not have a quality of empathy. There's more manipulation, there's more rigidity, there
- [Bonus Segment: Play is Not Just Kid’s Stuff](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/09/bonus-segment-play-is-not-just-kids-stuff/) - Listen to the bonus content from this week's episode.
- [Dad Brain with Darby Saxbe](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/09/dad-brain-with-darby-saxbe/) - Women obviously go through many changes to their bodies and their minds when they become mothers. But what about fathers? Learn all about dads in this week's episode.
- [Forgive and Flourish: The Healing Power of Letting Go with Dr. Fred Luskin, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/08/forgive-and-flourish-the-healing-power-of-letting-go-with-dr-fred-luskin-phd/) - Learn all about how to forgive on today's episode with Dr. Fred Luskin, director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects.
- [Why We Dream – The Surprising Science Behind the Stories We Tell Ourselves at Night](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/08/why-we-dream-the-surprising-science-behind-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-at-night/) - What are your dreams really telling you? Renowned sleep researcher Dr. Robert Stickgold joins Dr. Stieg to unravel the mysteries of dreaming. From the bizarre to the brilliant, dreams are a window into how the brain processes memory, emotion, and problem-solving. Learn why your brain needs to dream, how dreams shape your waking life, and
- [Taming The Tremor with Alexandra Lebenthal and Dr. Michael Kaplitt](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/07/taming-the-tremor-with-alexandra-lebenthal-and-dr-michael-kaplitt/) - Learn about essential tremor and focused ultrasounds in this new podcast from Dr. Phil Stieg, with interviews from Alexandra Lebenthal and Dr. Michael Kaplitt.
- [Stories Make Us Human, with Dr. Fritz Breithaupt](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/07/stories-make-us-human-with-dr-fritz-breithaupt/) - We all love a good story, and so do our brains. But according to Dr. Fritz Breithaupt, storytelling is much more than just entertainment.
- [Why We Procrastinate, With Dr. Joseph Ferrari](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2025/06/why-we-procrastinate-with-dr-joseph-ferrari/) - Learn expert tips on moving past procrastination with Dr. Phil Stieg and Dr. Joseph Ferrari on the season six premiere of the "This Is Your Brain" podcast.
- [How Love Helps Kids Learn, with Isabelle Hau](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/12/how-love-helps-kids-learn-with-isabelle-hau/) - Humans are born with billions of neurons that need connecting – and how those synapses develop helps determine how our brains will work. There is ample evidence that a loving, nurturing environment in infancy and early childhood provides the most fertile ground for brain development. Isabelle Hau, executive director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning,
- [Will Loneliness Be the Death of Us? with Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/12/will-loneliness-be-the-death-of-us-with-dr-julianne-holt-lunstad/) - It’s no surprise that feeling lonely is associated with depression, but did you know that loneliness may also lead to chronic inflammation, changes in the brain, and even premature death? Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor of psychology at Brigham Young University and an expert on the physiological effects of social connections, explains how our current crisis
- [Calm Yourself! Using Mindfulness to Control Pain (Reprise) with Dr. Sara Lazar](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/11/calm-yourself-using-mindfulness-to-control-pain-reprise-with-dr-sara-lazar/) - Pain and fear are inevitable, especially these days, but we can retrain our brains to reduce suffering. Dr. Sara Lazar, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, reveals how just eight weeks of mindful meditation can visibly change parts of the brain to be less reactive to pain. Plus… how meditation apps put the
- [Demystifying Suicide, with Dr. Sakina Rizvi](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/11/demystifying-suicide-with-dr-sakina-rizvi/) - Humans are so powerfully wired for survival that it can be hard to understand suicide – especially in adolescents. What happens in the brain that can override such a profound instinct for self-preservation?Dr. Sakina Rizvi, a researcher and psychotherapist in Toronto, Canada specializing in suicide prevention, reveals the social, biological, and psychological facets of suicidal
- [Obesity Is Not Your Fault (Reprise) with Dr. Louis Aronne](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/11/obesity-is-not-your-fault-reprise-with-dr-louis-aronne/) - The past 30 years have produced an epidemic of obesity — mostly because evolution did not prepare us for so many calories and so little physical activity.Dr. Louis Aronne, a leading authority on obesity, explains how a period of caloric excess can damage the neural connections that manage your metabolism, throwing your weight regulation out
- [Is it Normal Aging, or Alzheimer’s? with Dr. Richard Isaacson](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-27-is-it-normal-aging-or-alzheimers/) - Some 46 million Americans already have the early brain changes that are the harbingers of a dementia that won’t reveal itself for decades. Dr. Richard Isaacson, Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine, talks about the three stages of cognitive impairment, how to distinguish “senior moments” from symptoms of dementia, and whether
- [What You Can Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s, with Dr. Richard Isaacson](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-30-what-you-can-do-to-prevent-alzheimers/) - Dr. Richard Isaacson, Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine, shares the just-published results of his groundbreaking clinical trial which show that a personalized prevention plan can dramatically lower the risk or progression of Alzheimer’s. Also joining the discussion is one of Dr. Isaacson’s patients who is living proof that this new
- [Information Overload with Dr. Marvin Chun](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-40-information-overload/) - Human brains are not wired for the staggering amount and variety of daily information coming our way. Dr. Marvin Chun, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Yale University, explains how our brains evolved to do one thing at a time, why they react poorly to the demands of multi-tasking, and why distraction undermines our performance
- [Immerse Yourself in Happiness with Dr. Paul Zak](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/10/immerse-yourself-in-happiness-with-dr-paul-zak/) - What makes us happy? The warm feelings of closeness that we have with family and friends are rooted in the neurochemical oxytocin–the love hormone, if you will. Oxytocin facilitates social engagement, encourages bonding, and just makes us feel happier.My guest today, neuroscientist Paul Zak, has done decades of research into the role of oxytocin and
- [Things Don’t Have to Fall Apart (Reprise) with Dr. Daniel Levitin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/10/things-dont-have-to-fall-apart-reprise-with-dr-daniel-levitin/) - Daniel Levitin says we can all age successfully if we take our choices more seriously now.The neuroscientist and author reveals the keys to reaching our senior years in the best possible shape, explains what happens to dopamine levels when we stop trying new things, and tells us the three things older adults are better at
- [Art Makes Us Human with Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/09/art-makes-us-human-with-susan-magsamen-and-ivy-ross/) - We are the only species that creates and experiences art – not just visual art but music, poetry, dance, theater, and even architecture. The impact that art has on us cannot be overstated, as it affects cognition, mental health, and physical wellbeing.Today’s guests are Susan Magsamen of the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns
- [Transcendental Meditation (Reprise) with Dr. Tony Nader](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/09/transcendental-meditation-reprise-with-tony-nader/) - Dr. Tony Nader, an academic, author, and the leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement, knows how you can find inner peace. TM is like a deep dive to the stillness at the bottom of the ocean, leaving the turbulent waves far above.Learn how the body and mind are inextricably bound, and how meditation can improve
- [Making Sense of Creativity with Anna Abraham, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/08/making-sense-of-creativity-with-anna-abraham-phd/) - Where do imagination and creativity live in the brain – and how can we tap them? Neuroscientist and author Anna Abraham reveals the three elements of creativity and explores the myths surrounding it.Phil Stieg: Our guest today is Dr. Anna Abraham, a neuroscientist and renowned expert on one of the most fascinating aspects of the
- [Talking With Dolphins (Reprise) with Diana Reiss, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/08/talking-with-dolphins-reprise-with-diana-reiss-phd/) - Dolphins have large, complex brains that are a lot like the human model — what if we could get inside their heads and communicate with them? Meet cognitive psychologist and marine mammal scientist Diana Reiss, PhD, who has been doing just that. Turns out our underwater friends have a lot going on in their brains,
- [The Mercurial Genius of Candace Pert with Pamela Ryckman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/07/the-mercurial-genius-of-candace-pert-with-pamela-ryckman/) - Candace Pert discovered the opioid receptor, created a drug to stop AIDS in the brain, and identified stress as a cause of disease.She also inadvertently unleashed the overdose epidemic, got kicked out of the NIH, and was denied credit for much of her work.Largely forgotten, Pert was a trailblazing yet mercurial neuroscientist.Emmy award winning writer
- [Finding Your Soul in Ice, with Wim Hof](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/07/finding-your-soul-in-ice-with-wim-hof/) - Extreme athlete Wim Hof has set records for immersion in icy water, and he recommends it for physical and mental health. Find out why his wife’s suicide drove Hof to master controlled hyperventilation — in breathtaking cold — to become happy, strong, and healthy. (Everything else, he’ll tell you, is BS.) Surprisingly, heart and brain
- [Whispers and Tingles: ASMR (Reprise) with Craig Richard](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/07/whispers-and-tingles-asmr-reprise-with-craig-richard/) - ASMR, or the autonomous sensory meridian response, is a state of deep calm accompanied by a sense of “brain tingles.” Not everyone experiences it, but if you do, you know what triggers it: a whisper or other soft sounds, a gentle touch or movement, even watching a Bob Ross video. Physiologist Craig Richard explains the
- [AI: Reverse Engineering The Brain with Max Bennett](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/06/ai-reverse-engineering-the-brain-with-max-bennett/) - We will never create true artificial intelligence (if we really want that) until we know more about how the human brain works. Tech entrepreneur and author Max Bennett explains how AI learns, where it falls short, and how it stacks up against our own intelligence. As it turns out, what’s easy for humans is hard for AI,
- [Eating Smart for Brain and Heart, with Hooman Yaghoobzadeh](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-12-eating-smart-for-brain-and-heart/) - The science behind the benefits of a plant-based fiber diet will motivate many of us to make important lifestyle changes. Cardiologist Hooman Yaghoobzadeh, MD, explains why eating less meat, less processed food, and more fiber is so good for your heart and brain.Dr. Stieg: I’m delighted to have with me today Dr. Hooman Yaghoobzadeh. He
- [Food Is Medicine, with Hooman Yaghoobzadeh](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-13-food-is-medicine/) - The best prescription for reducing inflammation, cholesterol, and weight is right on your plate. Cardiologist Hooman Yaghoobzadeh, MD, explains the science of eating well, and how the right foods are life enhancing and will actually change your genetics.Dr. Stieg: Today I’m with Dr. Hooman Yaghoobzadeh, who is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell
- [Decoding Brainwaves Into Language (Reprise) with Dr. Edward Chang](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/06/decoding-brainwaves-into-language-reprise-with-dr-edward-chang/) - Language originates as brain signals—mysterious lines of squiggles—that somehow turn into speech. Meet the neuroscientist who is turning those squiggles into conversations, using artificial intelligence to translate brain activity into words and sentences. Dr. Edward Chang of UCSF talks with Dr. Stieg about the painstaking “magic” of decoding that has allowed a paralyzed man to
- [Outsmarting Anxiety with Dr. Catherine Pittman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/05/outsmarting-anxiety-with-dr-catherine-pittman/) - We are programmed by evolution to be anxious – fear was a lifesaver for early humans! So are why are some 21st century humans crippled by it? Catherine Pittman, PhD, chair of psychology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, is an expert on how different parts of the brain create and manage anxiety, and
- [Exploring The Magic Mushroom (Reprise) with Dr. Albert Garcia-Romeu](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/05/exploring-the-magic-mushroom-reprise-with-dr-albert-garcia-romeu/) - It’s effective against depression, can help you stop smoking, and even ease end-of-life distress. It’s non-addictive, naturally occurring, and has been used for thousands of years — but you can’t have it.It’s psilocybin, the compound that creates the “magic” in dozens of species of mushrooms.Johns Hopkins researcher Albert Garcia-Romeu, Ph.D. knows just how magical it is.
- [A Memory Workout with Nelson Dellis](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/05/a-memory-workout-with-nelson-dellis/) - Can’t remember the fourth item on your grocery list? Nelson Dellis, a professional “memory athlete,” can remember 100 things or more (though he still may forget the butter). Hear how Dellis learned to memorize lists so long that he became a five-time USA Memory Champion, and how you can use some of his strategies to
- [Do You Hear What I See? (Reprise) with Dr. Richard Cytowic](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/04/do-you-hear-what-i-see-reprise-with-dr-richard-cytowic/) - Synesthesia is the mysterious mingling of the senses that creates the experience of “seeing” sounds or “hearing” colors. Neurologist Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. has spent his career exploring this remarkable phenomenon, and has some fascinating insight into how these sensations are formed in the brain, and how we might use it to reunite our fractured
- [What Are Your Hands Saying? with Susan Goldin-Meadow](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/04/what-are-your-hands-saying-with-susan-goldin-meadow/) - Many of us speak with our hands, but what is this signaling really communicating?Dr. Susan Goldin-Meadow, an expert on gestures and professor of psychology and comparative human development at the University of Chicago, shares the significance of gesturing when speaking, and ways our hands can reveal more than we realize.Plus… learn what NOT to do
- [Menopause: The Change Is Gonna Come (Reprise), with Emily Jacobs](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/03/the-change-is-gonna-come-menopause-and-the-brain-reprise-with-emily-jacobs/) - Menopause can wreak havoc on mood and body temperature as it signals the end of fertility, but some of the biggest changes it causes are in the brain. Emily Jacobs, assistant professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara, explains how the precipitous decline in estrogen during the “change of life”
- [Our Incredible Shrinking Attention Span, with Dr. Gloria Mark](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/03/our-incredible-shrinking-attention-span-with-dr-gloria-mark/) - Is the deluge of digital media killing our ability to focus? Psychologist Gloria Mark explains how we are shaped by what we pay attention to – and why today’s short snippets of everything are reinforcing short attention spans.Phil Stieg: Today, we’re honored to welcome Dr. Gloria Mark to the podcast. She is Chancellor’s Professor of
- [The Change Is Gonna Come: Menopause and the Brain, with Emily Jacobs](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s2-episode-2-the-change-is-gonna-come-menopause-and-the-brain/) - Menopause can wreak havoc on mood and body temperature as it signals the end of fertility, but some of the biggest changes it causes are in the brain. Emily Jacobs, assistant professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara, explains how the precipitous decline in estrogen during the “change of
- [Training to Be Yourself, with Dr. Chantel Prat](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/10/training-to-be-yourself-with-dr-chantel-prat/) - Your early experiences literally change the way you think and feel about the world — they even shape what you see and hear. Dr. Chantel Prat, a cognitive neuroscientist and professor at the University of Washington, studies how variations in brain wiring make each of us unique individuals and drive our understanding of each other,
- [The Brink of Death (Reprise), with Dr. Bruce Greyson](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/02/the-brink-of-death-reprise-with-dr-bruce-greyson/) - Near-death experiences may seem like the stuff of supermarket tabloids, but there are real patterns to what people report after coming close to departing this life. Dr. Bruce Greyson has been studying near-death experiences for decades and has stories to tell about out-of-body phenomena, that light at the end of the tunnel, and a near-universal finding
- [Game Changer: A Concussion Revolution (Reprise), with Dr. Kenneth Kutner](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/02/game-changer-a-concussion-revolution-reprise-with-dr-kenneth-kutner/) - The impact of mild traumatic brain injury extends far beyond the gridiron – concussions can happen anywhere, including playing fields, bike paths, and war zones. Kenneth Kutner, PhD, who specializes in head injuries and has been the team neuropsychologist for the New York Giants for 30 seasons, joins us to talk about what the latest
- [Sex and Scent: What Your Nose Knows, with Kayt Sukel](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-11-sex-and-scent-what-your-nose-knows/) - Sexual attraction starts with a whiff of signals that gets your motor running. Your nose — and brain – are behind your gender, sexual orientation, and choice of partner. Kayt Sukel explains how the brain rules when it comes to sex and love.Dr. Stieg: Today we’re talking with Kayt Sukel, a science writer and author
- [Your Brain in Love, with Helen Fisher](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-4-your-brain-in-love/) - Dr. Stieg talks to biological anthropologist Helen Fisher about the four hormonal systems that drive our relationship styles, and how they can predict whether love will last.Dr. Stieg: Earlier you mentioned, you know, the phases of romantic love, sexual attraction and bonding and the different brain regions that are activated during those components of being
- [How Lust Built Our Brains, with Helen Fisher](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-19-how-lust-built-our-brains/) - The drive to reproduce – to move our DNA into tomorrow – may be behind our ability to do math, make music, and even play sports. Evolutionary anthropologist Helen Fisher explains why our complicated brains evolved in response to a very primal urge to mate.Dr. Stieg: Today I’m with Dr. Helen Fisher. She is one
- [Slow Love, with Dr. Helen Fisher](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-28-slow-love/) - How have sexual behaviors changed in our Millennial, #MeToo era? Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, PhD, explains the nuances of being just friends, friends with benefits, or a casual hookup — and tells us how the trend toward longer courtships may change everything.Dr. Stieg: We are here today with Dr. Helen Fisher. She is one of
- [Love in Captivity with Dr. Helen Fisher](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-42-love-in-captivity/) - The COVID-19 quarantine has changed everything about love and sex. Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher reveals how socially distant dating can nurture a relationship by slowing things down and encouraging more substantive conversation and deeper intimacy. Long-term couples have a different problem as they adjust to 24/7 togetherness and learn to carve out safe spaces. Plus… why it’s essential to laugh,
- [Madly in Love, with Dr. Helen Fisher](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-3-madly-in-love/) - Dr. Helen Fisher, one of the world’s foremost authorities on love, explains what happens in the brain when we experience romantic or sexual attraction, how that changes in long-term relationships, and why anti-depressants can make you fall out of love with your spouse.Dr. Stieg: You know when you meet someone and the chemistry is right,
- [The Healing Power of Grief, with Dr. Lisa Shulman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/08/the-healing-power-of-grief-with-dr-lisa-shulman-s3-ep16/) - Our brain pathways are designed to get us through life’s traumas, as painful and debilitating as they are. Neurologist Lisa Shulman, MD, joins us this week to talk about how to make sense of grief, how trauma interrupts the connection between the cognitive and emotional parts of the brain, and how the brain learns to
- [Thinking in Pictures, with Dr. Temple Grandin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/08/thinking-in-pictures-with-temple-grandin/) - Temple Grandin, PhD., wants kids — especially those on the autism spectrum — to start using their hands again. The woman Oliver Sacks called “the anthropologist on Mars” explains how our brains may be naturally wired to think in words, mathematics, or visuals, and there’s nothing disordered about any of them. Dr. Grandin urges us
- [Dread Making Decisions? with Dr. Gregory Berns](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-52-dread-making-decisions/) - What happens in our brains when we’re confronted with decisions? And why do some people dread making decisions more than others? Dr. Gregory Berns, neuroscientist and Professor of Neuroeconomics at Emory University, explains that there are different brain systems involved in the decisions we make. When faced with choices, we want to pursue pleasure and happiness as much as we want to avoid
- [Talking with Dolphins, with Diana Reiss](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/05/s2-episode-9-talking-with-dolphins/) - Dolphins have large, complex brains that are a lot like the human model — what if we could get inside their heads and communicate with them? Meet cognitive psychologist and marine mammal scientist Diana Reiss, PhD, who has been doing just that. Turns out our underwater friends have a lot going on in their brains,
- [Do Our Dogs Really Love Us? with Dr. Greg Berns](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-51-do-our-dogs-really-love-us/) - ​Dogs and the humans who cherish them have a unique bond unlike any other. We wonder all too often, do our dogs love us as much as we love them? What are they really thinking? Are we projecting our own feelings onto t​hese treasured family members in trying to understand them? Emory University neuroscientist Dr.
- [Do Our Dogs Really Love Us? (reprise) with Dr. Greg Berns](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/01/do-our-dogs-really-love-us-with-dr-greg-berns-classic/) - Dogs and the humans who cherish them have a unique bond unlike any other. We wonder all too often, do our dogs love us as much as we love them? What are they really thinking? Are we projecting our own feelings onto these treasured family members in trying to understand them?In this “classic” episode first
- [Music’s Powerful Impact on the Brain (reprise) with Renée Fleming](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2024/01/musics-powerful-impact-on-the-brain-with-renee-fleming-classic/) - World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming is also a leading advocate for research and public education on the therapeutic power of music to heal the mind. Music’s psychological and neurological impact can help people suffering with dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and other brain disorders, and even restore speech after a stroke. Recorded live at Juilliard, this episode also
- [Suffering From Headaches? with Dr. Louise Klebanoff](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-46-suffering-from-headaches/) - The COVID crisis is causing many more people to call their doctors with headache complaints. When is it time to stop self diagnosing your headache and to see a headache specialist? Dr. Louise Klebanoff, a leading neurologist and headache expert, explains why the right diagnosis can make all the difference in conquering most headaches. Hear
- [Controlled Hallucination, with Dr. Anil Seth](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/12/controlled-hallucination-with-dr-anil-seth/) - What world do you live in? You may think your experience of life comes from the outside, with your brain processing sensory information as it’s received. Anil Seth, professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex in England, takes a different view. Tune in as Dr. Seth explains how your brain is
- [Calm Yourself! with Dr. Sara Lazar](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/04/s2-episode-7-calm-yourself/) - Pain and fear are inevitable, especially these days, but we can retrain our brains to reduce suffering. Dr. Sara Lazar, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School, reveals how just eight weeks of mindful meditation can visibly change parts of the brain to be less reactive to pain. Plus… how meditation apps put the
- [The Quest to Conquer Pain, with Melanie Thernstrom](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-21-the-quest-to-conquer-pain/) - Throughout history, humans have experienced pain as punishment from the gods, a metaphysical struggle, or a simple biological process. Journalist Melanie Thernstrom, author of The Pain Chronicles, talks about the different ways humans have tried to conquer pain over the centuries.Dr. Stieg: Today I’m with Melanie Thernstrom, a journalist and author of several books including
- [Pain and the Science of Suffering, with Melanie Thernstrom](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-26-pain-and-the-science-of-suffering/) - Chronic pain is a national epidemic. Journalist Melanie Thernstrom, author of The Pain Chronicles, explains the difference between chronic and acute pain, how chronic pain rewires the brain, and the brain’s ability to modulate pain.Dr. Stieg: Today I’m with Melanie Thernstrom, a journalist and author of several books including a New York Times Bestseller, The
- [Connecting the Heart and Brain, with Dr. Robert Harrington](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/12/connecting-the-heart-and-brain-with-dr-robert-harrington/) - The brain and the heart are in constant communication, sending signals that control and respond to each other, so it’s no surprise that what’s good for one is what’s good for the other. Dean Robert Harrington, an esteemed cardiologist and the new dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, joins us today to explore the fascinating conversations
- [Using All Five Of Your Minds, with Dr. Howard Gardner](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/12/using-all-of-your-minds-with-dr-howard-gardner/) - Forget the standard IQ test — that only measures a very narrow definition of intelligence. Meet psychologist Howard Gardner, professor of cognition and education at Harvard, and one of the foremost thinkers and writers in the fields of education, cognition, and multiple intelligences. His fascinating research into different kinds of intelligence (there are 8!) has
- [Genetics, Metabolism, and Alzheimer’s Disease, with Dr. Richard Isaacson](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2020/12/s1-episode-56-genetics-metabolism-and-alzheimers-disease/) - One in three cases of Alzheimer’s disease may be preventable, but some cases are quite predictable. Dr. Richard Isaacson, Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains how scientists look at genetics, lifestyle, and medical history to evaluate an individual’s risk of developing the disease.Dr. Phil Stieg: This is Dr. Phil Stieg.
- [More Than  a Feeling – Your Pain Is Made In Your Brain, with Dr. Lorimer Moseley](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/11/more-than-a-feeling-your-pain-is-made-in-your-brain-with-dr-lorimer-moseley/) - Pain can be felt anywhere in the body, but it all originates in the same place: the brain. Lorimer Moseley, a professor of clinical neurosciences at the University of South Australia and a specialist in how the brain produces pain signals, joins us today to talk about how pain is created as a protective strategy.
- [Is Your Baby Smarter Than a Robot?, with Dr. Alison Gopnik](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/11/is-your-baby-smarter-than-a-robot-with-alison-gopnik/) - Babies and toddlers have truly outstanding brains — they absorb information broadly, quickly, and indiscriminately as they learn about the world, with processing speeds that leave AI-powered robots in the dust. Alison Gopnik, professor of psychology and affiliate professor of Philosophy at U.C. Berkeley, has been studying baby brains for decades, and she joins us
- [Bonus Content: Carrot or Stick – Pictures or Images](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/10/carrot-or-stick-pictures-or-images/) - Bonus clip from Training to Be Yourself with Dr. Chantel Prat.In this bonus segment, Dr. Chantel Prat describes in detail some of the research she conducts at the University of Washington including how to determine if you are a “carrot” learner or a ”stick” learner. You can test yourself at home using the on-line versions
- [Bonus Content: Multi-tasking and The Coffee Shop Effect](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/10/bonus-content-multi-tasking-and-the-coffee-shop-effect/) - Bonus clip from Drowning in Distraction, with Dr. Adam Gazzaley.Dr. Adam Gazzaley, professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco addresses how our “ancient” brains struggle to cope with the deluge of distraction from modern-day technology and offers solutions.In this bonus segment, Dr. Gazzaley shares what multitasking really means, and why some people
- [Drowning in Distraction, with Dr. Adam Gazzaley](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/10/drowning-in-distraction-with-dr-adam-gazzaley/) - Our brains evolved for a simpler life, and today they struggle to cope with a deluge of distraction from technology. Dr. Adam Gazzaley, professor of neurology at the University of California San Francisco, reveals why the brain loves multi-tasking even though it’s so bad for productivity; why “single-tasking” is so hard to relearn; and why 60-year-olds
- [Bonus Content: Dementia - There Is Joy After Diagnosis](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/09/bonus-content-dementia-there-is-joy-after-diagnosis/) - Bonus clip from Tales of a Hijacked Brain, with Dr. Sara Manning Peskin In addition to her writing, Dr. Sara Manning Peskin is a clinical researcher in the field of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. In this bonus segment, Dr. Peskin discusses some wide ranging issues related to dementia, including experimental drugs for treatment, testing
- [Music as Medicine, with Caitlin Hebb](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/09/music-as-medicine-with-caitlin-hebb/) - Speech therapists have long used music to help patients regain their voices after stroke or brain injury. Today’s music therapists are going even further, developing strategies that use music on patients with Parkinson’s disease, spinal cord injuries, cognitive issues, and more. Hear from Neurologic Music Therapist Caitlin Hebb about how the rhythm and rhyme of
- [Things Don't Have to Fall Apart, with Dr. Daniel Levitin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/11/s2-episode-20-successful-aging/) - We’re all aging (if we’re lucky). But what does it mean to age successfully? Dr. Daniel Levitin – neuroscientist, author, musician – tries to answer the question in his new book, Successful Aging. Interviewing “seniors” famous and not, he found that successful aging has nothing to do with money or position. In part it’s being
- [A Jolt of Happiness, with Kelly Bijanki, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/11/s2-episode-21-a-jolt-of-happiness/) - Is it possible to relieve depression or PTSD using electricity? Kelly Bijanki, PhD, runs a lab at Baylor College of Medicine, where her team is using deep brain stimulation to induce happiness in patients who need it the most. Her fascinating work shows that “emotional” issues are as biologically based as “neurological” ones, and that
- [The Biology of Eating Disorders, with Dr. Lauren Breithaupt](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/12/s2-episode-22-the-biology-of-eating-disorders/) - After witnessing a childhood friend suffer from a severe eating disorder, Dr. Lauren Breithaupt dedicated her career to exploring the causes of anorexia, bulimia, and related syndromes. Now a PhD in psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Breithaupt explains that eating disorders – once thought to be a plague of teenage girls – can affect men
- [Our Emotional Memory, with Dr. Elizabeth Phelps](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/01/s3-episode-2-our-emotional-memory/) - Where were you on 9/11, and why do you remember it so clearly? Dr. Elizabeth Phelps, a Harvard neuroscience professor who studies the effect of trauma on memory, explains how highly emotional events get stored in our brains. Find out why we are so confident that these “flashbulb memories” are completely accurate, even though the
- [Bonus Content: Engaging Your Spiritual Core, with Dr. Lisa Miller](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/04/bonus-content-engaging-your-spiritual-core-with-dr-lisa-miller/) - Bonus clip from Engaging Your Spiritual Core with Dr. Lisa Miller.Narrator: Thank you for downloading this bonus clip from This Is Your Brain. In this excerpt Dr. Lisa Miller recounts her journey to parenthood through adoption, and what she learned about the importance of being open to what life is trying to teach us.Phil Stieg:
- [Tales of a Hijacked Brain, with Dr. Sara Manning Peskin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/09/tales-of-a-hijacked-brain-with-dr-sara-manning-peskin/) - Unlike a broken bone or clogged artery, a brain that goes awry due to disease or injury—or even an errant molecule—causes weird and unpredictable changes in personality. Hear some of the bizarre tales of tiny particles that alter behavior from neurologist Sara Manning Peskin, author of “A Molecule Away From Madness.”Plus… how parasites hijack animal
- [Game Changer: A Concussion Revolution, with Dr. Kenneth Kutner](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/08/game-changer-a-concussion-revolution-with-dr-kenneth-kutner/) - The impact of mild traumatic brain injury extends far beyond the gridiron – concussions can happen anywhere, including playing fields, bike paths, and war zones. Kenneth Kutner, PhD, who specializes in head injuries and has been the team neuropsychologist for the New York Giants for 30 seasons, joins us to talk about what the latest
- [Taking Laughter Seriously, with Dr. Sophie Scott](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/07/taking-laughter-seriously-with-dr-sophie-scott/) - Giggles, guffaws, or belly laughs — whenever we crack up, we’re communicating more than we realize. Laughter, says Dr. Sophie Scott, a neuroscientist at University College London as well as a standup comic, is pretty complicated.It’s a way of expressing group membership and affection (as long as nobody is laughing AT you) and involves a
- [Finding Your Soul in Ice, with Wim Hof](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/09/finding-your-soul-in-ice-with-wim-hof-s3-ep18/) - Extreme athlete Wim Hof has set records for immersion in icy water, and he recommends it for physical and mental health. Find out why his wife’s suicide drove Hof to master controlled hyperventilation — in breathtaking cold — to become happy, strong, and healthy. (Everything else, he’ll tell you, is BS.) Surprisingly, heart and brain
- [Marketing to Your Primal Brain, with Dr. Christophe Morin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/06/marketing-to-your-primal-brain-with-dr-christophe-morin/) - With each of us receiving more than 30,000 messages a day – everything from news headlines to print, TV, radio, and online advertising – how do today’s marketing professionals have a chance of getting a product or service to stand out? Dr. Christophe Morin is a “neuromarketer,” combining his expertise in neuroscience with his passion
- [Thinking in Pictures, with Dr. Temple Grandin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/03/thinking-in-pictures-with-dr-temple-grandin/) - Temple Grandin, PhD., wants kids — especially those on the autism spectrum — to start using their hands again. The woman Oliver Sacks called “the anthropologist on Mars” explains how our brains may be naturally wired to think in words, mathematics, or visuals, and there’s nothing disordered about any of them. Dr. Grandin urges us
- [Magic, Myths, and the Unconscious Mind, with Daniel Lieberman, MD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/02/magic-myths-and-the-unconscious-mind-with-daniel-lieberman-md/) - Superstitions, fairy tales, and talismans are more than silly remnants of our early human history — they are bridges to the unconscious mind. Psychiatrist Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD, talks about just how complicated the unconscious is, and how rituals and fairy tales actually make us more sophisticated managers of our conscious mind.Phil Stieg: Hello. I’d
- [Bonus Content: I’ve Got (Circadian) Rhythm!, with Dr. Emily Manoogian](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/06/bonus-content-ive-got-circadian-rhythm-with-dr-emily-manoogian/) - Bonus clip from I’ve Got (Circadian Rhythm), with Dr. Emily Manoogian.Thank you for downloading this bonus clip from This Is Your Brain. In this excerpt Dr. Emily Manoogian discusses chronotypes (like if you are an early bird or a night owl), and how circadian rhythms change as we age, and tips to deal with jet
- [Mesmerized By Magic, with Dr. Luis Martinez](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/06/mesmerized-by-magic-with-dr-luis-martinez/) - Are we all living in an illusion, and can two people see the same thing differently? How exactly do magicians trick or hack our brains?Dr. Luis M Martínez, director of the Virtual Mind Laboratory at the Spanish National Research Council, joins us to share the latest findings in neuroscience to explain how magic deceives us
- [The “Reading Brain” in a Digital World, with Dr. Maryanne Wolf](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/05/the-reading-brain-in-a-digital-world-with-dr-maryanne-wolf/) - The human brain did not evolve to read — but reading makes us more fully human as it opens up new worlds of understanding and empathy. Today, as we read so much by “skimming” on phones and tablets, we’re missing out on the sophisticated thought processes that deep reading provides. Dr. Maryanne Wolf, Director of
- [The Mother of all Brain Changes, with Chelsea Conaboy](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/05/the-mother-of-all-brain-changes-with-chelsea-conaboy/) - New parents – especially moms – experience profound changes in the brain when they are expecting and welcoming a new baby. Health journalist Chelsea Conaboy explains how the caricature of “mommy brain” and its cognitive fog has it all wrong – parenthood actually has a neuroprotective effect, as the brain adapts to meeting the needs
- [Transcendental Meditation, with Dr. Tony Nader](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/02/transcendental-meditation-with-dr-tony-nader-s3-ep4/) - Dr. Tony Nader, an academic, author, and the leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement, knows how you can find inner peace. TM is like a deep dive to the stillness at the bottom of the ocean, leaving the turbulent waves far above. Learn how the body and mind are inextricably bound, and how meditation can
- [Unlearning Addiction, with Dr. Judith Grisel](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/04/unlearning-addiction-with-dr-judith-grisel/) - Teen brains are uniquely primed for addiction — that age is all about novelty seeking, risk-taking, and impulsivity, a developmental stage with strong drives and little inhibition — and they “learn” the pleasures of alcohol and drugs a little too well. Judith Grisel, PhD, a behavioral neuroscientist at Bucknell University who has written widely (and
- [Engaging Your Spiritual Core, with Dr. Lisa Miller](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/04/engaging-your-spiritual-core-with-dr-lisa-miller/) - You know what you have to do to tighten your abs (whether or not you actually do it), but do you know how to awaken your brain? Lisa Miller, professor of psychology at Columbia University, explains how we humans are hard-wired for spirituality, but we’ve lost the connection. Faith-based traditions once connected most of us
- [Bonus Content: Thinking in Pictures, with Dr. Temple Grandin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/03/bonus-content-thinking-in-pictures-with-dr-temple-grandin/) - Bonus clip from Thinking in Pictures, with Dr. Temple Grandin.Narrator: Thank you for downloading this bonus clip from This Is Your Brain. In this extended outtake from our interview with Temple Grandin, we get an insight into Dr. Grandin’s unique thinking process and how her memory is organized. She describes this process as her visual
- [Bonus Content: Presence: Hallucination or Visitation, with Dr. Ben Alderson-Day](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/03/bonus-content-presence-hallucination-or-visitation-with-dr-ben-alderson-day/) - Bonus clip from Presence: Hallucination or Visitation, with Dr. Ben Alderson-Day.Narrator: Thank you for downloading this bonus clip from This Is Your Brain. In this excerpt, Dr. Ben Alderson-Day describes his recent visit to the lab of a fellow Presence researcher Dr. Olaf Banke in Geneva Switzerland, where he has able to elicit his own
- [Presence: Hallucination or Visitation, with Dr. Ben Alderson-Day](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/03/presence-hallucination-or-visitation-with-dr-ben-alderson-day/) - Have you ever felt a “presence” – someone next to you, even speaking to you, when no one is there? Dr. Ben Alderson-Day, a psychologist at Durham University in the UK, studies the phenomena of felt presences, or what he calls “the unseen other.” These experiences are not always symptoms of mental illness – these
- [Close Call with a Brain Bleed, with Mikal Scott](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-16-close-call-with-a-brain-bleed/) - A runner’s life-threatening brain bleed is repaired just in time thanks to a new minimally invasive procedure. Patient Mikal Scott talks about his alarming symptoms and fortunate meeting with neurosurgeon Dr. Jared Knopman, who performed the pioneering technique that’s now providing patients with a far better treatment option for this condition.Dr. Stieg: I’d like to
- [Secrets of the Sleeping Brain, with Dr. Guy Leschziner](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/01/secrets-of-the-sleeping-brain-with-dr-guy-leschziner/) - We all work on important tasks while we sleep – consolidating memories, building immunity, and managing weight, just for starters – but some of us do a whole lot more. From walking and talking to driving and committing crimes, sleep disorders can be disruptive, dangerous, and downright deadly. British neurologist and sleep expert Guy Leschziner
- [Climbing Out of Depression, with Richard Friedman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-6-climbing-out-of-depression/) - Dr. Stieg talks to psychiatrist Richard Friedman, MD, about depression and PTSD: How they are different from sadness, how the brain actually changes when someone is depressed and when they come out of it, and how therapy and medication work. Plus… identifying those at risk for suicide, and getting them help.Dr. Stieg: I’m back again today
- [Speaking Truth To Trauma, with Dr. Shaili Jain](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/02/speaking-truth-to-trauma-with-dr-shaili-jain/) - Some 6 million Americans suffer from active PTSD at any given moment, and nearly half of us will be exposed to major trauma at some point in our lives. Dr. Shaili Jain, a Stanford University psychiatrist and PTSD specialist, explains why silence plays such a large role in the aftermath of trauma, why some people
- [The Other Side of Stroke, with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2023/01/the-other-side-of-stroke-with-dr-jill-bolte-taylor/) - With the left hemisphere of her brain ravaged by a hemorrhage, neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor made a surprising discovery. The brain bleed had not only deprived her of language, it had also wiped away memory of past trauma. What Dr. Taylor learned about brain cells after a stroke has implications for identity, spirituality, and insight.
- [Cultivating Confidence, with Dr. Nate Zinsser](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/12/cultivating-confidence-with-dr-nate-zinsser-rerun/) - Where in the brain is that little something that makes top performers feel so confident in their ability? Can that confidence be developed in someone who is naturally more timid? Dr. Nate Zinsser, director of West Point’s Performance Psychology Program and author of The Confident Mind, explains how a sense of mastery develops, and why
- [Cultivating Confidence, with Dr. Nate Zinsser](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/01/s3-episode-3-cultivating-confidence/) - Where in the brain is that little something that makes top performers feel so confident in their ability? Can that confidence be developed in someone who is naturally more timid? Dr. Nate Zinsser, director of West Point’s Performance Psychology Program and author of The Confident Mind, explains how a sense of mastery develops, and why
- [The Neuroscience of “Movie Night” with Dr. Jeff Zacks](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/12/the-neuroscience-of-movie-night-with-dr-jeff-zacks/) - Did you ever notice when you see a close up of Julia Roberts smiling on the big screen, you have an urge to smile back? That’s an effect of your brain’s “Mirror Rule” according to Dr. Jeff Zacks of Washington University. Watching movies in a theater stimulates the signals in our brains more than almost
- [Brain-Healthy Eating, with Joy Bauer](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-36-brain-healthy-eating/) - “Today Show” nutritionist Joy Bauer has easy, affordable, and delicious tips for making brain-healthy food choices. Boost your memory, strengthen your focus, and improve your blood flow by following Joy’s simple advice. Plus, the surprising benefits of coffee, and the 3 golden rules of snacking. Dr. Stieg: I’m really happy to have Joy Bauer with me
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour – Brain Games](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/07/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-brain-games/) - Narrator: So, what is it actually like to try to “train” your brain? Let’s take a “Guided Tour” through one of the games from the on-going citizen science project currently being conducted by Dr. Jaeggi and Dr. Seitz.(Music under)In this memory game, you are an astronaut exploring a cave on an alien planet. As you
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour – Who Do You Trust?](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/07/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-who-do-you-trust/) - In case you were wondering, a trusting relationship can be based on things other than just money. In this edition of “This Is Your Brain – The Guided Tour” we’ll meet scientists who devised a “critter café”, where chimpanzees could consider splitting their entrée with a trusted friend.In the study led by Jan Engelmann and
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour – In Search of Creativity](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/08/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-in-search-of-creativity/) - A writer stuck on a script. An artist staring at a blank page. A composer who can’t quite figure out what the next notes should be.In this edition of This Is Your Brain – The Guided Tour, we ask; is there anything that helps creative types actually create?The question has probably been around for as
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour –Do-It-Yourself Neuroscience](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/09/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-do-it-yourself-neuroscience/) - (music under)Narrator: Let’s take a moment to see how the “Backyard Brains” program works with actual teenagers. Here’s Dr. Gage giving a TED talk in 2015…Greg Gage: (fade up) Alright, so I need a volunteer. What is your name? Sam, I’m going to record from your brain. Have you had this before? Okay, I need
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour – Making Sense of Music](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/09/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-making-sense-of-music/) - NarratorDuring this break, we’re going to take a moment to hear from some people who made music in school, and continue to “invest” in music making as adults.(Band music under)The music we’re listening to is by composer Michael Makowski. It’s being played by amateur musicians from the Grand Street Community Band.Don:I played music all through
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour – Your Brain on Trial](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/10/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-your-brain-on-trial/) - (Interstitial Theme Music)Narrator: As former U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan once said, “there is almost nothing more convincing than a live human being who takes the stand, points a finger at the defendant and declares, ‘That’s the one!’”But research on human memory and breakthroughs in DNA evidence show that eyewitness testimony is one of
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour – Do You Hear What I See?](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/10/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-do-you-hear-what-i-see/) - Interstitial theme musicNarrator: There’s a classic kid’s joke – Why was six afraid of seven? … Because seven ate nine!If your numbers have distinct personalities, you have something in common with the famous Russian synesthete Solomon Shereshevesky.Music outDescribed in a classic study entitled “The Mind of a Mnemonist” by Alexander Luria, Shereshevsky was discovered in
- [Exploring the Magic Mushroom, with Albert Garcia-Romeu](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/03/exploring-the-magic-mushroom-with-albert-garcia-romeu-s3-ep7/) - It’s effective against depression, can help you stop smoking, even ease end-of-life distress. It’s non-addictive, naturally occurring, and has been used for thousands of years — but you can’t have it. It’s psilocybin, the compound that creates the “magic” in dozens of species of mushrooms. Johns Hopkins researcher Albert Garcia-Romeu, Ph.D. knows just how magical it
- [The Brink of Death, with Dr. Bruce Greyson](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/05/the-brink-of-death-with-dr-bruce-greyson-s3-ep10/) - Near-death experiences may seem like the stuff of supermarket tabloids, but there are real patterns to what people report after coming close to departing this life. Dr. Bruce Greyson has been studying near-death experiences for decades and has stories to tell about out-of-body phenomena, that light at the end of the tunnel, and a near-universal
- [While You Were Sleeping, with Dr. Ken Paller](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/05/while-you-were-sleeping-with-dr-ken-paller-s3-ep11/) - Can you communicate with someone who’s sound asleep, and is it possible to influence their dreams? Dr. Ken Paller, professor of psychology at Northwestern and a leading sleep researcher, talks about “lucid dreaming” – the state of dreaming while knowing you’re in a dream – as well as about how researchers can reach into the
- [The Power at the End of Your Fork, with Dr. Uma Naidoo](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/06/the-power-at-the-end-of-your-fork-with-dr-uma-naidoo-s3-ep13/) - Depression, anxiety, low libido… your mood is directly related to what you eat. Nutritional psychiatrist (and chef) Uma Naidoo, MD, examines the “gut-brain romance” and explains the delicate balance between your diet and your mental health. If you haven’t given up junk food to lose weight or reduce the risk of diabetes, maybe you’ll do
- [Are You Smarter Than a Teenage Neuroscientist? with Norbert Mylinski and Julianne McCall](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/02/s2-episode-3-are-you-smarter-than-a-teenage-neuroscientist/) - Welcome to the International Brain Bee, where the innovators of tomorrow — most of them still too young to drive — are spending their days memorizing brain parts, studying neurons, and even dissecting cadaver brains. Meet Norbert Mylinski, who founded the worldwide competition, and Julianne McCall, a Brain Bee alum who is now ‎co-director of
- [What’s So Funny? with Dr. Ori Amir](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/02/s2-episode-4-whats-so-funny/) - Delve into a comedian’s brain to discover what makes people laugh — and when the comic is also a neuroscientist, it’s no joke! Dr. Ori Amir studies what goes on in the brain as jokes are born, and he’s also learned how to “get out of his head” to write some pretty funny stuff. Be afraid: He is working
- [The “Art” of Making Decisions, with Daphna Shohamy](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/03/s2-episode-5-the-art-of-making-decisions/) - A brain experiment on abstract vs representational art reveals the secrets of how we make decisions, and how we impulsive humans may finally learn to delay gratification. Psychologist Daphna Shohamy, Professor of Psychology at the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University, explains “construal level theory” and what that means about art — and
- [The Paradox of Dreams, with Dr. Raphael Vallat](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/03/s2-episode-6-the-paradox-of-dreams/) - More than an evolutionary waste of energy, dreams are one of the last mysteries of human cognition. Dr. Raphael Vallat, a neuroscientist and sleep researcher at UC Berkeley, explains what we know about what happens during REM sleep, why we have recurring nightmares, and even how that evening cocktail affects your dreams. Plus… the weirdest
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour – Meditation App](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/04/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-meditation-app/) - Narrator: There’s a lot of things you can do with a smartphone … Check the latest headlines … shop online … post embarrassing pictures to your social media feed, and many other forms of stress and distraction.… And now, you can also meditate. Here’s how…Voice of Tamara: Begin by taking a comfortable position…. Hold your
- [Covid on the Brain, with Heidi Bender and Lish Ndhlovu](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/04/s2-episode-8-covid-on-the-brain/) - What’s causing the “Covid fog” and “long-haul Covid” that have been all over the news lately? Neuropsychologist Heidi Bender and infectious disease specialist Lish Ndhlovu explain how the virus is getting into the brain, what it does when it gets there, and how that affects cognition, emotions, and behavior.Plus… hear firsthand from a patient who
- [Getting Into the Flow, with Steven Kotler](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/05/s2-episode-10-getting-into-the-flow/) - Can you train your brain to perform better, feel happier, focus more? Steven Kotler says you can. The bestselling author of The Art of the Impossible and Stealing Fire and founder of the Flow Research Collective, Kotler explains what’s behind “flow states” and how we can all learn to harness the power of biology to
- [This Is Your Brain: The Guided Tour – Into the Woods… to Heal](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/06/this-is-your-brain-the-guided-tour-into-the-woods-to-heal/) - Narrator: In this episode of This Is Your Brain – The Guided Tour, we meet a man who knows how to listen…Since 1968, Bernie Krause has traveled the globe to record the “voice” of the natural world. You are listening to one of his recordings right now… Jaguars in the Amazon…He was one of the
- [Into the Woods… to Heal, with Dr. David Strayer](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/06/s2-episode-11-into-the-woods-to-heal/) - The gentle sounds of the surf, or sweet birdsong in the trees, are more than just refreshing — they have actual, proven power to heal the brain. Dr. David Strayer, professor of cognition and neural science at the University of Utah’s Applied Cognition Lab, is exploring how our over-stressed, technologically bombarded, multi-tasking brains are restored
- [An Eraser in My Brain, Part 2, with Alissa Rubin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-2-an-eraser-in-my-brain-part-2/) - New York Times journalist Alissa Rubin talks with Dr. Stieg about the cognitive and emotional effects of her injuries, and the treatments that helped get her back to work and to her life.Dr. Stieg: Hello, I’m here again with Alissa Rubin and we were talking before about her trauma and the subsequent events that resulted
- [An Eraser in My Brain, Part 1, with Alissa Rubin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-1-an-eraser-in-my-brain-part-1/) - Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times journalist Alissa Rubin talks with Dr. Stieg about the helicopter crash that seriously injured her, and the long road to healing her body and her brain.Dr. Stieg: I’m happy to have my patient, the New York Times Baghdad Bureau Chief and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Alissa Rubin. As our special
- [Are We Wired for Anxiety? with Dr. Richard Friedman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-5-are-we-wired-for-anxiety/) - Dr. Stieg talks to psychiatrist Dr. Richard Friedman about the neuroscience of fear: How parents can transmit anxiety to their kids, how some babies seem hard-wired for anxiety, and why a little anxiety is good for you (but too much is like a burglar alarm that sounds all the time).Dr. Stieg: Today I’m with Dr. Richard
- [A Life Unravels, with Demitri Kofinas and Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-7-a-life-unravels/) - When Demetri Kofinas was diagnosed with a benign pituitary tumor, he faced bizarre symptoms and difficult choices. With the help of his father and Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield, Demetri took on the challenges and came to a decision. Dr. Stieg: I’d like to welcome my two most fascinating guests today, Demitri Kofinas, and Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield. Dimitri
- [Rebirth After a Brain Tumor, with Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-8-rebirth-after-a-brain-tumor/) - Memories return – along with a surge of confusing emotions – after Demetri’s surgery to remove a craniopharyngioma. Dr. Jeffrey Greenfield joins his patient and Dr. Stieg to talk about revelations after brain tumor surgery: Demetri learns the value of surrender while his neurosurgeon develops a better understanding of his role in his patients’ lives.Dr.
- [“Bobble Heads” and Concussions, with Dr. Barry Kosofsky](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-9-bobble-heads-and-concussions/) - Dr. Barry Kosofsky explains why children – especially girls – are at greater risk for concussion, and why kids under 14 should never play tackle football and certain other contact sports. Learn how to recognize the signs of concussion, when to go to the ER, and why kids with ADHD or anxiety tend to do
- [No More Shaking Hands! with Alexandra Lebenthal](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-10-no-more-shaking-hands/) - A tremor had plagued Alexandra Lebenthal since childhood. Today her hand is steady and she can finally hold a glass with ease, thanks to Dr. Michael Kaplitt and a life-changing new procedure called MR-guided focused ultrasound.Dr. Stieg: I’d like to introduce a dear friend of mine, Alexandra Lebenthal. Alex is a leader in the financial
- [When Snoring Is Dangerous for Your Brain, with Dr. Ana Krieger](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-14-when-snoring-is-dangerous-for-your-brain/) - Sleep disruptions have unexpected and serious impacts on the health of your brain. Dr. Ana Krieger, Chief of Sleep Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains why snoring is a danger sign for sleep apnea affecting 40 million Americans — and why “getting by” on 6 hours of sleep a night is a risk you probably
- [What’s Threatening Your Sleep? with Dr. Ana Krieger](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-15-whats-threatening-your-sleep/) - Cell phones, stress, and a hyper-scheduled life all put your sleep cycle in danger. Sleep disruption is bad for brain health, wreaks havoc on mood, and even raises the risk of cancer. Dr. Ana Krieger, Chief of Sleep Neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has the solutions we need for a better night’s sleep.Dr. Stieg: I’m
- [Life and Death Decisions, with Dr. Joseph Fins](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-17-life-and-death-decisions/) - Ethics and emotions often clash at the bedside of terminally ill patients—especially those with brain injuries. Dr. Joseph Fins, Chief of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medicine, talks with Dr. Stieg about what we can do to best prepare for our final days and who has the legal and moral authority to make life and
- [Why Can’t We Resist Temptation, with Heather Berlin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-18-why-cant-we-resist-temptation/) - A faulty risk/reward area of your brain can get you into trouble, but it can also free you to think outside the box. Cognitive neuroscientist Heather Berlin explains how the prefrontal cortex develops – or doesn’t – and how cognitive behavioral therapy can help you harness the power of neuroplasticity.Dr. Stieg: I’m with Dr. Heather
- [Awake During Brain Surgery, with Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-20-awake-during-brain-surgery/) - Talking with your neurosurgeons during brain surgery may seem terrifying or like science fiction. But actually, as two patients share, it was a necessary part of making their surgeries successful. Dr. Rohan Ramakrishna joins Dr. Stieg to talk about how awake craniotomies provide a critical real-time assessment into the inner workings of the brain.Dr. Stieg:
- [Coma and Hidden Consciousness, with Dr. Joseph Fins](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-22-coma-and-hidden-consciousness/) - Coma and vegetative states are confounding for loved ones of brain-injured patients. Dr. Joseph Fins, Chief of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains the sobering discovery of hidden consciousness in coma patients and shares a painfully fascinating patient story.Dr. Stieg: We’re back again with Dr. Joseph Fins, Chief of Medical Ethics at Weill Cornell
- [The Music-Brain Connection, with Eitan Globerson](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-23-the-music-brain-connection/) - “Neuro-pianist” and conductor Eitan Globerson explains the intricate connections between a musician’s instrument, hands, and brain and how the power of music can heal and improve brain performance and enrich our lives.Dr. Stieg: That music you just heard was performed by today’s guest. You may be wondering why we have a pianist on the show.
- [The Promise of Stem Cell Therapy with Dr. Robert Hariri](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-24-the-promise-of-stem-cell-therapy/) - Stem cells hold the potential to change the landscape of medicine and bring patient care and well-being into a new era. Neurosurgeon Robert Hariri, MD, PhD, talks about the possibilities and promise of using placental stem cells to target cancer cells, control diseases like HIV, restore brain function, and extend life expectancy.Dr. Stieg: I’m extremely
- [Trial and Error in Treating Depression, with Conor Liston](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-25-trial-and-error-in-treating-depression/) - From Abraham Lincoln’s untreatable melancholy to the serendipitous discovery of SSRIs, we have come a long way in understanding depression. Psychiatrist Conor Liston, MD, PhD, explains the diagnostic challenges psychiatrists face, and the trial-and-error process to finding the right medication that frustrates both doctors and their patients.Dr. Stieg: We all go through depression at some
- [Violence and the Brain, with Dr. Heather Berlin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-29-violence-and-the-brain/) - Mass shootings, bullying and retaliation, and other acts of violence — why did the human brain evolve to be so aggressive? Dr. Heather Berlin, assistant professor of psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine, talks about the genetics of violence, the “mean girl” phenomenon, and why some psychopaths end up in jail while others land
- [Living with Glioblastoma, with Rod Nordland](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-31-living-with-glioblastoma/) - New York Times journalist Rod Nordland is confronting his glioblastoma diagnosis with positivity, not despair. In this inspiring episode, he speaks with Dr. Stieg about coming to terms with the disease, what it’s like to live with his everyday challenges, and why he hasn’t shed a tear over it.Dr. Stieg: Hi, this is Dr. Phil Stieg.
- [Why the Burnout Epidemic, with Dr. Richard Friedman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-32-why-the-burnout-epidemic/) - Frayed social bonds, toxic and demanding work environments, and even helicopter parenting are all contributing to an American epidemic of burnout. Dr. Richard Friedman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the Student Mental Health Program at Weill Cornell Medical College, explains how we can better deal with everyday adversity, stress, and discomfort without succumbing
- [Scientific Advances in Mind Reading, with Dr. Marvin Chun](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-33-scientific-advances-in-mind-reading/) - Artificial intelligence is ushering in a new era of mind reading, with advanced brain scans revealing much of what we’re thinking about. Dr. Marvin Chun, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Yale, explains how researchers in his lab are using fMRI and other new technologies to see what’s going on in your brain, even as
- [Hope for Depression’s Toughest Cases, with Dr. Conor Liston](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-34-hope-for-depressions-toughest-cases/) - Anti-depressants don’t work for everyone. Psychiatrist Conor Liston, MD, PhD, describes four effective treatments that restore the brain’s lost connections and repair the cellular changes that cause depression. Magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy, and low-dose ketamine (“Special K”) have all been shown to relieve the symptoms of clinical depression and correct the functional
- [Teen Brains at Risk, with Dr. Frances Jensen](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-35-teen-brains-at-risk/) - Dr. Frances Jensen, Chair of the Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and author of “The Teenage Brain,” explains how vaping, binge drinking, and pot smoking are especially dangerous for adolescent brains. Young adults are more susceptible to addiction, cognitive impairment, and mental health issues when exposed to such substances because
- [Consciousness and Mental Time Travel with Dr. Joseph LeDoux](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-50-consciousness-and-mental-time-travel/) - Our thoughts about the future are directly influenced by past memories and our deepest emotions. Dr. Joseph LeDoux, Professor of Neural Science at NYU, gives us an intriguing look at the areas of the brain that create the uniquely human experience of consciousness and how our ability to mentally “time travel” allows us to form a personal awareness of our place In the world. Dr. Philip
- [How Noise Affects Our Brains, with Dr. Mathias Basner](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-48-how-noise-affects-our-brains/) - Blaring music, incessant traffic, those early-morning lawn mowers — you know they’re bad for your sanity, but for your brain? Dr. Mathias Basner, an expert on the effects of noise on health, explains what goes on in your body when it’s subjected to prolonged high-decibel exposure, including irreversible hearing loss, cognitive decline, even heart attacks.
- [How Elite Athletes Handle Pressure, with Dr. Lani Lawrence](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-45-how-elite-athletes-handle-pressure/) - How do elite athletes, some barely out of their teens, manage life in a fishbowl? Dr. Lani Lawrence, sports psychologist for the New York Giants, explains how the pros learn to cope with social media and news pressures and still find their way into “the zone” where they can excel.Dr. Philip Stieg: In the best of
- [Fighting Parkinson’s with DBS, with Elizabeth Larsen](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-44-fighting-parkinsons-with-dbs/) - Parkinson’s Disease patient Elizabeth Larsen gives a deeply honest view of her Deep Brain Simulation (DBS) surgery to control her tremors. We learn what it feels like to have electrodes in the brain and what happens when patients want to change their tremor management software program.Dr. Stieg: I’d like to welcome back our guests, Dr. Michael Kaplitt, Vice Chair of Research and
- [Facing Parkinson’s Disease with Dr. Michael Kaplitt](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-43-facing-parkinsons-disease/) - From mild resting tremors to freezing, stiffness, and loss of motor control, the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease progress relentlessly over time. Dr. Michael Kaplitt, Director of the Movement Disorders Program at Weill Cornell Medicine, along with his patient Elizabeth Larsen, explore how quality of life can erode over the years — and when it’s time
- [Covid’s Invisible Bullet, with Dr. Laura Kolbe](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-41-covids-invisible-bullet/) - In the war on COVID-19, doctors face an enemy like no other – mysterious, invisible, and medically confounding. Dr. Laura Kolbe, co-founder of the COVID+ Hospice and Palliative Care Unit at Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian explains a new first-hour emergency room protocol. We learn how the palliative care team allays suffering, comforts the sick, and
- [Music’s Powerful Impact on the Brain, with Renée Fleming](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-38-musics-powerful-impact-on-the-brain/) - World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming is also a leading advocate for research and public education on the therapeutic power of music to heal the mind. Music’s psychological and neurological impact can help people suffering with dementia, Parkinson’s disease, and other brain disorders, and even restore speech after a stroke. Recorded live at Juilliard, this episode also
- [The Risks of Long-Term Space Travel with Dr. Christopher Mason](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-37-the-risks-of-long-term-space-travel/) - A three-year mission to Mars will have profound effects on bodies—and brains. The recent NASA study of twin astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly provides a new understanding of how life in space can alter cognition, heart health, and even gut bacteria. Dr. Christopher Mason of Weill Cornell Medicine and Dr. Mathias Basner of the University
- [Obesity Is Not Your Fault, with Dr. Louis Aronne](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/11/obesity-is-not-your-fault-with-dr-louis-aronne/) - The past 30 years have produced an epidemic of obesity — mostly because evolution did not prepare us for so many calories and so little physical activity. Dr. Louis Aronne, a leading authority on obesity, explains how a period of caloric excess can damage the neural connections that manage your metabolism, throwing your weight regulation out
- [Dealing with Loss, with Dr. Richard Friedman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-47-dealing-with-loss/) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented loss — of loved ones, of social interaction, and of our entire way of life. Dr. Richard Friedman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains why the anguish we feel is normal — and how specific coping strategies can help minimize the potential impact on brain health
- [Hope for the Lonely, with Dr. Richard Friedman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-49-hope-for-the-lonely/) - The pandemic has produced a dramatic new wave of loneliness for those coping with loss, grief, and social isolation. Although the feeling of loneliness is not a medical condition, it can easily transition into the clinical disorders of depression and anxiety. Dr. Richard Friedman, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains how the upheaval of prolonged loneliness can affect
- [Conscious and Trapped Inside, with Dr. Nicholas Schiff](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-53-conscious-and-trapped-inside/) - From drug cocktails to deep brain stimulation, there is new hope for brain-injured patients with “locked-in syndrome” in minimally conscious states. Dr. Nicholas Schiff, Professor of Neuroscience at the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell Medicine, tells the dramatic stories of patient reawakenings from comas lasting many years.Dr. Phil Stieg: Today, I
- [Focus on ADHD, with Dr. David Salsberg](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-54-focus-on-adhd/) - Diagnosing and treating attention deficit disorder can be tricky – not every hyperactive kid has ADHD, and some very calm children are extremely inattentive. Pediatric clinical neuropsychologist David Salsberg, PhD, explains what part of the brain is “asleep” in those with true ADHD, and how to identify kids who need intervention. Plus… when is medication
- [The Gut-Brain Connection, with Dr. David Artis and Dr. Conor Liston](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-55-the-gut-brain-connection/) - Microbes in your intestine are talking to cells in your brain all the time – and what they say can affect everything from inflammatory diseases to psychiatric disorders. Microbiologist David Artis, PhD, and psychiatrist Conor Liston, MD, PhD, explain the connection between your microbiota and your mind – and how to influence their conversation.Dr. Phil
- [Whispers and Tingles (ASMR), with Craig Richard](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/04/whispers-and-tingles-asmr-with-craig-richard-s3-ep9/) - ASMR, or the autonomous sensory meridian response, is a state of deep calm accompanied by a sense of “brain tingles.” Not everyone experiences it, but if you do, you know what triggers it: a whisper or other soft sounds, a gentle touch or movement, even watching a Bob Ross video. Physiologist Craig Richard explains the
- [Understanding and Destigmatizing Epilepsy, with Dr. Caitlin Hoffman and Dr. H. Allison Bender](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-39-understanding-and-destigmatizing-epilepsy/) - People with epilepsy have been stigmatized since the time of Hippocrates. Two epilepsy specialists, Dr. Caitlin Hoffman, a Weill Cornell Medicine pediatric neurosurgeon, and Dr. Heidi Bender, a neuropsychologist at Mt. Sinai Hospital, explain what happens in the brain to cause seizures. They give parents, teachers, kids, and their classmates a primer on understanding this
- [Searching for the God Spot, with Jordan Grafman](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/08/searching-for-the-god-spot-with-jordan-grafman-s3-ep8/) - Whether you’re a believer or not, God is taking up space in your head – the prefrontal cortex, to be exact. Jordan Grafman, PhD, of Northwestern University has been studying where religious belief systems are stored in the brain and how they overlap with moral, political, and social systems. This fascinating episode explores near-death experiences,
- [The Quest to Conquer Pain, with Melanie Thernstrom](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/s1-episode-21-the-quest-to-conquer-pain-2/) - Throughout history, humans have experienced pain as punishment from the gods, a metaphysical struggle, or a simple biological process. Journalist Melanie Thernstrom, author of The Pain Chronicles, talks about the different ways humans have tried to conquer pain over the centuries.Dr. Stieg: Today I’m with Melanie Thernstrom, a journalist and author of several books including
- [Natural Born Killer Cells, with Dr. Robert Hariri](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/12/natural-born-killer-cells-with-dr-robert-hariri/) - Dr. Robert Hariri, a surgeon and stem cell entrepreneur, explains how a temporary product of pregnancy, often discarded as waste, is actually an example of evolution at its best, a veritable “nature’s supermarket” for cells with amazing regenerative properties. Phil Stieg: Hello. Today, our guest is Dr. Robert Hariri, jet aviator, physician, surgeon, biomedical scientist,
- [Do-It-Yourself Neuroscience, with Greg Gage, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/09/s2-episode-16-do-it-yourself-neuroscience/) - Worried about dementia, depression, or the zombie apocalypse? Greg Gage, PhD, has a solution for all of these – teach more kids about neuroscience, stat. His company, Backyard Brains, makes do-it-yourself brain kits that wow students with robo-roaches, nerve takeovers, and the sounds of neurons popping. One of these aspiring neuroscientists just may save us
- [In Search of Creativity, with Dr. Robert Bilder](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/08/s2-episode-15-in-search-of-creativity/) - True creative genius may well be the last frontier in human evolution – the only trait that can’t be replaced with technology. Dr. Robert Bilder, who directs the Tennenbaum Center for the Biology of Creativity at UCLA, reveals what his study of artists and scientists tell us about how creative brains work, and how some
- [Who Do You Trust? with Dr. Frank Krueger](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/07/s2-episode-14-who-do-you-trust/) - Is there a “trust spot” in the brain? How do we balance the human desire to trust against the fear of betrayal? Dr. Frank Krueger, a psychologist, physicist, and neuroscientist at George Mason University, explains how our brain circuits teach us to navigate the social dilemma of who deserves our trust. Plus… why men are
- [Brain Games, with Dr. Susanne Jaeggi and Dr. Aaron Seitz](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/07/s2-episode-13-brain-games/) - Does “brain training” work? Dr. Susanne Jaeggi and Dr. Aaron Seitz are experts who are developing and studying brain apps in a nationwide study of their effectiveness. Together they are exploring how cognitive skills and working memory can both be improved — not just in older people, but especially in them. Plus… try a brain
- [Your Brain Is Not for Thinking, with Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/06/s2-episode-12-your-brain-is-not-for-thinking/) - …and 7 other lessons about the command center that runs all our body’s systems. Lisa Feldman Barrett, professor of psychology at Northeastern University and a director of the Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory there, talks about how the 128 billion neurons in the brain act like the air traffic control system. They are knit together into
- [The Change Is Gonna Come: Menopause and the Brain, with Emily Jacobs, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/01/the-change-is-gonna-come-menopause-and-the-brain-s2-episode-2-reprise/) - Menopause can wreak havoc on mood and body temperature as it signals the end of fertility, but some of the biggest changes it causes are in the brain. Emily Jacobs, assistant professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at UC Santa Barbara, explains how the precipitous decline in estrogen during the “change of
- [How Gabby Giffords Found Her Voice, with Maegan Morrow](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/01/s2-episode-1-how-gabby-giffords-found-her-voice/) - After the shocking 2011 attack that sent a would-be assassin’s bullet through her brain, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had to re-learn how to breathe, walk, and talk. In the Season 2 premiere episode of This Is Your Brain, Dr. Stieg talks with neurologic music therapist Maegan Morrow, whose innovative techniques helped Giffords regain her voice.
- [Making Sense of Music, with Dr. Nina Kraus](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/09/s2-episode-17-making-sense-of-music/) - Sound may be the least understood of the five senses, with music the most mysterious of all. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus of Northwestern University takes us on a tour of how the brain processes music, and explains the lifelong benefits of music education. Find out how music can help offset the effects of poverty, and how
- [Your Brain on Trial, with Dr. Francis Shen](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/10/s2-episode-18-your-brain-on-trial/) - Would a better understanding of the brain lead to better outcomes in court? Professor Francis X. Shen, neuroscientist and lawyer, has devoted his career to “neural law” – leveraging neuroscience to reduce injustice. Using what we know about addiction science, adolescent brain development, and traumatic injury could lead to better interventions to reduce recidivism and
- [Do You Hear What I See? with Dr. Richard E. Cytowic](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2021/10/s2-episode-19-do-you-hear-what-i-see/) - Synesthesia is the mysterious mingling of the senses that creates the experience of “seeing” sounds or “hearing” colors. Neurologist Richard E. Cytowic, M.D. has spent his career exploring this remarkable phenomenon, and has some fascinating insight into how these sensations are formed in the brain, and how we might use it to reunite our fractured
- [The Science of Storytelling, with Paula Croxson and Uri Hasson](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/02/the-science-of-storytelling-with-paula-croxson-and-uri-hasson-s3-ep5/) - Brain science is everywhere, even in the stories we tell. Hear from neuroscientists and storytelling experts Paula Croxson and Uri Hasson about how the brain processes stories, how a listener’s mind resonates with the storyteller’s, and why some stories have the power to transport you to a different place. Plus… If facts can’t change someone’s
- [Why Your Brain Hates Exercise, with Jennifer Heisz, PhD](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/03/why-your-brain-hates-exercise-with-jennifer-heisz-s3-ep-6/) - We all know exercising is good for us – it reduces anxiety and inflammation, boosts the immune system, and may even ward off dementia, all while it helps keep us fit. But our brains don’t want us to do it! Meet Dr. Jennifer Heisz, a neuroscientist who learned how overcome the brain’s resistance and used
- [Maps In Your Head, with Dr. Rebecca Schwarzlose](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/06/maps-in-your-head-with-dr-rebecca-schwarzlose-s3-ep12/) - From the outside, a human brain appears fairly uniform – but what’s inside is very different depending on where you look. Your brain has complex maps within that allow you to see, understand, imagine, and recognize everything from faces to objects to abstract concepts like love, time, and debt. Neuroscientist Rebecca Schwarzlose of Washington University
- [Decoding Brainwaves Into Language, with Dr. Edward Chang](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/07/decoding-brainwaves-into-language-with-dr-edward-chang-s3-ep14/) - Language originates as brain signals — mysterious lines of squiggles — that somehow turn into speech. Meet the neuroscientist who is turning those squiggles into conversations, using artificial intelligence (A.I.) to translate brain activity into words and sentences. Dr. Edward Chang of UCSF talks with Dr. Stieg about the painstaking “magic” of decoding that has
- [The Nine Triggers of Rage, with Dr. Douglas Fields](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/07/the-nine-triggers-of-rage-replay/) - The human brain is designed to “snap” under threat, but 100,000 years of evolution did not prepare us for the world we live in today. R. Douglas Fields, PhD, describes how the brain’s rage circuitry is activated — whether that’s a car that cuts you off on the highway or a pickpocket who steals your
- [The Scent of a Memory, with Dr. Rachel Herz](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/07/the-scent-of-a-memory-with-dr-rachel-herz-s3-ep15/) - Smell is our most evocative sense, with instant associations with emotions and memories. Cognitive neuroscientist Rachel Herz, PhD, explains why she loves the stink of a skunk, why a blow to the head can kill off your sense of smell, and how you get a new nose every month. Plus… why stores, hotels, and other
- [Making Sense of Music, with Dr. Nina Kraus](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/08/making-sense-of-music-replay/) - Sound may be the least understood of the five senses, with music the most mysterious of all. Neuroscientist Nina Kraus of Northwestern University takes us on a tour of how the brain processes music, and explains the lifelong benefits of music education. Find out how music can help offset the effects of poverty, and how
- [Everybody Dance Now, with Dr. Julia Basso](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/09/everybody-dance-now-with-dr-julia-basso-s3-ep17/) - Dancer and neuroscientist Julia Basso, PhD, wants us all to dance — together or separately, it’s all good. Dancing with a partner creates a synchrony that’s remarkably like that between a mother and infant, and even dancing alone benefits body and brain alike. Find out how dance produces new neurons and engages brain processes, and
- [Left Brain, Right Brain – or BOTH? with Dr. Iain McGilchrist](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/left-brain-right-brain-or-both-with-dr-iain-mcgilchrist-s3-ep19/) - The hemispheres of the brain are responsible for different views of the world – one literal, narrow-beam, and maybe a little angry, and the other broad-minded, nuanced, and appreciative of beauty. Psychiatrist, philosopher, and literary scholar Iain McGilchrist has spent his career studying how the two hemispheres of the brain work, together and separately, to
- [The Importance of Forgetting, with Dr. Scott Small](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/10/the-importance-of-forgetting-with-dr-scott-small-s3-ep20/) - Many of us worry about memory loss, but it’s surprisingly important to forget. Scott Small, MD, director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia, says pruning our memories is good for us. We all know “forgive and forget” is key to emotional health, but forgetting is also critical to cognitive health. Find out why
- [Got Rhythm? with Dr. Laurel Trainor](https://thisisyourbrain.com/2022/11/got-rhythm-with-dr-laurel-trainor/) - All of life is set to music — or at least to a rhythm. From the graceful undulation of a jellyfish to the irresistible urge to bop along to our favorite songs, the urge to sway is hard-wired. Dr. Laurel Trainor, a professor of psychology, neuroscience, and behavior at McMaster University and director of the

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- [Dying](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/dying/)
- [Movies](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/movies/)
- [Film](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/film/)
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- [decision making](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/decision-making/)
- [choice](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/choice/)
- [space travel](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/space-travel/)
- [NASA](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/nasa/)
- [space flight](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/space-flight/)
- [dementia](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/dementia/)
- [Parkinson’s](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/parkinsons/)
- [stroke](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/stroke/)
- [multi-tasking](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/multi-tasking/)
- [love](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/love/)
- [relationships](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/relationships/)
- [Treatment](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/treatment/)
- [Movement Disorders](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/movement-disorders/)
- [Deep Brain Simulation](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/deep-brain-simulation/)
- [DBS](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/dbs/)
- [athletes](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/athletes/)
- [pressure](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/pressure/)
- [headaches](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/headaches/)
- [noise](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/noise/)
- [noise pollution](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/noise-pollution/)
- [hearing loss](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/hearing-loss/)
- [diet](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/diet/)
- [Joy Bauer](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/joy-bauer/)
- [nutrition](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/nutrition/)
- [coffee](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/coffee/)
- [snacking](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/snacking/)
- [teen brain](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/teen-brain/)
- [adolescent development](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/adolescent-development/)
- [teenage brain](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/teenage-brain/)
- [young adults](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/young-adults/)
- [brain development](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain-development/)
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/)
- [AI](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/ai/)
- [fMRI](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/fmri/)
- [brain scan](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain-scan/)
- [brain activity](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain-activity/)
- [burnout](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/burnout/)
- [stress management](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/stress-management/)
- [Glioblastoma](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/glioblastoma/)
- [Alzheimer's prevention](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/alzheimers-prevention/)
- [violence](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/violence/)
- [psychopath](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/psychopath/)
- [aggression](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/aggression/)
- [coma](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/coma/)
- [brain surgery](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain-surgery/)
- [craniotomy](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/craniotomy/)
- [evolution](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/evolution/)
- [temptation](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/temptation/)
- [prefrontal cortex](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/prefrontal-cortex/)
- [neuroplasticity](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/neuroplasticity/)
- [cognitive behavioral therapy](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/cognitive-behavioral-therapy/)
- [ethics](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/ethics/)
- [emotions](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/emotions/)
- [death](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/death/)
- [brain bleed](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain-bleed/)
- [sleep](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/sleep/)
- [sleep disruption](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/sleep-disruption/)
- [improve sleep](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/improve-sleep/)
- [snoring](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/snoring/)
- [sleep apnea](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/sleep-apnea/)
- [inflammation](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/inflammation/)
- [cholesterol](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/cholesterol/)
- [plant-based](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/plant-based/)
- [fiber](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/fiber/)
- [brain health](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain-health/)
- [heart health](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/heart-health/)
- [scent](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/scent/)
- [nose](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/nose/)
- [tremors](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/tremors/)
- [ultrasound](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/ultrasound/)
- [concussion](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/concussion/)
- [contact sports](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/contact-sports/)
- [signs of concussion](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/signs-of-concussion/)
- [brain tumor](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain-tumor/)
- [craniopharyngioma](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/craniopharyngioma/)
- [pituitary tumor](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/pituitary-tumor/)
- [malignant tumor](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/malignant-tumor/)
- [benign tumor](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/benign-tumor/)
- [therapy](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/therapy/)
- [suicide](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/suicide/)
- [fear](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/fear/)
- [recovery](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/recovery/)
- [synesthete](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/synesthete/)
- [eyewitness testimony](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/eyewitness-testimony/)
- [electrophysiology](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/electrophysiology/)
- [neuroscience](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/neuroscience/)
- [hallucinogens](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/hallucinogens/)
- [Trusting](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/trusting/)
- [nature](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/nature/)
- [healing](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/healing/)
- [Bioacoustics](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/bioacoustics/)
- [Sound](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/sound/)
- [flow state](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/flow-state/)
- [focus](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/focus/)
- [dolphins](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/dolphins/)
- [animals](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/animals/)
- [marine mammals](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/marine-mammals/)
- [intelligence](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/intelligence/)
- [Coronavirus](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/coronavirus/)
- [Long Covid](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/long-covid/)
- [mindfulness](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/mindfulness/)
- [dreams](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/dreams/)
- [REM sleep](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/rem-sleep/)
- [nightmares](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/nightmares/)
- [impulse](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/impulse/)
- [delayed gratification](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/delayed-gratification/)
- [construal level theory](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/construal-level-theory/)
- [Stendahl Syndrome](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/stendahl-syndrome/)
- [comedy](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/comedy/)
- [humor](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/humor/)
- [laughter](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/laughter/)
- [Brain Bee](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain-bee/)
- [Youth Neuroscience Association](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/youth-neuroscience-association/)
- [mental health](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/mental-health/)
- [lucid dreaming](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/lucid-dreaming/)
- [near-death experience](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/near-death-experience/)
- [magic mushrooms](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/magic-mushrooms/)
- [psilocybin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/psilocybin/)
- [Confidence](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/confidence/)
- [Self Confidence](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/self-confidence/)
- [podcast 4](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/podcast-4/)
- [insomnia](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/insomnia/)
- [unconscious mind](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/unconscious-mind/)
- [trauma](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/trauma/)
- [autism](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/autism/)
- [hallucinations](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/hallucinations/)
- [psychosis](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/psychosis/)
- [presence](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/presence/)
- [spirits](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/spirits/)
- [Temple Grandin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/temple-grandin/)
- [bonus content](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/bonus-content/)
- [spirituality](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/spirituality/)
- [addiction](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/addiction/)
- [faith](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/faith/)
- [pregnancy](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/pregnancy/)
- [motherhood](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/motherhood/)
- [fatherhood](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/fatherhood/)
- [parenting](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/parenting/)
- [parenthood](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/parenthood/)
- [mother brain](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/mother-brain/)
- [mommy brain](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/mommy-brain/)
- [reading](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/reading/)
- [magic](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/magic/)
- [circadian rhythm](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/circadian-rhythm/)
- [primal brain](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/primal-brain/)
- [marketing](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/marketing/)
- [parasites](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/parasites/)
- [infectious disease](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/infectious-disease/)
- [attention](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/attention/)
- [podcast 5](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/podcast-5/)
- [renee fleming](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/renee-fleming/)
- [Candace Pert](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/candace-pert/)
- [opioids](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/opioids/)
- [AIDS](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/aids/)
- [neuroaesthetics](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/neuroaesthetics/)
- [art](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/art/)
- [Oxytocin](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/oxytocin/)
- [happiness](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/happiness/)
- [weight](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/weight/)
- [childhood](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/childhood/)
- [Procrastination](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/procrastination/)
- [Phil Stieg](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/phil-stieg/)
- [Storytelling](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/storytelling/)
- [Brain](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/brain/)
- [dad](https://thisisyourbrain.com/tag/dad/)