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Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists

Open your mind with Naked Neuroscience, the spine-tingling, interactive monthly exploration of the workings of the nervous system from the Naked Scientists.

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00:34:00

Larking About: Play Science

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2020/08/26

This month and the next, we're having a laugh! We'll be getting stuck in to the science of play. What exactly is play? Why bother? And are we playing enough? Plus some of the latest from the world of neuroscience news with our local experts... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:44:30

Migraine on the Brain

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2020/07/20

This month, we're digging deeper into the world of headaches, asking what's going on in the brain when a migraine occurs? And meet the stripes that can do your head in... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:30:39

Honing in on Headaches

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2020/06/19

Nearly everyone has had one, with some merely a nuisance and others severely debilitating.... we're honing in on headaches in this and the next episode of Naked Neuroscience. Plus, we're talking about the latest neuroscience news with our local experts! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:42:39

The mind under lockdown

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2020/05/26

This month, we're lifting the lid on the mind under lockdown. What's going on in the brain when you're having a virtual conversation, compared to one face to face? Could teenagers' mental wellbeing relate to whether they adhere to social distancing? And how to look after your mental health, whatever your situation... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:39:18

Brain development - decisions, decisions...

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2020/04/21

This month, we're talking development and decisions. From some of the cellular decisions involved in actually making a brain, to delving into teenage decision making... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:36:51

Colour on the Brain - part 2

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2020/03/20

This month - Naked Neuroscience continues its colourful journey! We're exploring amazing animal colour vision, colour perception and development, and how colour relates to emotion. Plus, some of the latest neuroscience news from our local experts... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:33:15

Colour on the Brain - part 1

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2020/02/21

Be it burnt orange, millenial pink, inky black, dusky, deep purple, colour is everywhere! Over the February and March 2020 episodes of Naked Neuroscience, we're opening up the paint box of colour. In this episode Katie Haylor will be putting her retinas to the test at the optometrists, and finding out about how we actually see colour in the first place. Plus, some neuroscience news from our local experts... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:41:47

Coming off Antidepressants

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2020/01/20

This month - with about 1 in 10 people in the UK on antidepressant drugs, we're asking what's it like to come off of these medications? How well is this change managed? And how can this be improved? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:34:07

When Gaming Gets Out of Control

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/12/20

This month, we're getting to grips with gaming disorder. With the NHS's first specialist clinic to help people with gaming disorder now open, we're asking what's it like to be addicted to gaming, and what can be done to help? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:13:08

Anxiety and Sex: Naked Neuroscience top up!

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/12/18

Welcome to a bonus episode of Naked Neuroscience, the podcast exploring the workings of the brain and the nervous system, in our bodies and beyond. In this short show Katie Haylor chats to Anglia Ruskin University perceptual psychologist Helen Keyes and Cambridge University cognitive neuroscientist Duncan Astle about a few neuroscience news stories they looked at back in November 2019. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:33:05

Go with your gut

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/11/20

This month - we're riffing around the concept of "gut feelings". In a digestive sense, an emotional sense, and asking whether these concepts overlap at all... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:37:51

Understanding addiction

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/10/20

This month, we're dipping our toes into addiction. What exactly is addiction? Who is likely to become addicted? And what's going on in the brain? Plus, stimulating better short term memory, and linguistic tricks that might make us more susceptible to fake news... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:39:15

Making moves

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/09/20

This month - what's going on in the brain that allows us to move? How might control over our movements change as we age? And why do armies march in time with each other? We're mulling over the neuroscience of movement. Plus, we'll be taking a stroll through the latest neuroscience news, with the help of local experts. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:44:37

The Lonely Mind

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/08/20

This month, we're unpicking the neuroscience of loneliness, asking: Why do so many of us get lonely, what's happening in the brain when we are lonely, and what can be done to help? Plus, we'll be peeling back the science on some of the latest neuroscience research, with the help of local experts Helen Keyes and Duncan Astle. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:38:56

How Do I Smell?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/07/20

This month, we're talking smelly neuroscience! Can how we smell, and what we smell like, say anything about our health? Plus, we pick apart some of the latest neuroscience papers with the help of local experts... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:42:09

Getting serious on sleep

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/06/19

This month - are we taking sleep seriously enough? Should we be changing the way we view it? We're talking sleep and mental health, body clocks and genes, and sleep's impact on learning and memory. Plus, we'll be diving into some neuroscience news with the help of some local experts... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:37:14

Naked Neuroscience news roundup!

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/05/20

This month - from digging into dementia, to asking "are bigger brains always better?", we've had a glut of neuroscience news harvested in the naked scientists office, so prepare for a neuroscience news round up. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:37:38

Can Music be Medicine?

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/04/19

This month, Naked Neuroscience is putting music therapy under the microscope. We're tuning into the therapeutic properties of tunes, asking - what actually is music therapy? What health conditions can music therapy treat? And what's it actually doing to the brain? Plus, we'll be picking apart some of the latest neuroscience research, with the help of our local experts. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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00:32:51

Uncovering Consciousness

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/03/20

This month, Naked Neuroscience is delving into the curious concept of consciousness - asking what exactly is it? Why should scientists study it? And what has the unconscious mind got to do with generating ideas? We speak to Cambridge University's Tristan Bekinschtein and scientist, screenwriter and author Leonard Mlodinow. Plus, we take a slice of the latest neuroscience news and digest it, with the help of local experts Duncan Astle from Cambridge University and Helen Keyes from Anglia Ruskin

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00:34:01

Best Behaviour: Rolling out Change

Naked Neuroscience, from the Naked Scientists ·

2019/02/20

This month, Naked Neuroscience is back at the Rosenthal Symposuim conference on changing behaviour for the healthier, organised by the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and the US National Academy of Medicine. How can healthy behaviour changes be implemented in individuals and across a whole population? Plus, we're plucking out a couple of papers from the latest neuroscience research, with the help of some local experts. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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