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What is Behind the Science

Behind The Science is all about the behind-the-scenes of scientific research in the field of mental health. We’ll be interviewing scientists and academics about the studies that are making the headlines this week, the research they’ve dedicated their whole lives to, and the experiments that might change the world of psychiatry and psychology as we know it.

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How does our brain understand the passing of time?

Oct 26, 20235 min read

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How does our brain understand the passing of time?

Joe Paton, head of the Learning Lab at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, has been researching the neurological principles by which...

How the brain memorizes mundane events

Sep 28, 20239 min read

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How the brain memorizes mundane events

An interview with Zachariah Reagh, a brain scientist at Washington University. Do you remember what you did on this day six months ago?...

Is there a link between personality and cognitive abilities?

Aug 24, 20239 min read

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Is there a link between personality and cognitive abilities?

This new meta-analysis gets to the bottom of the question. A new, exhaustive study published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of...

Racism damages black pregnant women’s mental health, Covid-19 made it even worse.

Jun 27, 20236 min read

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Racism damages black pregnant women’s mental health, Covid-19 made it even worse.

This scientist is figuring out how to avoid their children also suffering the consequences. A growing body of research suggests that...

Scientists just figured out how to grow electrodes inside living organisms

May 24, 20237 min read

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Scientists just figured out how to grow electrodes inside living organisms

A chat with scientists Roger Olsson and Magnus Berggren We might all remember, from our elementary school science class, how to make a...

These four genes could be culpable for suicidal thoughts and feelings

Mar 22, 20235 min read

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These four genes could be culpable for suicidal thoughts and feelings

An interview with genetic epidemiologist Dr. Ashley-Koch about which genes are correlated with suicidal behaviours and why learning about...

An Interview with Neurovariability Expert Stephanie Forkel

Mar 1, 20236 min read

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An Interview with Neurovariability Expert Stephanie Forkel

A interview about the Science special issue on brain connectivity In the morgue. That’s where Stephanie Forkel, a researcher whose work...

Behind the Science - A column introduction

Feb 21, 20233 min read

Behind the Science Column

Behind the Science - A column introduction

Behind the Science with Sofia Quaglia. Sofia and I first met in October of 2022 via Zoom. She had interviewed Carmine, Inspire the Mind...

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