All in the Mind started with Zombies back in 2002...not of the Day of the Living Dead kind, but the philosophical variety! Celebrate All in the Mind's 10th birthday with us. This week, Natasha revisits the great conundrum of human consciousness with leading thinkers - it's a problem that continues to stump the brightest minds.
5/13/2012 | Download File (13.20 MB) - right click to download
For centuries scientist have grappled with the concept of memory – what is it, how does it work and can we really rely on it? U.S. Historian, Alison Winter traces the history of the way we have conceptualised memory - from the use of truth serums and hypnotism to the science of forgetting. She describes the way memory has been compared to filing cabinets, flashbulbs and motion pictures over past century.
5/6/2012 | Download File (13.20 MB) - right click to download
Pioneering neuroscientist Richard Davidson deepens our understanding of the mind-body connection. He’s identified six unique emotional styles and explains the brain chemistry underlying them. He explains that there are simple strategies and interventions which we can use to change our emotional styles. He believes one effective example is through mindfulness meditation, after studying the brain scans of people who practice it.
4/29/2012 | Download File (13.20 MB) - right click to download
According to a large study on self injury conducted in 2008 by the University of Queensland, 220,000 Australians injured themselves deliberately, without meaning to suicide, in the month prior to the survey. For some people, hurting themselves is a way of coping with overwhelming psychological pain. In this program we hear about what mental processes go on behind this behaviour and we hear from a young woman who openly shares her experience of self injury in order to educate health workers about the best ways to treat people like her.
4/29/2012 | Download File (13.20 MB) - right click to download
According to a large study on self injury conducted in 2008 by the University of Queensland, 220,000 Australians injured themselves deliberately without meaning to suicide, in the month prior to the survey. For some people, hurting themselves is a way of coping with overwhelming psychological pain. In this program we hear about what mental processes go on behind this behaviour and we hear from a young woman who openly shares her experience of self injury in order to educate health workers about the best ways to treat people like her.
4/22/2012 | Download File (13.20 MB) - right click to download
Are you a sensitive flower - like a vulnerable orchid, or more like a hardy dandelion? We explore the intriguing Orchid Dandelion hypothesis which suggests that the genes that underlie our greatest weakness may also be the basis for our most positive traits, given the right environment.
