The Blindboy Podcast

Talking to a Neuroscientist about the Human Brain

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May 5, 2021

Neuroscientist Sabina Brennan explores dementia, anxiety, stress, sleep and creativity, with detours into London taxi drivers’ brains, childhood trauma and the chemicals that may affect future generations. A lively conversation about how experience, habits and curiosity shape the mind.

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Mental Health Pandemic in Ireland - The Super Brain Padcast

Don't Get Anger With CBT, Exercise or Mindfulness

Pad Cast Is My Full Time Job

The Padcast Space Is Under Threat

Is Nora Science the Parson Who Deals With the Physical Parts of the Computer?

Do You Ever Have to Look at an Actual Brain?

Is the Brain Similar to a Muscle?

The Hippo Campi in London Taxi Drivers

Do You Have a Smart Phone?

What Is Neur Plasticity?

Present-Mindedness Is Critical for Mental Health

The Dragon That I Chase, Is the Meaning of My Life

What's the Cortisal Business?

What Happens When Stress Is Chronic?

The Relationship Between Stress and Sleep

Is There a Relationship Between Poor Sleep and Dementha?

Is Your Brain Resilient to a Pandemic?

Getting a Good Night's Sleep

How to Get Away From Bedtime

Cognitive Behaviour Therape

01:00:53 • 5min

How to Create a New Habit of Thinking

01:05:36 • 2min

Are We a Blank Slate?

01:08:03 • 2min

A Bit of a Fright Is a Part of the Learning Curve of Your Life

01:10:05 • 2min

Do You Have a Troma as a Child?

01:12:01 • 4min

I'm a Mentally Health Healthy Parson

01:15:55 • 1min

How Do You Know if You're Going Through a Chronic Stressful Period?

01:17:25 • 2min

What Is Your Creativity?

01:19:35 • 3min

Getting a Good Night's Sleep

01:22:29 • 3min

I'm Trying to Create, Don't Tell Me What You Do

01:25:43 • 2min

Do We Have Inherent Fears of Spiders?

01:27:40 • 5min

The Effects of EDCs Are All Around Us

01:32:30 • 1min

Taking Care of Yourself on a Daily Basis

01:33:48 • 2min