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Hosts Melissa McRae and Liam Myles interview a variety of clinical psychologists working in various services and roles, bringing insights and reflections on the nature of their work.
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Welcome to UCL Brain Stories, the monthly podcast series from the UCL Neuroscience Domain presented by Caswell Barry (UCL Division of Biosciences), Steve Fleming (UCL Division of Psychology & Language Sciences) and Selina Wray (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology). UCL Brain Stories aims to showcase the best of UCL Neuroscience, highlighting the wide range of cutting-edge research going on within the Neuroscience Domain as well as bringing you the people behind the research to share thei ...
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Brain Stories – Episode 20: Tali Sharot on what influences our beliefs and decision making
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Professor Tali Sharot talks to Caswell and Selina about why we're easy to influence and overly optimistic Date of episode recording: 2024-07-19T00:00:00Z Duration: 00:49:49 Language of episode: English TAGS: as before Presenter: Caswell Barry; Selina Wray Guests: Professor Tali Sharot Producer: Patrick Robinson…
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Brain Stories - Episode 19: Sonia Gandhi on researching and treating Parkinson's Disease
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Professor Sonia Gandhi talks to Steve and Selina about her research into the biology of Parkinson's disease, and how this understanding could lead to new treatments. Date of episode recording: 2024-06-14T00:00:00Z Duration: 00:47:53 Language of episode: English Presenter:Steve Flemming; Selina Wray Guests: Professor Sonia Gandhi Producer: Patrick R…
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Insights: DCP Pre-Qualified Group Podcast, episode 4 - BPS Careers Festival Special
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Hosts Melissa McRae and Liam Myles are joined by three clinical psychologists as part of the British Psychological Society's Careers Festival 2023.
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Insights: DCP Pre-Qualified Group Podcast, episode 2 - Alison Spencer
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Hosts Melissa McRae and Liam Myles are joined by Alison Spencer, a clinical psychologist working in a community learning disability team in North Essex and a clinical tutor on the doctorate programme at the University of Essex.
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Insights: DCP Pre-Qualified Group Podcast, episode 1 - Dr Claire Stark
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Hosts Melissa McRae and Liam Myles are joined by Dr Claire Stark, a consultant clinical psychologist and the lead for an adult in-patient psychology service in Scotland.
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Brain Stories Live - Episode 18: Neuro AI
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The first ever live recording of the UCL Brain Stories podcast live from the Bloomsbury Studio at the Bloomsbury Theatre and Studio on 18th October 2023. Caswell and Selina spoke to Diksha Gupta, Rick Adams, and Benedetto De Martino on all things Neuro AI. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscienc…
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Brain Stories - Episode 17: Jenny Bizley on how the brain perceives sounds
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Professor Jenny Bizley talks to Caswell and Steve about how different sounds are perceived by the brain. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-08-29 Duration: 00:38:23 Language of episode: English Presenter: Caswell Barry; Steve Fl…
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Brain stories - Episode 16: Peter Kok on how the brain determines what we see
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Peter Kok talks to Selina and Steve about how the brain determines our visual experience of the world and how his research aims to understand the neural circuit underlying this. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-08-17 Duration:…
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Brain Stories - Episode 15: Sarah Garfinkel on how clinical conditions impact emotion processing
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Professor Sarah Garfinkel talks to Caswell and Steve about her research exploring emotion and how brain body interactions may go awry in clinical conditions. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2023-07-14 Duration: 00:41:21 Language o…
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Brain Stories - Episode 14: Kate Jeffery On The Cognitive Map And Memory
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Kate Jeffery talks to Steve and Caswell about memory, how place cells might be the neural basis of our sense of space, the joys of training rats to climb around in three dimensions, and what all this has got to do with architecture. For more information and to access the transcript: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-…
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Brain Stories - Episode 13: Ed Wild On Huntington’s Disease – From Genetics To Clinical Trials
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Ed Wild talks to Steve and Selina in a wide-ranging discussion about Huntington’s disease – encompassing genetics, disease mechanisms, therapeutic development and clinical trials – with some interesting stories about Sea Urchins and CAG repeats, and the Pope! For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neurosci…
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Brain Stories - Episode 12: Tobias Hauser On Computational Psychiatry And The Origins Of OCD
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Tobias Hauser talks to Steve and Caswell about common misconceptions around OCD, what the "computational" means in computational psychiatry, and the reasons why teenagers might hold the key to understanding the origins of mental health problems. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-sto…
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Brain Stories - Episode 11: Katharina Schmack on Schizophrenia and why We All Hallucinate
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Katharina Schmack talks to Caswell and Steve about dopamine, hallucinations, how to juggle careers in science and medicine, and why sleep-deprived parents might hear things that are not really there. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast…
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Brain Stories - Episode 10: Hugo Spiers on the brains of taxi drivers
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Hugo Spiers talks about taxis, how where you grew up affects your navigation skills, and the time that Benedict Cumberbatch ruined one of his experiments. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2022-07-19 Duration: 00:56:28 Language of episode: English Presen…
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Brain Stories – Episode 9: UCL Neuroscience Symposium
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Conversations with the speakers from the 2022 UCL Neuroscience Symposium. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2022-06-22 Duration: 00:35:39 Language of episode: English Presenter:Selina Wray; Caswell Barry; Steve Fleming Guests: UCL Neuroscie…
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Brain Stories - Episode 8: Aman Saleem on Visual Input to Spatial Memories
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Aman talks to Caswell and Steve about his journey from metallurgical engineering to multi-brain region neuroscience, how this has informed his rodent VR based studies of visual navigation, and what brains taste like. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast Date of episode …
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Brain Stories - Episode 7: Benedetto De Martino on decision making
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Benedetto De Martino talks to Selina and Caswell about decision making, why we make choices that are bad for us, and the importance of having a hobby - plus a banjo makes an appearance. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcastBy University College London (UCL)
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Brain Stories - Episode 6: Sanjay Sisodiya on Epilepsy
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In our first episode in 2022, Caswell & Selina talk to Professor Sanjay Sisodiya (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) about his research into epilepsy and the intersection between climate change and neurological disease. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast Date of episode recor…
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Brain Stories - Episode 5: Tamar Makin on Brain Plasticity
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In our fifth episode Selina and Steve chat to Professor Tamar Makin about her fascinating research on brain plasticity, artificial limbs and the potential for human augmentation. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast Date of episode recording: 2021-11-24 Duration: 00:34:20 Language of…
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Brain Stories - Episode 3: Andrew Macaskill and Making Decisions
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In our third episode Andrew Macaskill joins Selina and Caswell to talk about how the brain weighs evidence and makes decisions - also why it's important for neuroscientists to get out of their comfort zone once in a while. For more information and to access the transcript: www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/n…in-stories-podcast…
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Brain Stories - Episode 4: Nick Fox on the Importance of Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease
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In our third episode Selina & Caswell talk to Professor Nick Fox about the importance of research into Alzheimer’s disease and the progress being made towards better diagnosis and treatment. Find out more and access the transcript here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcast…
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Brain Stories - Episode 2: Nichola Raihani and Social Cooperation
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Professor Nichola Raihani talks about her new book, Kalahari Babblers, Lizard Island and why we're better off together. Find out more and access the transcript here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/brain-stories-podcastBy University College London (UCL)
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Brain Stories - Episode 1: Sophie Scott and the science of laughter
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Welcome to the brand new monthly podcast series from the UCL Neuroscience Domain presented by Caswell Barry (UCL Division of Biosciences), Steve Fleming (UCL Division of Psychology & Language Sciences) and Selina Wray (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology). UCL Brain Stories aims to showcase the best of UCL Neuroscience, highlighting the wide ra…
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