In this episode, with neuroscientist and anti-discrimination advocate Dr. Jibran Khokhar, we explore the effects on the brain of experience with race-based and other identity group-based discrimination including Islamophobia. Dr. Khokhar discusses findings from neuroscientific, psychological and epidemiological studies that reveal the adverse health effects of experiencing such discrimination, including increased risks for depression, anxiety, stress and suicide. He also discusses evidence indicating that heightened activity in the amygdala, a brain structure associated with fear and anxiety, is a significant consequence of being indirectly exposed to such discrimination via the media or other sources. Based on these findings, taking care to avoid implicit bias and to promote racial, religious and other forms of inclusion and equity in academic settings and other institutions, may provide a way to address these sources of harm.
Season 3: Episode (2) New Research and Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
Season 3: (Episode 1) Medical Interventions to Treat Obesity: How They Work
Dealing with the Brain Effects of Racism
The Links between Dignity Neuroscience and International Human Rights Law
What is Dignity Neuroscience?
The Neuroscience of How Babies See Faces
What Neuroscience Can Teach Us about Sex Differences
In Memoriam: Dr. Jay Schulkin
Season 2: Episode 1 The Connections between Neuroscience and the Classical Philosophical Pragmatists
Episode 8: Neuroscience and Anti-Discrimination Law
Episode 7: Foods that harm and foods that protect the brain
Episode 6: : Chemical Weapons: The Science and the Policy
Episode 5: Stress, Drugs and Food: A Conversation between an Economist and Two Neuroscientists
Episode 4: The Neuroscience of Drug Abuse
Episode 3: Neuro-Myths in Education Policy
Episode 2: The Use of Food and Drug Laws to Control the Obesity Pandemic
Episode 1: How the Western Diet Harms the Brain
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