These days we see a lot of negative stories related to screen time – how we’re addicted to our phones and social media is damaging our mental health. But is our panic about screens justified? Pete Etchells, professor of psychology and science communication at Bath Spa University, talks Claudia Hammond through the latest evidence in this field – and it turns out it’s all a lot more complicated than we think.
Many of us will often get catchy tunes stuck in our head, or have an inner monologue narrating our experiences. But this isn’t the case for everyone – some people have what they describe as a silent inner world. This inability to hear sounds in your head has been named anauralia, which PhD student Sang Hyun Kim experiences, and he describes his inner life to Claudia. We also hear from Professor of Psychology Tony Lambert, who has been running studies into anauralia at the University of Auckland.
And Claudia is joined in the studio by Catherine Loveday, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster, who has also recently published a study on anauralia – and puts Claudia’s auditory imagery skills to the test. And Catherine also talks us through a new study on how live music can amplify emotional responses in the brain.
Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Sophie Ormiston Studio Manager: Tim Heffer Production Coordinator: Siobhan Maguire Editor: Holly Squire
Psychology of voting, media portrayals of mental health, designer asylum
Musical hallucinations and mental health in the novel
Hypnotism; Automatic Writing; Magic and Memory
Perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder, Mirror neurons, Baby anxiety
Hoarding Disorder; Unfitness to Plead; Mood Phone Apps
02/12/2014
Airport Security; Attitudes to Psychosis; Walking Happy
Problem Gambling; Owls and Larks; Milgram Revisited; Depression and Gut Instinct
1:4 and Stigma; Emotional Brain Training; Clio Barnard
Radicalisation; Bystander Effect; Recovery Letters
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17/06/2014
10/06/2014
03/06/2014
27/05/2014
20/05/2014
13/05/2014
06/05/2014
29/04/2014
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