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
Anxiety and children; First impressions; Mental health manifestos; Insiders' Guide
Transient amnesia; Mindfulness in schools; Insiders' Guide; Autism in Somali culture
Mental health support in the community; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Confidence
The Everyday Effect of Unconscious Bias
Cyber snooping your therapist; Performing anxiety; Insiders' Guide; Bribery and corruption
Heart failure; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Use of you
Adult ADHD; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health Services; Wound healing & expressive writing
Boomerang generation, Listener feedback, All in the Mind Awards, The lipstick effect
ADHD and mindwandering, Treating insomnia helps depression, Think Ahead scheme
Pathological Demand Avoidance, Is wisdom a trait or a state, Anxiety-free comedy gigs
Adolescent brain, Awards update, Phonagnosia
Time travelling in the human mind
How Are Memories Formed?
Taking pride, Correct vocabulary in describing mental health, Green exercise
Tasers, Amnesia Museum, The dangers of diagnosing Donald Trump
All in the Mind Awards Ceremony from Wellcome Collection in London
Care farming; All in the Mind Awards; Turn-taking in conversation
Supertaskers, Technology to Replace Exams and the All in the Mind Awards
Aircraft noise and mental health, All in the Mind Awards, Imitation in newborn babies
The Depressed Cake Shop, Gut bacteria and the mind, The perils of perception
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