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Mind, emotion and mental health
Emotion, memory, dreams and the mind in distress
Emotion, memory, dreaming and mental illness sit where neuroscience, psychology and philosophy overlap. The programme returns to them often, partly because the question of what a mind is cannot be separated from what happens when minds struggle.
Guests discuss how emotions might be constructed by the brain rather than simply triggered, how fear and memory can be changed, what dreaming might be for, and how computational ideas are being used to understand psychosis and other conditions. Others ask what is gained and lost when ordinary human distress is treated as a medical problem, and where biological and psychological explanations each fall short.
Dr Naidu's own training includes a master's degree in the philosophy and ethics of mental health, and the conversations reflect his interest in how scientific theories about the mind feed into care.
Nothing on this page is a guide to diagnosis or treatment. If you are worried about your mental health, speak to a doctor or another qualified professional. In an emergency call 10177 or 112, or go to your nearest emergency room. In South Africa the SADAG Suicide Crisis Helpline is 0800 567 567.
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Episodes on this topic.
Michael Levin & Robert Chis-Ciure
Neuroscience Beyond Neurons in the Diverse Intelligence Era
Length 1 hr 28 min
Julia Mossbridge
Can Consciousness Access the Future? Precognition, Time & the Transcendental Mind
Length 1 hr 27 min
Jared Morningstar & John Buchanan
The Meaning Crisis, Process Philosophy, Psychedelics & Religion
Length 1 hr 39 min
Pim van Lommel
Does Consciousness Survive Death? The Science of Near-Death Experiences (NDE)
Length 1 hr 2 min
Elly Vintiadis
Consciousness Beyond Materialism: A New Framework for Mind & Reality
Length 1 hr 17 min
Adam Safron
Why Does Consciousness Exist? Integrated World Modeling Theory & the Cybernetic Mind
Length 1 hr 46 min
Adam Zeman
What is the Mind's Eye? The Science of Imagination, Aphantasia & Consciousness
Length 1 hr 18 min
Dr Tevin Naidu
Introducing the Mind-at-Large Project: A New Paradigm in Consciousness Research
Length 1 hr 51 min
Russell Hurlburt
Is Inner Speech Universal? Descriptive Experience Sampling & Myths of the Mind
Length 1 hr 56 min
Robert Prentner
Is Consciousness Fundamental? Interfaces of Reality & Mathematizing Phenomenology
Length 1 hr 3 min
Daniela Schiller
What is Fear? Memory, Emotion & the Malleability of the Mind
Length 1 hr 3 min
Terrence Deacon & Michael Levin
What is Life? Complexity, Cognition & the Origin of Purpose
Length 1 hr 30 min
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes
What is Exogenous Mind Theory? Metaphysics, Psychedelics, & Mind At Large
Length 1 hr 42 min
Mark Solms
How Do Dreams Relate To Consciousness? Why We Dream & The Felt Uncertainty Theory
Length 1 hr 36 min
Randolph Nesse
Are There Good Reasons For Bad Feelings? The Evolution of Mental Disorder
Length 1 hr 50 min
Bernardo Kastrup
Is Consciousness The Fundamental Reality? Analytic Idealism & The Cosmic Mind
Length 1 hr 52 min
Lisa Feldman Barrett
How Do Brains Work? How Emotions are Made & the Derivation of Meaning
Length 1 hr 1 min