All in the Mind Podcast
The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.
Episodes to download
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Blue Health; Talking to the dying; Diet or exercise to halt memory decline
Tue 30 Jun 2020
Blue Health; talking to the dying; diet, exercise and memory decline.
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Lockdown easing and mental health; early life stress and catching cold; new lockdown jobs
Tue 16 Jun 2020
Lockdown easing and mental health; early life stress and catching cold; new lockdown jobs
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Space travel's impact on the brain; Viktor Frankl's search for meaning; Contagious stress
Tue 9 Jun 2020
Space travel's impact on the brain; Viktor Frankl's search for meaning; contagious stress.
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How children think about maths and time
Tue 2 Jun 2020
Claudia Hammond explores how children think about maths and about time.
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The Touch Test
Tue 21 Jan 2020
The Touch Test: Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch
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Are bucket lists a good thing?
Tue 14 Jan 2020
Bucket lists; depression; how altruism can alleviate pain
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Allergies and anxiety; imposter syndrome; recognising dog expressions
Tue 7 Jan 2020
Allergies and anxiety; imposter syndrome; recognising dog expressions
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The importance of play in childhood
Christmas Eve 2019
Letters to Santa, why play matters, balancing time between video games and outside play.
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Lawyers' wellbeing; sociable brains; young peoples' mental health advisory group
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Lawyers' wellbeing; sociable brains; young peoples' mental health advisory group
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Magic and gender bias
Tue 3 Dec 2019
Psychiatrists with lived experience of mental ill health, magic and gender, AI emotion
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Acceptance and commitment therapy; Million Minds tour; Personality traits and spending behaviour
Tue 26 Nov 2019
Acceptance and commitment therapy; Million Minds tour; Personality traits and spending
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Tackling Mental Health Myths
Tue 19 Nov 2019
How art challenges mental health stereotypes plus what happens to language as we age
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The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT, talking to strangers
Tue 12 Nov 2019
The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT and talking to strangers.
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Stress at work
Tue 5 Nov 2019
Ex junior doctor Adam Kay and Professor Gail Kinman look at work stress and how to cope.
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Preventing anxiety, CALMTown, Air pollution and psychosis
Tue 25 Jun 2019
Preventing anxiety in children, CALMTown and does air pollution cause psychosis?
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The science of meetings, Helping those with dementia sleep, Estimating body size
Tue 18 Jun 2019
The science of meetings, helping those with dementia sleep, estimating body size
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The psychology of motivation and procrastination
Tue 11 Jun 2019
Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of motivation and procrastination.
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New approach to spider phobia, Putting yourself in someone else's shoes, Empathic cars
Tue 4 Jun 2019
New approach to spider phobia, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, and empathic cars
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NDAs, The Listening Place
Tue 28 May 2019
The impact signing NDAs can have on mental health and The Listening Place
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Trigger warnings, Myths about Van Gogh's mental health
Tue 21 May 2019
Trigger warnings, Myths about Van Gogh's mental health, Multi-tasking
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Caf茅 Conversations, The light triad, Conveying anxiety through cartoon pigeons, Listener feedback
Tue 14 May 2019
Caf茅 Conversations, the light triad, conveying anxiety through cartoon pigeons
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Our visual experience: perception of colour and eye contact
Tue 7 May 2019
Claudia Hammond and guests explore the complexity of our visual experience
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Spatial navigation, aphantasia and depression musical
Tue 30 Apr 2019
Spatial navigation, aphantasia: people with no mind's eye and a musical about depression
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A tale of recovery from Clarke Carlisle and his wife
Tue 23 Apr 2019
Ex-footballer Clarke Carlisle on his struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts
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Citizens UK and Mental Health, Robin Ince, Film Cuts and Attention
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Citizens UK and addressing community mental health, Robin Ince, film cuts and attention
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Self-care, Schadenfreude, How maths ability might relate to ball-catching skills
Tue 4 Dec 2018
Self-care, schadenfreude and how maths ability might relate to ball-catching skills.
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Antidepressant withdrawal, Mates in Mind, Eyes that betray personality
Tue 27 Nov 2018
Antidepressant withdrawal, Mates in Mind, and eyes that betray personality.
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