All In The Mind
All In The Mind is ABC RN's weekly podcast looking into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour — everything from addiction to artificial intelligence.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 257
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Why people are playing Tetris to treat their trauma
For people with PTSD, flashbacks can be an unwelcome and distressing experience. To tackle this problem, researchers have turned to Tetris.
Yep - the falling blocks puzzle game from the '80s.
Toda…
00:29:47 |
Sat 27 Jul 2024
Why do athletes choke under pressure?
The siren has sounded. The scores are even. A footy player has one final chance to kick an easy goal to get his team into the finals.
He’s right in front of the goals. He lines up. Kicks. Misses. Th…
00:29:09 |
Sat 20 Jul 2024
Conspiracies: why people change their mind
What if your entire understanding of the world — your beliefs, how you parent, how you work, how you interact with friends at the pub — all came crashing down?
For Stephanie, Jules and Joel — who ar…
00:30:31 |
Sat 13 Jul 2024
How bystanders (like you) can help stop domestic violence
After enduring years of abuse, Robyn Westgate was jailed for the murder of her husband. Now out of prison, she runs training programs that aim to reduce domestic violence.
Robyn says the key is empo…
00:29:06 |
Sat 06 Jul 2024
Dark tourism + selfie sticks = moral outrage
Since the days of gladiator battles and public hangings, dark tourism — our attraction to places linked to death and despair — has been a part of human behaviour.
But there's something in the 21st c…
00:30:12 |
Sat 29 Jun 2024
How to win the battle for better sleep
Do you wake up each morning refreshed and well-slept? Or are you the kind of person who tosses and turns for ages before falling asleep, ruminating on all of your missteps and stresses from the day?
…
00:29:06 |
Sat 22 Jun 2024
Can music inspire mania?
Long before Bieber fever and Swifties, there was Lisztomania.
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer who inspired such intense fandom and frenzy that it was dubbed mania.
So, was it true mania? What …
00:30:00 |
Sat 15 Jun 2024
When doom scrolling leads to actual harm
For 8 months, images and videos of the carnage in Gaza have been flooding social media. They give a powerful view of what's happening to Palestinians on the ground – but they also have the potential …
00:29:44 |
Sat 08 Jun 2024
Gender euphoria and an untold story of joy
Trans non-binary performer Dax has spent most of her life not loving who she sees in the mirror. That is, until earlier this year.
A few months ago, Dax finally experienced a particular kind of joy …
00:29:06 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
Inside a female sociopath's mind: "I'm capable of almost anything"
Patric Gagne is a sociopath, but she doesn’t fit the stereotype.
From a violent kid, to now a PhD and author - we track the unusual story of a sociopath who learned to be 'good'.
Plus, there's been…
00:29:09 |
Sat 25 May 2024
No control, no agency. The housing crisis is warping people's view of the future
Madi's had 25 rental applications rejected. Seen absolute horror houses while searching for a rental. It's all driving her to despair.
Today, how housing insecurity can alter our sense of agency and…
00:29:06 |
Sat 18 May 2024
Searching for awe, when you've never felt it
Have you ever experienced the feeling of awe?
Maybe it was sparked by an awesome view, a moving artwork or witnessing the birth of a child.
Today we follow one person's attempt at finding awe when …
00:30:09 |
Sat 11 May 2024
How to help a conspiracy theorist: an ex believer and an expert weigh in
So you've got a loved one who's fallen deep down the conspiracy rabbit hole. Are they destined to stay there forever?
Today, we hear from a former conspiracy theorist and a social psychologist on wh…
00:31:14 |
Sat 04 May 2024
Stigma, shame and schizophrenia
Over the last couple of weeks, schizophrenia has been appearing in headlines across the country as details of the Bondi Junction attack unfold.
Coverage of mental health conditions, especially one a…
00:29:10 |
Sat 27 Apr 2024
"Scarier than killer robots": why your mind isn't ready for AI
The AI revolution is coming. Your mind isn't ready for it.
Cognitive Neuroscientist Joel Pearson walks us through the many ways artificial intelligence is messing — and will mess — with our psycholo…
00:29:25 |
Sat 20 Apr 2024
Being a human lab rat for 30 years: what happens next
Researchers knew Susannah better than her own parents.
They may have even known her better than herself.
Today, how spending thirty years in a psychological study warped journalist Susannah Breslin…
00:29:06 |
Sat 13 Apr 2024
The unspoken rules that govern our behaviour
Whether it's shaking hands or which side of the road to drive on, social norms dominate the way we behave.
But when norms change suddenly, you get chaos.
Just ask Sweden.
If you'd like to hear mor…
00:29:09 |
Sat 06 Apr 2024
Are animals conscious?
Have you ever looked at your pet and thought, what is going on inside your brain?
Today, we're heading to the World Science Festival Brisbane for All in the Mind live to discuss animal consciousness…
00:29:04 |
Sat 30 Mar 2024
Cults and coercive control
Popular culture is endlessly fascinated with cults, and they have the capacity to make ordinary people do unthinkable things.
Today - how cults reel people in, how coercive control keeps them there …
00:29:05 |
Sat 23 Mar 2024
What influences your inner voice? Controlling 'chatter' part two
That voice inside your head - where does it come from?
We bring back a topic that was one of our most popular for a long awaited part two. Today, what shapes your internal chatter.
Our original ep…
00:29:28 |
Sat 16 Mar 2024
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