Brain Health Podcast
The Brain Health podcast is for brain health enthusiasts, patients, caregivers, and health care professionals, who want to learn the latest insights and science of brain health.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2019
S01E11 Brain healthy lifestyle - how everyday choices affect brain health
Is health the absence of sickness, or is there more to it?
This question is crucial in today’s healthcare, and nowhere more relevant than in the area of brain health. So it is no wonder that Kim and …
S01E10 The science of brain training? Issues and challenges in brain health
What does it mean to have a healthy brain? Is brain training possible and how?
Instead of focusing on a particular topic, in this episode Kim and Alessia discuss brain health in general - how we know …
S01E09 Neuroscience research for a better future
How is the neuroscience research community responding to its increasing societal importance? Why is international cooperation essential to its progress? What can an aspiring neuroscientist hope for?
S01E08 “Use your brain”: On depression and neuroplasticity
What does depression do to our brain and can antidepressants help? This topic, abound with misconceptions and controversy, is becoming more relevant as depressive disorder climbs on the list of great…
S01E07 “People don’t see them ill”: Stigma and invisibility of neurological disorders
1 in 3 people will at some point in their life suffer from a brain disorder, according to the Global Burden of Disease report and this number might be growing. Understanding these conditions has, the…
S01E06 Are you overworking your brain? Mental workload and mental fatigue
Is work in the world of digital technology really easier than hard manual work? Or is it just that we do not yet truly understand the nature and consequences of cognitive fatigue?
To answer these and …
S01E05 Dopamine - neurotransmitter that gets us going
Thanks to pop culture, dopamine is commonly associated with pleasure-seeking and addiction, but its function goes way beyond that.
Despite the fact that only about 400 000 out of 10 billion neurons i…
S01E04 “Allowing the brain and the mind to repair itself”: Recovery after trauma
The phrase psychological trauma can be roughly translated as “the wound of the soul”. Contemporary neuropsychology shows us that the wound is not metaphorical, as this poetic-sounding phrase might su…
S01E02 Our future with brain disorders: Advocating for a "paradigm shift"
Brain disorders are becoming more and more prevalent in the population. Kim’s and Alessia’s guest - Frédéric Destrebecq, executive director of European Brain Council (EBC) - is here to tell us about …
S01E03 “Like Russian roulette”: Life with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a central nervous system disorder that an estimated 2.3 million people around the globe live with. To help us understand this often unpredictable condition and life with it…
S01E01 Mysteries of sleep: The often neglected third of our lives
In this episode of the Brain Health podcast, Alessia and Kim talk to Jo Solet, a sleep researcher. Together, they delve into the mysteries of sleep, its significance, and ways to improve brain health…