Spotting Fake News; Humour Seriously; Green Prescriptions a Joy or Chore?

Spotting fake news; Humour Seriously; Green Prescriptions a joy or chore?

• 28 mins

Recovery stories, personality change, Covid

Do recovery stories work; personality change and Covid.

• 28 mins

Claudia Hammond launches the 2021 All in the Mind Awards

Claudia Hammond launches the 2021 All in the Mind Awards

• 28 mins

Ambiguous Loss; All in the Mind Awards; Pandemic impact on memory; Corpus Callosum

Ambiguous Loss; All in the Mind Awards; Pandemic impact on memory; Corpus Callosum

• 28 mins

Wellcome Trust Mental health initiative; teenage sleep; choices children make

Wellcome Trust Mental health initiative, teenage sleep, choices children make.

• 28 mins

Racism, awards and hypermobility

Childhood racism and future mental health.

• 28 mins

Rapport; Brain health in later life; Changing optimism through lifespan

Rapport; Brain health in later life; Changing optimism through lifespan.

• 28 mins

Memory under lockdown; Awards finalist StrongMen; Lockdown resilience

First finalist in the All in the Mind Awards 2021; memory under lockdown.

• 28 mins

Pen or keyboard - what's best for notetaking; All in the Mind Awards; USA racist killings and mental health of black Americans

How racist killings can trigger poor mental health for all black Americans.

• 28 mins

Psychology of soap operas like the Archers; Awards Finalist

How can soap operas like the Archers help us psychologically?

• 28 mins

Voices & personality; Awards; canine jealousy; misophonia - noises that cause anger & anxiety, pink drinks make you run faster

Voices & personality; Awards; dog jealousy; misophonia & pink drinks make you run faster

• 28 mins

Entitlement and bad luck; Awards finalist; intermittent fasting and memory

Entitlement and bad luck; Awards finalist; intermittent fasting and memory.

• 28 mins

Connecting older people to cut loneliness. Are moods contagious? Can gratitude change young people's lives? Awards finalist

Claudia Hammond asks are moods contagious?

• 28 mins

Autobiographical memory in lockdown; awards; psychosis and nightmares; Dean Burnett

Autobiographical memory in lockdown; Awards; psychosis and nightmares; Dean Burnett

• 28 mins

Learning and taking breaks, the awards: Spectrum People, financial strain and pain

Taking breaks, the awards: Spectrum People, financial strain and pain

• 28 mins

The psychology of courage and bravery

Claudia Hammond discusses the psychology of bravery at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

• 28 mins

All in the Mind Awards ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in London

All in the Mind Awards ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in London.

• 28 mins

The Kindness Test

Claudia Hammond and guests explore the place of kindness in today's world

• 42 mins

Does working in the office boost well-being?

What are we missing out on by shunning the office and working from home?

• 28 mins

Persecutory delusions, engine idling and taxi driver brains

Claudia hears about a new treatment for people experiencing persecutory delusions.

• 28 mins

Depersonalisation disorder; Air pollution and mental health; Counter-messaging

Depersonalisation disorder; Air pollution and mental health; Counter-messaging

• 28 mins

Stomach pains and eating disorders and post-Olympic blues.

Could tummy pains in children increase the risk of developing an eating disorder?

• 28 mins

Earworms in sleep, body sensations and image, Louis Wain exhibition

Earworms in sleep, bodily sensations and body image, Louis Wain exhibition.

• 28 mins

The power of expectation, Buildings and neurodiversity, Music therapy for Parkinson's

The power of expectation, buildings and neurodiversity, and music therapy for Parkinson's.

• 28 mins

Fish Oils for depression, Pain pleasure and a good life, Kindness, Comedy memory

Fish Oils for depression, Pain pleasure and a good life, kindness, and memory for comedy.

• 28 mins

Looking inside the minds of our pets - and our relationships with them

Do our pets care about us, or do we just like to think they do?

• 28 mins

The Anatomy of Kindness Results

The results of BBC Radio 4’s unique public science project on Kindness.

• 56 mins

The Anatomy of Kindness

Claudia Hammond asks can we ever be purely kind and do our motivations matter?

• 28 mins

The Anatomy of Kindness

Claudia Hammond looks at the role of empathy and asks who are we kind to.

• 28 mins

The Anatomy of Kindness

Claudia Hammond asks 'Can Bosses be kind?'

• 34 mins

How to cope when your child can't

Advice for parents on how to cope when their children are having mental health problems.

• 28 mins

Dreams and dreaming; brain scans for personality traits; extrovert listening

Dreams and dreaming; brain scans for personality traits; extrovert listening.

• 28 mins

Treating refugee mental health; Improving personal growth; Dreamachine

Treating refugee mental health, improving personal growth, and Dreamachine.

• 28 mins

Manifestation; Overconfidence; Radio drama changing attitudes

Evidence for manifestation; Overconfidence; Changing attitudes with radio drama

• 28 mins

Gardening and mental health

How much evidence is there that nature boosts wellbeing and supports our mental health?

• 28 mins

Post-pandemic mental health; navigation ability; conversations with strangers

Post-pandemic mental health, navigation ability and conversations with strangers.

• 28 mins

Breastfeeding Trauma and the Psychology of Awkwardness

Claudia Hammond on the psychological trauma of breastfeeding.

• 28 mins

The Psychology of Regret

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

• 28 mins

One mother's story of the psychological impact on her children of her ex husband's sexual offences

The emotional impact of a parent's sexual offences on children

• 28 mins

Urban rewilding for wellbeing, oxytocin and kindness, false alarm crowd panic

Urban rewilding for wellbeing, oxytocin and kindness, and false alarm crowd panic.

• 28 mins

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker on the current pandemic of poppycock and how to be more rational

• 28 mins

Negotiating a crisis

Claudia meets Elizabeth Stokoe to find out how words can save lives during a crisis.

• 28 mins

Diagnosing bipolar disorder and the launch of the 2023 All in the Mind Awards

2023 All in the Mind Awards, why does getting a bipolar disorder diagnosis take so long?

• 28 mins

Devices to aid our memories and safe music for driving

Tips on how best to use devices to aid our memories.

• 28 mins

Can Mental Health Awareness have unintended consequences?

Do mental health awareness campaigns help reduce stigma or lead to unintended consequences

• 28 mins

The sudden rise in teenagers developing tics during the pandemic

How much is social media behind a rise in involuntary tics in teens during the pandemic?

• 28 mins

Fergal Keane and PTSD

Fergal Keane on living with PTSD. Daryl O'Connor's Covid and mental health research.

• 28 mins

Can you knit away your worries?

Claudia Hammond ponders whether crochet can help to ease mental health problems.

• 28 mins

Feeling an unseen presence

What creates the sensation that someone else is in the room?

• 28 mins

Aphasia

Communication problems after stroke: intensive speech therapy can make all the difference.

• 28 mins

Do lonely brains see the world differently?

Plus a look into the world of research journals that aren’t quite what they seem.

• 28 mins

How much empathy should doctors have?

When it comes to healthcare, is there such a thing as caring too much?

• 28 mins

Supporting a son with schizophrenia

All in the Mind Awards: a mother who supports her musician son, living with schizophrenia.

• 28 mins

Stories of Loss and Hope

Latest Awards finalists: a supportive boss and an online support group

• 28 mins

Can we fix mental health care?

Two of the most senior leaders in the field discuss the future of mental health support.

• 28 mins

The perfection trap: do you feel 'good enough'?

Aiming for perfection: striving for success or risking our mental health?

• 28 mins

Male friendship

A discussion from the Cheltenham Science Festival on the issues men face with friendship.

• 28 mins

All in the Mind Awards Ceremony

Winners announced in the All in the Mind Awards for groups, individuals and professionals.

• 28 mins

Increasing humility, suppressing negative thoughts and talking about mental health at work

Showing off might be on trend, but practising humility could bring benefits beyond praise.

• 28 mins

Grieving when estranged, musical hallucinations and the benefits of snoozing your alarm

Exploring the complex emotions of losing an estranged parent.

• 28 mins

New psychosis drug, why its hard to recall 2021, and counselling in later life

A new psychosis drug, why we forget 2021, and therapy in later life – it’s not too late.

• 28 mins

Belief in conspiracy theories, exercising before work, and living with OCD

Do more of us believe in conspiracy theories than ever before?

• 28 mins

ADHD medication shortage, life after being a carer and the benefits of keeping positive secrets

With a national shortage of medications, what can people living with ADHD do?

• 28 mins

Rowing the Atlantic in the name of science, psychologists tackling poverty, and the scent of fear makes us more observant.

Rowing an ocean for science, psychologists tackling poverty, and how fear helps us see.

• 28 mins

The impact of bad news, compassion fatigue, and the psychology of whistleblowing

What affect does media exposure to traumatic news events have on our mental health?

• 28 mins

What Mastermind can tell us about blinking, how music shapes memory and why anger can be a useful emotion

Emotive music can shape the way we store and recall memories, according to new research.

• 28 mins

Eating to improve memory, and a new play about mental health services

Can what we eat improve our cognition? And a new play about NHS mental health services.

• 28 mins

What's going on with girls' mental health?

Claudia Hammond looks at the latest research into mental health issues among teenage girls

• 28 mins

The science behind screentime, the effect of live music, and can you imagine sounds in your head?

Are we really addicted to our phones? We take a look at the evidence.

• 28 mins

How nightmares link to real-life fears, and new research tackling post-cardiac arrest PTSD

The link between phobias and nightmares, and treating PTSD in cardiac arrest survivors.

• 28 mins

Seasonality, learning to hope, and the gender citation gap

Seasonal psychology, learning to hope, male psychologists forget their female colleagues.

• 28 mins

The psychology of hope

We’re at the Northern Ireland Science Festival, exploring the psychology of hope.

• 28 mins