Brainstorm: Exploring Minds and Behaviours

Brainstorm: Exploring Minds and Behaviours
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Brainstorm: Exploring Minds and Behaviors is an accessible science podcast for lovers of psychology and neuroscience! Alexander Bailey and Alexa Ruel, two Montreal-based graduate students, share their passion for all things brain-related through invigorating interdisciplinary expert panel discussions on topics traditionally thought of as psychology and neuroscience. By interacting with other graduate students and professors from across Canada and beyond, Brainstorm hopes to build a community where anyone interested in psychology and neuroscience can learn more by simply tuning in.

Episodes

  1. 08/17/2022

    Episode 4 - Decision-making

    Decisions, decisions... Should I order food from restaurant A or restaurant B? Join us for this decisively enlightening episode on decision-making with Dr. Mihaela Iordanova from the neuroscience department at Concordia University, Dr. Marc-Lluís Vives from Brown University's psychology department and PhD student Tanya Singh who studies consumer behavior at Concordia University. In this episode we talk about how people make decisions, how we use animal models to study learning and how we can study decisions and indecisiveness in the real world.

    48 min

  2. 05/27/2022

    Episode 3 - Drugs

    This is your brain on drugs. In this episode, we explore drugs and hallucinogens with three experts; Dr. Argel Aguilar Valles, Dr. Milan Valyear and Tommy Markopoulos. These three researchers explore the world of hallucinogens and drug with us as we tackle questions like the effects of drugs, if hallucinogens are addictive and how they may help treat certain disorders including depression. Want to join us in a future episode? Email us at brainstorm.podcast.mtl@gmail.com Alex & Alexa Brainstorm co-hosts

    48 min
  3. Episode 2 - The Teens are Right

    04/20/2022

    Episode 2 - The Teens are Right

    As science becomes more and more open and collaborative, it’s important not only to discuss the future of science with current academics, but also with younger generations who may be considering careers in science. What do they think of science? Of research? Do they feel prepared to be successful in the careers they are considering? Join Alex and Alexa, in this special episode in which they ask the next generation what they think about science, research and how they aim to make a difference.

    20 min

  4. 01/21/2022

    Episode 1 - Memory

    Memory is on our mind every day. Where did I put my keys? What was their name again?  In this episode, we explore Memory with three experts from the fields of psychology, neuroscience and communications. Dr. Signy Sheldon, Dr. Blake Richards and Felicity T.C. Hamer join us for an exciting conversation on how we remember, what false memories are, why forgetting is sometimes a good thing among others! Want to join us in a future episode? Email us at brainstorm.podcast.mtl@gmail.com  Alex & Alexa Brainstorm co-hosts

    32 min
  5. Episode 0: Podcast Trailer

    SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Episode 0: Podcast Trailer

    In this trailer episode, Alex and Alexa talk about where the idea for Brainstorm: Exploring Minds and Behaviours came from and what the aim of the podcast is. Tune in to learn the what and why behind Brainstorm and be introduced to Alex and Alexa's contagious passion for psychology and neuroscience!

    9 min

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Brainstorm: Exploring Minds and Behaviors is an accessible science podcast for lovers of psychology and neuroscience! Alexander Bailey and Alexa Ruel, two Montreal-based graduate students, share their passion for all things brain-related through invigorating interdisciplinary expert panel discussions on topics traditionally thought of as psychology and neuroscience. By interacting with other graduate students and professors from across Canada and beyond, Brainstorm hopes to build a community where anyone interested in psychology and neuroscience can learn more by simply tuning in.

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