Season 1
Your Brain Needs You to Go to Sleep!
So...Your Brain Made You Do It?
But...How Do You Know?
In this episode, Dr. Hines-Johnson explores the fascinating world of consciousness, sleep, and altered states. Discover how our awareness fluctuates throughout the day, the importance of sleep for health and memory, and how substances can change our perception.
This episode explores the fascinating connection between biology and behavior, delving into how neurons, neurotransmitters, and brain structures influence our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Dr. Hines-Johnson guides us through the complex systems of the nervous system and the latest neuroscience tools, emphasizing that our biology interacts with environment and experience.
This episode explores the fundamentals of psychological research, emphasizing how to evaluate evidence, understand research methods, and think critically about scientific claims in everyday life.
This episode introduces psychology as the scientific study of behavior and mental processes and explores how the field developed from early philosophical questions into a diverse modern science. As you listen, focus on the major ideas rather than trying to memorize every name and date.