Podcast episodes
Season 1
Sarah Wilson: Music, Music and Neuroplasticity, Using Music to Learn, & Music On The Brain
Sarah is an expert in cognitive neuroscience and clinical neuropsychology. She has pioneered music neuroscience research in Australia, showing how music can enhance brain function in healthy individuals, and facilitate recovery after brain injury.
Dr. Todd Shackelford: Evolutionary Psychology, Sexual Selection, Religion, & Morality.
Dr. Todd Shackelford is an Evolutionary Psychologist at Oakland University. His lab's research has the overarching goal of gaining a clearer and more comprehensive understanding of human sexual psychology and behavior. The lab is currently pursuing several programmatic lines of research.
Vikenty Mikheev: Car-Jitsu, Car-jitsu Escape, Ju-Jitsu, and Self Defense
Vikenty is a black belt in Ju-Jitsu with multiple fights under his belt. He has also had experience in Sambo and boxing. He is the creator of Car-jitsu and Car-jitsu Escape. Which takes the concept of Ju-Jitsu and applies it to inside of a car. Escape is similar, but the idea for the individual getting attacked is to escape the car. His YouTube channel where you can find Car-jitsu can be found below: https://l.instagram.com/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FZRsZ60s10cE&e=AT0eVFCeUWCfZZINOoxuiexwnLaQtpf8aEiCScUKzDT2_h28gxp7ci22-MGNrjYeNKEQBht9qr7ofmI_hHcec0wYUIG0vR_M
Dr. Vahe Ohanessian: Motivation, Self and Social Interactions, Beliefs and Knowledge
Dr Vahe Ohanessian is an established dentist with over two decades of private practice experience. He recently wrote self-help book called 'Theory of Self-Relativity'. He started writing this book and turning his life around after a near fatal car accident in 2017. In this book he discusses how we are so influenced by our emotional thinking rather than our factual and rational thinking. Along with ten commandments that people can use and many other useful insights.
Dr. Sean Drummond: Sleep, Melatonin, Circadian Rhythm, & Insomnia.
Dr. Sean Drummond is a psychologist who majors in the field of sleep research. Dr. Drummond has three main arms to his program of research: 1) cognitive neuroscience of sleep and sleep deprivation; 2) treatment of insomnia, especially in comorbid psychopathology; and 3) translational research examining the mechanistic role sleep plays in PTSD and mood disorders.