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 Alessia have picked to discuss it as the conc

S01E10 The science of brain training? Issues and challenges in brain health

Jun 3rd, 2019 47m 8s

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 if we possess it, what we need to protect it

S01E09 Neuroscience research for a better future

May 6th, 2019 55m 11s

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? FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Soc

S01E08 “Use your brain”: On depression and neuroplasticity

Apr 8th, 2019 49m 33s

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 greatest health burdens.To find out what current

S01E07 “People don’t see them ill”: Stigma and invisibility of neurological disorders

Mar 25th, 2019 39m 57s

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, therefore, become more important than ever.Donna

S01E06 Are you overworking your brain? Mental workload and mental fatigue

Mar 4th, 2019 57m 5s

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 many other questions concerning workers of th

S01E05 Dopamine - neurotransmitter that gets us going

Feb 18th, 2019 57m 3s

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 in our brain produce it, the importance of nat

S01E04 “Allowing the brain and the mind to repair itself”: Recovery after trauma

Feb 4th, 2019 1h 4m

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 suggest, but rather a real one, detectable in t

S01E01 Mysteries of sleep: The often neglected third of our lives

Jan 19th, 2019 1h 9m

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 through sleep. Jo Solet, PhD., is an Assista

S01E03 “Like Russian roulette”: Life with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Jan 19th, 2019 57m

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, we interview Alexandre Guedes da Silva, the

S01E02 Our future with brain disorders: Advocating for a "paradigm shift"

Jan 19th, 2019 55m 41s

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 how society can cope with this tendency, disc

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