All In The Mind

Music strongly affects our emotions and our memory. Hear how music used in rehabilitation can have a powerful therapeutic effect on those with brain injury.

How the human brain perceives music, how composers exploit our instinctive reaction to it and the relationship between music and emotion

Impulsive, impatient, easily bored, chaotic and need to multi-task?  Adult ADHD is quite common but not well understood and managed.

How the chemistry in our brain drives us to love, and why happiness is good for us.

Ants can teach, rats have a sense of humour, chimpanzees can deceive and elephants grieve. Fascinating research now shows that the cognitive and emotional processes of animals are far more sophisticated than we once thought.

What turns someone to violent crime? We discuss the biological roots of crime and how they interact with social factors.

The power of drama and theatre to change and heal.

The psychology of paedophilia. Are there differences in the brains of paedophiles or is attraction to children on a universal continuum, controlled only by socialisation?

Comedian Ruby Wax speaks about why our minds can send us mad and how we can rewire our thinking.  

Young people with severe mental illness have a 15–20 years lower life expectancy than the general population. We hear the story of a young man who after a psychotic episode put on 30kg. Now he’s back to surfing, with the help of an innovative mental health program which links mind and body.