Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science

Order the book: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/nicholas-wright/warhead/9781035013982

Nicholas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-d-wright-bba3a065/

Nicholas on X: https://x.com/nicholasdwright

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Find Sophies works:

Website: https://psychosophcomic.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychosophcomic/

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/psychosoph.bsky.social

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/psychosoph/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@psychosophcomic

Newsletter: https://16969776.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAIvA9R-8FBixNmAS194n9r-ZlFB5B3PTfFIaoY5Mau_R9ZZYrUpK9w7XYYc3RkHTgVu9N43iut8Ih3p1LXCTdnbRHIf-5l9dFVcXai4bJE6VfmOZk135dXybNLfSjaPby2EB_RR18dnUfXPgnx_-J9-_BvfT8Ntmb2YSL8kLmD19DMMWz0WHIK650MheVjeYVZRQEiBmECBS

Personal website: https://elschner.science/

Comics we talked about:

Visual Cliff: https://psychosophcomic.com/2024/09/15/babies-in-front-of-the-abyss-the-visual-cliff/

yawning: https://psychosophcomic.com/2022/07/10/put-your-hand-in-front-of-your-mouth-why-do-we-yawn/

Shoutouts:

David Spencer: https://www.instagram.com/davidspencerofficial/?hl=en

Science & Fiction: https://scienceandfiction.net/ (you can also listen to our episodes with Helena https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HyJyn7pVteKMmHrv8d7To?si=d4qULUSSQpGUoIiH2CytwA, https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/s2-21-how-does-your-pain-make-me-feelbrain-to-brain-with-dr-helena-hartmann/)

The website of MS Wissenschaft: https://ms-wissenschaft.de/de/

The recommended show: https://www.zdf.de/shows/mai-think-x-die-show-102

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The YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Empathique

The channel recommended by Julia: https://www.youtube.com/@ruthmicallef

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Links provided by Evelyne:

In-Mind blog (Dutch version)

https://nl.in-mind.org

In-Mind blog (international version)

https://www.in-mind.org

Two of my blogs for In-Mind (Dutch only)

https://nl.in-mind.org/blog/post/gebruik-koud-water-om-angst-te-verminderen

https://nl.in-mind.org/blog/post/ik-heb-het-gedaan-maar-heb-ik-het-ook-echt-gedaan

Dutch Brainbee (in Dutch called, “Hersenolympiade”)

Https://hersenolympiade.nl/en/

International brain bee

https://www.thebrainbee.org/

Festivals I like

https://www.dagvandewetenschap.be

https://wisenight.eu

https://www.pintofscience.be

https://www.wetenschapscafe.be/nl

Science blogs / stories I like:

https://www.eoswetenschap.eu

https://scienceandfiction.net/stories/22_to-obey-or-not-to-obey

Books I am currently reading:

Of my PI https://www.amazon.nl/Just-Following-Orders-Atrocities-Obedience/dp/1009385437

Book from my sister: https://www.amazon.com/Lucifer-Effect-Understanding-Good-People/dp/0812974441

My personal platforms

https://www.linkedin.com/in/evelynefraats-research-sciencecommunication-researchgoodsbads-moralbrain-socialbrain?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app

https://bsky.app/profile/eic-fraats.bsky.social

My lab https://moralsocialbrain.com/

Podcast Credits:

Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme

Logo by: Annika Richter

Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

Write us an email to: [email protected]

Related papers:

Langer, K., Wolf, O. T., Merz, C. J., & Jentsch, V. L. (2025). The effects of stress hormones on cognitive emotion regulation: A systematic review and integrative model. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 106040.

Langer, K., Jentsch, V. L., & Wolf, O. T. (2023). Rapid effects of acute stress on cognitive emotion regulation. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 151, 106054.

Langer, K., Jentsch, V. L., & Wolf, O. T. (2022). Cortisol promotes the cognitive regulation of high intensive emotions independent of timing. European Journal of Neuroscience, 55(9-10), 2684-2698.

Langer, K., Hagedorn, B., Stock, L. M., Otto, T., Wolf, O. T., & Jentsch, V. L. (2020). Acute stress improves the effectivity of cognitive emotion regulation in men. Sci. Rep. 10, 11571.

Langer, K., Jentsch, V. L., & Wolf, O. T. (2022). Acute stress influences strategy preference when dealing with high intensity emotions in men. Biological Psychology, 169, 108264.

Katja’s department:

www.cog.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Katja’s researchgate profile:

www.researchgate.net/profile/Katja-Langer-4

Podcast Credits:

Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme

Logo by: Annika Richter

Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

Write us an email to: [email protected]

Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Helena’s website: https://scienceandfiction.net/

The first episode with Helena: https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/s2-21-how-does-your-pain-make-me-feelbrain-to-brain-with-dr-helena-hartmann/

Helena’s recommendations:

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Get a ticket for a live show: https://minkorrekt.de/minkorrekt-live/

Podcast Credits:

https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/caroline-gurvich

Related papers:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40251875

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41074674

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41122799

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39255423

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35878526

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30154388

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Papers:

Zsido, R. G., Williams, A. N., Barth, C., Serio, B., Kurth, L., Mildner, T., … & Sacher, J. (2023). Ultra-high-field 7T MRI reveals changes in human medial temporal lobe volume in female adults during menstrual cycle. Nature Mental Health, 1(10), 761-771.

Gottschewsky, N., Kraft, D., & Kaufmann, T. (2024). Menarche, pubertal timing and the brain: female-specific patterns of brain maturation beyond age-related development. Biology of sex Differences, 15(1), 25.

Pletzer, B., Bodenbach, H., Hoehn, M., Hajdari, L., Hausinger, T., Noachtar, I., & Beltz, A. M. (2024). Reproducible stability of verbal and spatial functions along the menstrual cycle. Neuropsychopharmacology, 49(6), 933-941.

Pletzer, B., Harris, T. A., Scheuringer, A., & Hidalgo-Lopez, E. (2019). The cycling brain: menstrual cycle related fluctuations in hippocampal and fronto-striatal activation and connectivity during cognitive tasks. Neuropsychopharmacology, 44(11), 1867-1875.

Pletzer, B., Harris, T., & Hidalgo-Lopez, E. (2018). Subcortical structural changes along the menstrual cycle: beyond the hippocampus. Scientific reports, 8(1), 16042.

Podcast of the International Research Training Group IRTG 2804:

Example for the mentioned graph:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44294-025-00078-8/figures/1

Podcast Credits:

Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme

Logo by: Annika Richter

Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

Write us an email to: [email protected]

Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod