Hi! I'm Lila Urogdy, and I study biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The purpose of my podcast is to share new and interesting information about psychology, neuroscience, and mental health topics to make science more accessible to the general public.

In this episode, I'll discuss science-backed strategies for optimizing productivity and academic success. This is part one of my two-part series.

Binaural Beats 40hz:

https://youtu.be/1_G60OdEzXs?si=TrAAAV7cuYQ-n5Sb

Platform for spaced repetition flashcards:

https://noji.io/?from=ankipro

Study Tracker App:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ypt-study-group/id1441909643

Handwriting vs. typing for memory:

Smoker, T. J., Murphy, C. E., & Rockwell, A. K. (2009). Comparing Memory for Handwriting versus Typing. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 53(22), 1744-1747. https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120905302218 (Original work published 2009)

Hi! I'm Lila Urogdy, and I study biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The purpose of my podcast is to share new and interesting information about psychology, neuroscience, and mental health topics to make science more accessible to the general public.

In this podcast, I discuss bipolar disorder.

Links for reference:

https://www.dbsalliance.org/education/bipolar-disorder/bipolar-disorder-statistics/

https://doi.org/10.1186/S40345-023-00289-5

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3712976

Hi! I'm Lila Urogdy, and I study biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The purpose of my podcast is to share new and interesting information about psychology, neuroscience, and mental health topics to make research more accessible to the general public.

In this episode, I discuss the correlation between social media use and psychiatric disorders, dive into the mechanisms behind why social media platforms are designed to be addictive, and provide tangible tools for you to reduce your social media use.

Sources/references:

App for pausing before opening social media:

https://one-sec.app/

Review article: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.508595

Book about how the brain balances dopamine levels: https://www.amazon.com/Dopamine-Nation-Finding-Balance-Indulgence/dp/152474672X

Huberman lab episode about dopamine and addiction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3JLaF_4Tz8

Hi! My name is Lila Urogdy, and I study biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. My podcast is focused on sharing new and interesting information about psychology, neuroscience, and mental health topics to make research more accessible to the general public.

This episode is all about PTSD and how trauma affects the brain. Linked below are all sources used in this podcast, as well as references for additional information if you're curious about learning more.

• https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20355967
• https://www.nature.com/articles/tp2016214
• doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.159.10.1675

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2024.100854

• https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ynstr.2024.100606

• https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.944838

• https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.2637

• https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2015.57

Hi! My name’s Lila Urogdy and I study biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. My podcast is focused on sharing new and interesting information about psychology, neuroscience, and mental health topics to make research more accessible to the general public.

This episode discusses a paper titled: Effects of MDM-assisted therapy for PTSD on self-experience.

If you’d like to take a look at the paper, the link is below:

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0295926

Hi! My name’s Lila Urogdy and I study biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. My podcast is focused on sharing new and interesting information about psychology, neuroscience, and mental health topics to make research more accessible to the general public.

This episode is about a famous psychology experiment about obedience that was done by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s.

Hi! My name’s Lila Urogdy and I study biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. My podcast is focused on sharing new and interesting information about psychology, neuroscience, and mental health topics to make research more accessible to the general public.

In this episode, I discussed how the link between autism and vaccines came to be, and whether there is any validity to the theory.

The original retracted study:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673697110960/fulltext

Resources for more information:

https://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.c5347

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/autism-spectrum-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20352928

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/measles/symptoms-causes/syc-20374857

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evidence-on-vaccines-and-autism

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccines/index.html