On the desire path w/ Ted
Doctor of neuroscience and researcher, Ted (he/him) uses the power of science communication to satisfy Freyia’s (she/her) curiosity about the mechanisms of neural pruning and bioplasticity. Can we really rewire our brains?
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Content Warnings:
Discussion of Alzheimer’s disease throughout.
There are specific mentions of the following topics at the time stamps provided:
15:36 - 16:00 & 66:08 - 67:03 - Animal testing for scientific research
63:16 - 64:27 - Autism causation theories
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References:
Disorderland
https://disorderland.substack.com/about
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(Ted’s Blog) Not So Mental Health
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What Is Bipolar? - Mind
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Why Do We Sleep? - Matthew Walker
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Why-We-Sleep/Matthew-Walker/9781501144325
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Depths Of Wikipedia
Instagram: @depthsofwikipedia
Twitter: @depthsofwikipedia
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Instagram: @neildegrassetyson
Twitter: @neiltyson
YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/c/StarTalk
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat - Oliver Sacks
https://www.oliversacks.com/oliver-sacks-books/the-man-who-mistook-his-wife-for-a-hat/
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The Great Sperm Race
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gAnMymnJiLM
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The Sounds Around Us - Megan McKenna
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4387
Air Ions and Mood Outcomes: A Review and Meta-analysis - Vanessa Perez, Dominik D Alexander, and William H Bailey
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598548/
Negative Air Ions and Their Effects On Human Health and Air Quality Improvement - Shu-Ye Jiang, Ali Ma, and Srinivasan Ramachandran
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6213340/
Why Our Brains Love The Ocean - Wallace J Nichols
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Babies - Netflix
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80117833?s=i&trkid=13747225&vlang=en&clip=81009012
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What Is Autism To You - Agony Autie
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H8hHGIJKf3o
Autism - World Health Organisation
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/autism-spectrum-disorders
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From One Chicken To Enough Chicken For Everyone - Upside Foods
https://upsidefoods.com/our-science/
Making Meat Affordable: Progress Since The $330,000 Lab-Grown Burger - Lana Bandiom
Credits:
H O S T
Freyia Lilian
G U E S T
Dr Ted Wickstead
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-wickstead/?originalSubdomain=uk
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3593-1222
Research Lab Page: https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/yuelab/
Blog: https://notsomentalhealth.com/about/
Instagram: @norestforthescientist
Twitter: @DrTedWickstead
D I S T R I B U T I O N P A R T N E R
Strong365
Website: https://strong365.org
M E N T O R S H I P
Chantel Garret (she/her)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chantelgarrett
M U S I C
Foxhunt (he/him)
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/foxhunt-official
S O U N D
See Guest.
A S S I S T A N T
Becca Vines (they/them)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-vines-3111b81b8
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If you are concerned about your mental health, Folie À Deux always recommends turning to trusted members of your community first.
In the words of Drs Amelia and Emily Nagoski:
“The cure for burnout isn’t self care, it’s all of us caring for each other.”
Access allowing, spending your time and resources finding a supportive professional you gel with can be invaluable to your journey.
If you are in crisis and you don’t know where to turn, Strong 365 hosts their own free 24 hour peer led online mental health chat which can be found here:
https://www.7cups.com/p/strong365/?wla=strong365
A thorough list of mental health helplines for a range of countries can be found here:
https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm
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