Parenting Styles: an SDT Informed Perspective
In my previous posts I have elaborated on SDT and how it provides insights as to the relation between motivation and personality and to the supportive contexts that satisfy basic needs and thus lead to well-being. To recap, SDT, as extended by me, posits that there are four basic [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) (Source: The Mouse Trap)
Source: The Mouse Trap - May 13, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: development motivation Parenting SDT Source Type: podcasts

Supportive Contexts for Growth and Development: an SDT Perspective
Self Determination Theory(SDT) posits that all humans require some nutriments to grow and develop; just like plants need nutriments like sunlight, water, nutrients etc to flourish, so do humans have some basic human needs for autonomy, competence, relatedness and meaningfulness (my addition) to [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) (Source: The Mouse Trap)
Source: The Mouse Trap - May 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: development motivation stages needs SDT Source Type: podcasts

Emotions and Motivations: an SDT perspective
I have blogged previously about personality and emotions and also personality and motivations, but haven’t made an explicit linkage between emotions and motivations; today I wish to rectify that and talk about how emotions and motivations are interconnected. I will be using the Self-Determination [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) (Source: The Mouse Trap)
Source: The Mouse Trap - May 1, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: emotion motivation basic emotions Source Type: podcasts

Can fMRI Read Your Mind? (BS 156 with Russ Poldrack)
Russell Poldrack (click to play audio) This month’s episode of Brain Science is an interview with Stanford psychologist Russell A Poldrack, author of The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts. We talk about the principles of how fMRI works and how new methods are overcoming some of the problems from the early days in the field. Because Dr. Poldrack has been in the field since its infancy, he is uniquely placed to give us both an overview of the history and an analysis of its progress. We emphasize several important principles that must be honored in...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - April 26, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books brain imaging Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Psychology Source Type: podcasts

Can fMRI Read Your Mind? (BS 156 with Russ Poldrack)
Russell Poldrack (click to play audio) This month’s episode of Brain Science is an interview with Stanford psychologist Russell A Poldrack, author of The New Mind Readers: What Neuroimaging Can and Cannot Reveal about Our Thoughts. We talk about the principles of how fMRI works and how new methods are overcoming some of the problems from the early days in the field. Because Dr. Poldrack has been in the field since its infancy, he is uniquely placed to give us both an overview of the history and an analysis of its progress. We emphasize several important principles that must be honored in...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - April 26, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books brain imaging Interviews Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Psychology Source Type: podcasts

An acutely disturbed person in the community
It can be difficult to know what to do when a person in severe psychological distress presents to a general practice or community clinic, particularly if they are behaving aggressively, or if they are refusing help. Most patients who are acutely disturbed present no danger to others, however situations can evolve rapidly. Frontline staff need to... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

An acutely disturbed person in the community
It can be difficult to know what to do when a person in severe psychological distress presents to a general practice or community clinic, particularly if they are behaving aggressively, or if they are refusing help. Most patients who are acutely disturbed present no danger to others, however situations can evolve rapidly. Frontline staff need to know how to call for help, how to assess and manage physical risk, and how to de-escalate such situations. In this podcast Aileen O’Brien, reader in psychiatry and education at St George’s University of London joins us to give some advice on what to do in that situation - wh...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts

An acutely disturbed person in the community
It can be difficult to know what to do when a person in severe psychological distress presents to a general practice or community clinic, particularly if they are behaving aggressively, or if they are refusing help. Most patients who are acutely disturbed present no danger to others, however situations can evolve rapidly. Frontline staff need to know how to call for help, how to assess and manage physical risk, and how to de-escalate such situations. In this podcast Aileen O’Brien, reader in psychiatry and education at St George’s University of London joins us to give some advice on what to do in that situation - why...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 21, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts

Successful Aging with psychologist Alan Castel (BS 154)
Alan Castel (Click to Play interview) BS 154 is an interview with Dr. Alan Castel, author of Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging. In the past we have discussed how our brain changes as we age, but it turns out successful aging requires more than "good genes." Our attitudes and our behaviors have a huge impact. More importantly, it is never too early to begin preparing for successful aging. How to get this episode:FREE: audio mp3 (click to stream, right click to download)Buy Episode Transcript for $3. [Free for Premium subscribers]Premium Subscribers have unlimi...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 22, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Interviews Memory Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

Successful Aging with psychologist Alan Castel (BS 154)
Alan Castel (Click to Play interview) BS 154 is an interview with Dr. Alan Castel, author of Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging. In the past we have discussed how our brain changes as we age, but it turns out successful aging requires more than "good genes." Our attitudes and our behaviors have a huge impact. More importantly, it is never too early to begin preparing for successful aging. How to get this episode:FREE: audio mp3 (click to stream, right click to download)Buy Episode Transcript for $3. [Free for Premium subscribers]Premium Subscribers have unlimi...
Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell - February 22, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ginger Campbell, MD Tags: Books Interviews Memory Neuroscience Podcast Show Notes Source Type: podcasts

The Four Educative Drives
I have recently come across the blog and work of Peter Gray, and am finding it very useful to see things from his perspective– which at times is very much aligned with my own. In one of his posts he talks about self-directed education and the four basic drives in all children around which [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) (Source: The Mouse Trap)
Source: The Mouse Trap - February 10, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: sandygautam Tags: education ABCD curiosity planfulness playfulness sociability Source Type: podcasts

Pollution from pot plants, and how our bodies perceive processed foods
The “dank” smelling terpenes emitted by growing marijuana can combine with chemicals in car emissions to form ozone, a health-damaging compound. This is especially problematic in Denver, where ozone levels are dangerously high and pot farms have sprung up along two highways in the city. Host Sarah C respi talks with reporter Jason Plautz about researchers’ efforts to measure terpene emissions from pot plants and how federal restrictions have hampered them. Next, host Meagan Cantwell talks with Dana Small, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at Yale University, about how processed foods are perceived by the bod...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 24, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts

Pollution from pot plants, and how our bodies perceive processed foods
The “dank” smelling terpenes emitted by growing marijuana can combine with chemicals in car emissions to form ozone, a health-damaging compound. This is especially problematic in Denver, where ozone levels are dangerously high and pot farms have sprung up along two highways in the city. Host Sarah Crespi talks with reporter Jason Plautz about researchers’ efforts to measure terpene emissions from pot plants and how federal restrictions have hampered them. Next, host Meagan Cantwell talks with Dana Small, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at Yale University, about how processed foods are perceived by the bo...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 24, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine Source Type: podcasts

Pollution from pot plants, and how our bodies perceive processed foods
The “dank” smelling terpenes emitted by growing marijuana can combine with chemicals in car emissions to form ozone, a health-damaging compound. This is especially problematic in Denver, where ozone levels are dangerously high and pot farms have sprung up along two highways in the city. Host Sarah C respi talks with reporter Jason Plautz about researchers’ efforts to measure terpene emissions from pot plants and how federal restrictions have hampered them. Next, host Meagan Cantwell talks with Dana Small, a professor of psychiatry and psychology at Yale University, about how processed foods are perceived by the bod...
Source: Science Magazine Podcast - January 24, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Science Tags: Scientific Community Source Type: podcasts