Yvonne Höller

Cognitive Neuroscience @UNAK

Science EN ↓ 12 episodes

This podcast is dedicated to students at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Akureyri, but also to everyone who is interested to learn more fun facts about our brain and anyone who is interested in cognitive neuroscience. Cover art by Armin Solderer https://armin_solderer.artstation.com/

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Yvonne Höller

Episodes

SAD chronotype 04.06.2024 10:46

How is chronotype related to seasonal affective disorder? Cover art by armin_solderer.artstation.com

Follow-up episode psilocybin. With our special guest Jon Ingi Hlynsson. 30.04.2024 1:19:27

Our special guest Jon Ingi tells us about his research on psilocybin. Script of this episode with references here: https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.11094179 Give us your questions here https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yvonne-hller/message Find Jon Ingi here: www.jonhlynsson.com Cover art by Armin Solderer https://armin_solderer.artstation.com

SAD in Iceland 19.04.2024 8:46

SAD stands for seasonal affective disorder, and it is pretty rare in Iceland. This Episode launches a set of podcasts about winter depression and related research. If you have questions you are welcome to post them here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yvonne-hller/message Cover art by armin_solderer.artstation.com

ADHD - do we really have it? 28.10.2022 29:15

ADHD - do we really have it? The diagnosis of ADHD is not a piece of cake. And: how dangerous is ADHD medication? Cover art by armin_solderer.artstation.com

Migraine 29.07.2021 23:17

What is migraine, what do we know about the causes and mechanisms in the brain? Cover art by armin_solderer.artstation.com

Psilocybin 22.06.2021 15:00

The psychedelic psilocybin has attracted attention of brain scientists because it was found to help with various conditions… Cover art by Armin Solderer armin_solderer.artstation.com

High frequency oscillations 18.03.2021 34:45

There are very tiny activities in the Electroencephalogram that keep on grabbing the interest of neuroscientists and specifically experts on epilepsy. We talk about an ongoing project at the University hospital of Neurology in Salzburg... Special guests: Adrian Marcu and Philipp Windhager. Cover art by Armin Solderer https://armin_solderer.art station.com

Language 25.02.2021 10:40

Is body language a language? And do we miss a lot during COVID-19 when we can not use our full body to convey a message in videoconferences...? Cover art by Armin Solderer https://armin_solderer.art station.com

EEG research 15.02.2021 25:44

Special Guest Aljoscha Thomschewski discusses with Yvonne some recent developments in EEG research, single-subject analysis, qualitative EEG evaluation, the Mozart effect, and the replicability crisis. Cover art by Armin Solderer https://armin_solderer.art station.com

Emotions and affective neuroscience 24.01.2021 17:03

What are emotions and how many different emotions are there? How can we measure them? Why do some people like to talk about their feelings and others neglect emotions? Can a person be emotionally blind? What advantages does it have to show your emotions, and how can you pimp your pictures for dating platforms by showing emotions on pictures? Cover art by Armin Solderer https://armin_solderer.art s...

Sex and the brain 14.01.2021 25:50

Which brain regions are involved in sexual pleasure and orgasm? Why can orgasm cause a sense of addiction for a partner? And what should you do to facilitate bonding through orgasm in your relationship? *coverart by Armin Solderer

Brain food 11.01.2021 12:44

What is brain food, should we change our diet to get smarter, how can the brain survive on a ketogenic diet and why does chocolate make us happy? *coverart by Armin Solderer