Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Inside Neuroscience

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Why do our brains work the way they do? How are they built from cells as we develop? What happens to them as we age? How could neuroscience help with diseases such as dementia and conditions like chronic pain? There are over 100 neuroscience labs at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London, and these are just a handful of the questions they are trying to answer. In this podcast series, we sit down with researchers to discuss their latest research, from work on OCD to sleep in children. Join us and learn a little bit more about how your brain works.

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

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How do early experiences shape how the eye develops? 23.06.2026 24:51

Does what the eye sees in the first few days of lifeinfluence how it processes information later on? A new study from Reynolds et al., reveals that in developing zebrafish, growing up in horizontal or vertical stripey ‘worlds’ can drastically affect how neurons in the eye function and even change the shape of neurons in the retina. Professor Robert Hindges, senior author on the study,discusses the...

How is compulsivity related to uncertainty? 19.03.2026 12:20

Compulsive traits are tendencies to repeat patterned behaviours. They are often seen in psychiatric conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), addiction and eating disorders. But what drives compulsive traits? In this episode, Dr Toby Wise, Senior Research Fellow in Neuroscience at King's College London, talks about a new study which used an online video game played by 2000 people...

Can apps help children with epilepsy sleep? 12.03.2026 12:08

Sleep problems affect more than 80% of children with neurodevelopmental disorders including epilepsy. Children who sleep poorly can have problems with learning and behaviour. It can also have a knock-on effect on the whole family’s sleep. Professor Deb Pal, Professor of Paediatric Epilepsy at King’sCollege London, recently published the results of the CASTLEOnline Sleep Intervention study. In the...