Imogen Hüsing, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme

Kaleidoscience: Conversations on Cognitive Science

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Kaleidoscience is a podcast interviewing guests across the field of Cognitive Science. We explore questions such as what it means to be conscious, what AI might think, how the brain processes language - and much more. Find the answers to questions you may or may not have asked yourself. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaleidoscience_pod/Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa PalmeLogo by: Annika RichterMusic by: Jan-Luca Schröder

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Imogen Hüsing, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme

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S3 #49 How does playing make birds smarter? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Gisela Kaplan. 11.06.2026 1:30:27

Some book publications: Kaplan, Gisela (2019) Bird Bonds: Sex, mate-choice and cognition in Australian native birds. Macmillan/Pan Macmillan Australia, Sydney. (ISBN 978-1-76055-420-0, pbk. 354 pp) Kaplan, Gisela (2019) Australian Magpie: Biology and Behaviour of an Unusual Songbird. 2nd edition, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. 2nd ed., ISBN 9781486307241, pbk., 270 pp.  Kaplan, G. (2018) Tawny...

S3 #48 What happens in the brain of your cat? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Sevim Isparta and Prof. Nadja Freund. 30.04.2026 57:10

The study on cat sleeping position that we talked about: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00507-X The study on cats and problem solving abilities that was mentioned: https://www.bio.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/bpsy/mam/content/papers/isparta_et.al.2020_12072.pdf The press release (in german): https://news.rub.de/presseinformationen/wissenschaft/2025-07-28-citizen-science-proj...

S3 #47 Does sign language change your brain? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Karen Emmorey. 09.04.2026 1:03:13

Literature: Emmorey, K. (2023). Ten things you should know about sign languages. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 32(5), 387-394. The lab of Dr. Karen Emmorey: https://llcn.sdsu.edu/ Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on...

S3 #46 Why should we be vigilant when politicians talk? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Nicole Gotzner. 26.03.2026 40:35

The discussed paper: Gotzner, N. (accepted). Does it matter what is said and who said it? The interpretation of Trump’s and Harris’ statements in Republican and Democrat voters. To appear in Open Mind. PsyArXiv: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/a4u52_v1 References: Kuperwasser, I., & Shetreet, E. (2025). Beyond stereotypes: Cognitive abilities underlying social meaning. Journal of Pragmatics,...

S3 #45 How do children learn adjectives? Brain-to-brain with Charlotte Uhlemann. 12.03.2026 50:30

References: Kennedy, C., & McNally, L. (2005). Scale structure, degree modification, and the semantics of gradable predicates. Language, 81(2), 345-381. Kennedy, C. (2007). Vagueness and grammar: The semantics of relative and absolute gradable adjectives. Linguistics and philosophy, 30(1), 1-45. Syrett, K. (2024). Challenges and Strategies for Acquiring Adjectives. Language and Linguistics Com...

S3 #44 How should machines translate sensitive language? Brain-to-brain with Sabrina Frohn. 15.02.2026 1:04:49

Sabrina’s linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabrina-frohn/ Papers: not THE implicit bias paper but one explaining implicit and explicit bias: “Social Justice in Our Minds, Homes, and Society: The Nature, Causes, and Consequences of Implicit Bias” by Laurie A. Rudman, 10.1023/B:SORE.0000027406.32604.f6 about the implicit association test I mentioned: https://www.projectimplicit.net/nosek/iat/de...

S3 #43 How do parasocial relationships with chatbots form? Brain-to-brain with Takuya Maeda. 29.01.2026 1:03:58

References: https://apnews.com/article/chatbot-ai-lawsuit-suicide-teen-artificial-intelligence-9d48adc572100822fdbc3c90d1456bd0 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-lawsuit-teen-suicide.html https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/ https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-created-flirty-chatbots-taylor-swift-other-celebrities-without-permiss...

S3 #42 What does the research say about Science Communication? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Rainer Bromme. 15.01.2026 1:20:57

Literature: Bromme, R. (2025). Objektiv und unabhängig, aber auch wirksam für das Gemeinwohl: Vertrauen im Kontext öffentlicher Erwartungen an Wissenschaft. In P. Sandermann & V. Schwenker (Eds.), Trust Issues!? - Vertrauen in modernen Gesellschaften. (pp. 233-243). transcript. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.14361/9783839470879 Bromme, R. (2025). Wissenschaftskommunikation. In P. Pasternack, G. Re...

How can you communicate science through books? SciCom-Special #7 with Dr. Nicholas Wright. 11.01.2026 35:10

Order the book: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/nicholas-wright/warhead/9781035013982 Nicholas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-d-wright-bba3a065/ Nicholas on X: https://x.com/nicholasdwright Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uo...

How can you communicate science with comics? SciCom-Special #6 with Dr. Sophie Elschner. 05.01.2026 30:31

Find Sophies works: Website: https://psychosophcomic.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/psychosophcomic/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/psychosoph.bsky.social LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/psychosoph/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@psychosophcomic Newsletter: https://16969776.sibforms.com/serve/MUIFAIvA9R-8FBixNmAS194n9r-ZlFB5B3PTfFIaoY5Mau_R9ZZYrUpK9w7XYYc3RkHTgVu9N43iut...

How can you communicate science on a boat? SciCom-Special #5 with Babette Jochum from the MS Wissenschaft. 28.12.2025 30:49

The website of MS Wissenschaft: https://ms-wissenschaft.de/de/ The instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/mswissenschaft/ The recommended show: https://www.zdf.de/shows/mai-think-x-die-show-102 Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact u...

How can you communicate science with animated videos? SciCom-Special #4 with Şeyma Türk and Julia Ruff from Empathique. 21.12.2025 24:05

The YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Empathique The channel recommended by Julia: https://www.youtube.com/@ruthmicallef Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

How can we communicate the successes and failures of research? SciCom-Special #3 with Evelyne Fraats. 14.12.2025 35:41

Links provided by Evelyne: In-Mind blog (Dutch version) https://nl.in-mind.org In-Mind blog (international version) https://www.in-mind.org Two of my blogs for In-Mind (Dutch only) https://nl.in-mind.org/blog/post/gebruik-koud-water-om-angst-te-verminderen https://nl.in-mind.org/blog/post/ik-heb-het-gedaan-maar-heb-ik-het-ook-echt-gedaan Dutch Brainbee (in Dutch called, “Hersenolympiade”) Https://...

S3 #41 What is the effect of stress hormones on cognition? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Katja Langer. 11.12.2025 1:01:04

Related papers: Langer, K., Wolf, O. T., Merz, C. J., & Jentsch, V. L. (2025). The effects of stress hormones on cognitive emotion regulation: A systematic review and integrative model. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews , 106040. Langer, K., Jentsch, V. L., & Wolf, O. T. (2023). Rapid effects of acute stress on cognitive emotion regulation. Psychoneuroendocrinology , 151 , 106054. L...

How do you explain research using a fictional story? SciCom-Special #2 with Dr. Helena Hartmann. 07.12.2025 33:41

Helena’s website: https://scienceandfiction.net/ The first episode with Helena: https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/s2-21-how-does-your-pain-make-me-feelbrain-to-brain-with-dr-helena-hartmann/ Helena’s recommendations: https://treatment-expectation.de/ https://www.youtube.com/@maithinkx Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme...

How can you communicate science live on stage? SciCom-Special #1 with Dr. Nicolas Wöhrl. 30.11.2025 35:54

Get a ticket for a live show: https://minkorrekt.de/minkorrekt-live/ Listen to the podcast: https://minkorrekt.de/ The episode on „Ig-Nobelpreise 2024“: https://minkorrekt.de/mi328-ig-nobelpreise-2024/ Nicolas’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolas_woehrl Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-...

S3 #40 How do hormones influence our cognition? Brain-to-brain with Assoc. Prof. Caroline Gurvich. 27.11.2025 55:59

https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/caroline-gurvich Related papers: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40251875 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41074674 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41122799 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39255423 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35878526 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30154388 Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf...

S3 #39 What do hormones have to do with everything from menstruation to menopause? Brain-to-brain with Franziska Weinmar. 13.11.2025 57:37

Papers: Zsido, R. G., Williams, A. N., Barth, C., Serio, B., Kurth, L., Mildner, T., … & Sacher, J. (2023). Ultra-high-field 7T MRI reveals changes in human medial temporal lobe volume in female adults during menstrual cycle. Nature Mental Health, 1(10), 761-771. Gottschewsky, N., Kraft, D., & Kaufmann, T. (2024). Menarche, pubertal timing and the brain: female-specific patterns of brain m...

S3 #38 How can AI model the sensorimotor system? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Tonio Weidler. 30.10.2025 1:05:02

Related papers: Weidler, T. (2025). The mechanism at hand: A goal-driven approach to modeling the human sensorimotor system . ( https://cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl/en/publications/the-mechanism-at-hand-a-goal-driven-approach-to-modeling-the-huma ) Doerig, A., Sommers, R.P., Seeliger, K. et al. The neuroconnectionist research programme. Nat Rev Neurosci 24 , 431–450 (2023). https://doi.org/...

Has it been two years already? Bonus-to-brain with Elisa, Imogen, Sönke and Sophie. 31.07.2025 56:40

Here is the link to the feedback survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciMt9WSchCR7IpFOy9mjixCukl9411DRoK56odhqJSzN_euw/viewform Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

S2 #37 Does social media shape trans identity and coming out? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Gen Eickers. 19.07.2025 39:02

References: Briggs, R. A., & George, B. R. (2023). What even is gender? (p. 196). Taylor & Francis. Eickers, G. Social Media Experiences of LGBTQ+ People: Enabling Feelings of Belonging. Topoi 43, 617–630 (2024). https://tgeu.org/ Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us a...

S2 #36 What does Kant have to do with Gender and Feminism? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Carol Hay. 03.07.2025 1:39:27

References: https://www.carolhay.org/ Hay, C. (2020). Think like a feminist: the philosophy behind the revolution . WW Norton & Company. Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

S2 #35 How do gender stereotypes affect non-binary people? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Robert-Paul Juster & Mina Guérin. 28.06.2025 1:09:32

Literature: Guérin, M., Saulnier, F., Cartier, L., Hirnstein, M., Hétu, S., & Juster, R. P. (2025). Explicit Gender Stereotypes and Sexually Polymorphic Cognition by Gender Identity. https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2024/04/09/who-does-what-better-a-non-binary-view/ Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by:...

S2 #34 How and why does AI model how your neurons spike? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Pascal Nieters. 05.06.2025 1:17:23

Literature will be added soon. Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

S2 #33 How can modeling our decisions improve our lives? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Nadja R. Ging-Jehli. 22.05.2025 57:31

Literature: Forstmann, B. U., Ratcliff, R., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2016). Sequential Sampling Models in Cognitive Neuroscience: Advantages, Applications, and Extensions. Annual Review of Psychology, 67(1), 641–666. Forstmann, B. U., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2015). Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience: A Conceptual Introduction. In B. U. Forstmann & E.-J. Wagenmakers (Eds.), An Introduction t...