Our visual experience: perception of colour and eye contact

Claudia Hammond and guests explore the complexity of our visual experience

• 28 mins

Café Conversations, The light triad, Conveying anxiety through cartoon pigeons, Listener feedback

Café Conversations, the light triad, conveying anxiety through cartoon pigeons

• 28 mins

Trigger warnings, Myths about Van Gogh's mental health

Trigger warnings, Myths about Van Gogh's mental health, Multi-tasking

• 28 mins

NDAs, The Listening Place

The impact signing NDAs can have on mental health and The Listening Place

• 28 mins

New approach to spider phobia, Putting yourself in someone else's shoes, Empathic cars

New approach to spider phobia, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, and empathic cars

• 28 mins

The psychology of motivation and procrastination

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of motivation and procrastination.

• 28 mins

The science of meetings, Helping those with dementia sleep, Estimating body size

The science of meetings, helping those with dementia sleep, estimating body size

• 28 mins

Preventing anxiety, CALMTown, Air pollution and psychosis

Preventing anxiety in children, CALMTown and does air pollution cause psychosis?

• 28 mins

Stress at work

Ex junior doctor Adam Kay and Professor Gail Kinman look at work stress and how to cope.

• 28 mins

The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT, talking to strangers

The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT and talking to strangers.

• 28 mins

Tackling Mental Health Myths

How art challenges mental health stereotypes plus what happens to language as we age

• 28 mins

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Million Minds tour; Personality traits and spending behaviour

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Million Minds tour; Personality traits and spending

• 28 mins

Magic and gender bias

Psychiatrists with lived experience of mental ill health, magic and gender, AI emotion

• 28 mins

Lawyers' wellbeing; sociable brains; young peoples' mental health advisory group

Lawyers' wellbeing; sociable brains; young peoples' mental health advisory group

• 28 mins

Pain and the brain

Pain and the brain, with Claudia Hammond.

• 28 mins

The importance of play in childhood

Letters to Santa, why play matters, balancing time between video games and outside play.

• 28 mins

Allergies and anxiety; imposter syndrome; recognising dog expressions

Allergies and anxiety; imposter syndrome; recognising dog expressions

• 28 mins

Are bucket lists a good thing?

Bucket lists; depression; how altruism can alleviate pain

• 28 mins

The Touch Test

The Touch Test: Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch

• 41 mins

How children think about maths and time

Claudia Hammond explores how children think about maths and about time.

• 28 mins

Space travel's impact on the brain; Viktor Frankl's search for meaning; Contagious stress

Space travel's impact on the brain; Viktor Frankl's search for meaning; contagious stress.

• 28 mins

Lockdown easing and mental health; early life stress and catching cold; new lockdown jobs

Lockdown easing and mental health; early life stress and catching cold; new lockdown jobs

• 28 mins

23/06/2020

A new therapy to help with memory and concentration in bipolar disorder.

• 28 mins

Blue Health; Talking to the dying; Diet or exercise to halt memory decline

Blue Health; talking to the dying; diet, exercise and memory decline.

• 28 mins

Anatomy of Touch: Hunger

How important is touch to us? Claudia Hammond reveals the BBC Touch Test results.

• 14 mins

Anatomy of Touch: Don't Touch

BBC Touch Test looks at attitudes to touch from strangers and work colleagues.

• 14 mins

Anatomy of Touch: Culture

Does the culture we grow up in dictate our behaviour and how we feel about touch?

• 14 mins

Anatomy of Touch: Health and Touch

Left isolating in London B and Z came up with a plan to stay healthy with a 6 o’clock hug

• 13 mins

Anatomy of Touch: Digital Touch

Can touch ever be replicated digitally? And can we train our sense of touch to hear?

• 14 mins

What's happened to our mental health in 2020; tools to get through the winter

The short and long-term impact of the pandemic on the nation's mental health

• 28 mins