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

Spotting Fake News; Humour Seriously; Green Prescriptions a Joy or Chore?

Spotting fake news; Humour Seriously; Green Prescriptions a joy or chore?

• 28 mins

Recovery stories, personality change, Covid

Do recovery stories work; personality change and Covid.

• 28 mins

Claudia Hammond launches the 2021 All in the Mind Awards

Claudia Hammond launches the 2021 All in the Mind Awards

• 28 mins

Ambiguous Loss; All in the Mind Awards; Pandemic impact on memory; Corpus Callosum

Ambiguous Loss; All in the Mind Awards; Pandemic impact on memory; Corpus Callosum

• 28 mins

Wellcome Trust Mental health initiative; teenage sleep; choices children make

Wellcome Trust Mental health initiative, teenage sleep, choices children make.

• 28 mins

Racism, awards and hypermobility

Childhood racism and future mental health.

• 28 mins

Rapport; Brain health in later life; Changing optimism through lifespan

Rapport; Brain health in later life; Changing optimism through lifespan.

• 28 mins

Memory under lockdown; Awards finalist StrongMen; Lockdown resilience

First finalist in the All in the Mind Awards 2021; memory under lockdown.

• 28 mins

Pen or keyboard - what's best for notetaking; All in the Mind Awards; USA racist killings and mental health of black Americans

How racist killings can trigger poor mental health for all black Americans.

• 28 mins

Psychology of soap operas like the Archers; Awards Finalist

How can soap operas like the Archers help us psychologically?

• 28 mins

Voices & personality; Awards; canine jealousy; misophonia - noises that cause anger & anxiety, pink drinks make you run faster

Voices & personality; Awards; dog jealousy; misophonia & pink drinks make you run faster

• 28 mins

Entitlement and bad luck; Awards finalist; intermittent fasting and memory

Entitlement and bad luck; Awards finalist; intermittent fasting and memory.

• 28 mins

Connecting older people to cut loneliness. Are moods contagious? Can gratitude change young people's lives? Awards finalist

Claudia Hammond asks are moods contagious?

• 28 mins

Autobiographical memory in lockdown; awards; psychosis and nightmares; Dean Burnett

Autobiographical memory in lockdown; Awards; psychosis and nightmares; Dean Burnett

• 28 mins

Learning and taking breaks, the awards: Spectrum People, financial strain and pain

Taking breaks, the awards: Spectrum People, financial strain and pain

• 28 mins