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Melting brains and climate anxiety
Manage episode 447744525 series 58
The heating climate is now recognised as a threat to our inner world – to brain health and rationality. Extreme temperatures not only impact our ability to think and our decision-making they also increase the presence of neurotoxins in the environment. And that can lead to disease and mental degeneration. We speak with the head of the newly formed International Neuro Climate Working Group. Climate anxiety is also caused by changes in our brains. So, is that a blessing or a curse?
Guests
Clayton Page Aldern – Neuroscientist, author and senior reporter, Grist.
Dr Burcin Ikiz – Neuroscientist and Chair of the International Neuro Climate Working Group
Professor Joshua Carlson – Director of the Cognitive X Affective Behaviour and Integrative Neuroscience, North Michigan University
Further information
Clayton Aldern - The Weight of Nature.How a Changing Climate Changes Our Minds, Brains and Bodies
Joshua Carlon - The Age of Climate Anxiety
Climate change on the brain: Neural correlates of climate anxiety
1061 episodes
Manage episode 447744525 series 58
The heating climate is now recognised as a threat to our inner world – to brain health and rationality. Extreme temperatures not only impact our ability to think and our decision-making they also increase the presence of neurotoxins in the environment. And that can lead to disease and mental degeneration. We speak with the head of the newly formed International Neuro Climate Working Group. Climate anxiety is also caused by changes in our brains. So, is that a blessing or a curse?
Guests
Clayton Page Aldern – Neuroscientist, author and senior reporter, Grist.
Dr Burcin Ikiz – Neuroscientist and Chair of the International Neuro Climate Working Group
Professor Joshua Carlson – Director of the Cognitive X Affective Behaviour and Integrative Neuroscience, North Michigan University
Further information
Clayton Aldern - The Weight of Nature.How a Changing Climate Changes Our Minds, Brains and Bodies
Joshua Carlon - The Age of Climate Anxiety
Climate change on the brain: Neural correlates of climate anxiety
1061 episodes
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