You’ve probably seen the headline: exercise can be just as effective as antidepressants for treating depression. It is an appealing claim, especially as research increasingly demonstrates important…
You’ve probably heard that childhood trauma “rewires the brain,” but what does that phrase actually mean? Brain-imaging studies have found differences associated with childhood adversity, yet those…
Biomarkers are sold as the future of medicine — earlier diagnoses, personalized treatment, objective tracking of disease — but the science behind that promise is shakier than the marketing suggests.…
Self-surveys dominate psychology and social psychology because they are cheap and easy to administer. The correct question is not whether people can answer Likert items, but whether those answers…
Food marketing does not always require a false statement to mislead consumers. By emphasizing one beneficial nutrient while withholding information about quantity and competing food sources,…
Carlos talks with Dr. Brown about how flawed studies make it into publication and, from there, into headlines people trust. The conversation digs into common red flags — small sample sizes, p-hacking,…
This episode examines the controversial diagnostic history and neuroscientific claims surrounding Dissociative Identity Disorder, pitting popular trauma-model narratives against rigorous scientific…
Popular trauma narratives claim that chronic stress reshapes the brain and body in ways that inevitably impair focus, flexibility, and emotional control while damaging physical health. This episode…
Across decades of public health data, researchers have noticed a stunning trend: as global education rates climb, age-adjusted dementia numbers are beginning to drop. This episode breaks down the…
Recent epidemiological data shows a devastating rise in aggressive, early-onset cancers among adults who experienced metabolic dysfunction before age 30. This episode examines the precise biomolecular…
