How does my mind talk to my body?

We’re delving into the CrowdScience archive to give you another chance to hear an award-winning show from 2025. CrowdScience listener Dorit has a problem. She wants the tiles in her new bathroom to be arranged randomly but, no matter what she does, it still looks like they form s ...  Show more

Space missions are searching for evidence of extra-terrestrial life. CrowdScience listener George in Kenya wants to know what could be up there, and if there’s a risk it could harm humanity. With rovers currently analysing samples on Mars, missions searching for the building bloc ...  Show more

In this episode I explain how your vagus nerve—an extensive neural pathway linking your brain and body in both directions—powerfully regulates your mood, digestion, alertness and even certain food cravings, and I explain how you can activate certain vagus nerve pathways to improv ...  Show more

Today we talk with Dr. Tom about the nervous system and more specifically the Vagus Nerve. Learn practical tips on how to regulate your nervous system.  

•Explore how meditation triggers the vagus nerve and promotes relaxation •Highlight 10 benefits of meditation on health and happiness •Identify strategies to incorporate meditation into your daily life TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:46 Meditation to stimulate the Vagus Nerve  ...  Show more

This episode I describe how the organs of the body influence the function and health of our brain and how our brain controls our bodily organs. The conscious awareness of this brain-body dialogue is called interoception. I describe how two factors- mechanical forces (e.g., pressu ...  Show more