Health Psychology and Human Nature

Can you influence how long you live and is there any molecules that extend lifespan? In today's episode Professor Matt Kaeberlein teach us about aging, how to affect aging and the interesting molecule Rapamycin. He also tells us about the dog aging project which focuses on understanding aging with the help of man's best friend. Please read more at: www.dogagingproject.org

Dr. Matt Kaeberlein is a Professor of Pathology, Adjunct Professor of Genome Sciences, and Adjunct Professor of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Washington. His research interests are focused on basic mechanisms of aging in order to facilitate translational interventions that promote healthspan and improve quality of life. He has published more than 200 papers in top scientific journals.  

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Have you ever wondered why we do what we do? E.g. Why we crave unhealthy food or tend for our young? In today's interesting episode we discussed what evolutionary psychology is. Evolutionary Psychology have a lot to do with why questions: Why we like what we like and do what we do. We also talk about related subjects such as Evolution, Psychology, The Mind, Behavior and much more.

Katja Valli is an adjunct professor at the University of Turku with an interest in consciousness, altered states of consciousness, sleep, dreaming, anesthesia and evolutionary psychology.

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Friends. Friendships are essential and more important than we think. In today's episode Science Journalist Lydia explains how friendships affect our brainwaves, genomes, cardiovascular system, immune system, longevity and a lot more. It is also very important in evolutionary terms; it increase how long we live and the health of our offspring. To learn more, check out her new book Friendship: The evolution, biology, and extraordinary power of life’s fundamental bond.

Lydia Denworth is a contributing editor at Scientific American. Her work has also appeared in the Atlantic, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek and many other publications. 

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Twitter: twitter.com/lydiadenworth

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Everything you need to know about Vitamin D: What it is, what to measure, various effects on: health, mental health, cognition, autoimmune disease, the brain, our genes etc. The optimal range of Vitamin D and instructions for getting your vitamin D from the sun and supplements. 

Professor Michael F. Holick is an internationally recognized expert in the field of Vitamin D. He was responsible for identifying 25-hydroxycitamin D3 as the major circulating form of vitamin D in human blood. He has published over 800 journal articles, book chapters, editorials, and proceedings. He has also written 13 books including the best seller The Vitamin D Solution.

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Why are we nice to each other? Why do we show appreciation when someone is nice to us in evolutionary terms? A very interesting conversation about what gratitude is and an evolutionary explanation as to why it exists. We also get into discussing emotions, gratitude interventions and a lot of other things.

Dr. Debra Lieberman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Miami. Her research aims to understand how evolution has shaped the social mind. Check out the University of Miami here: https://welcome.miami.edu/

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Who are you? What is your personality? Over 100 years of research have been summarized in a model called the five factor model aka Big Five Personality. Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism are the five factors that help us better understand ourselves as human beings. In this episode we discuss all of these in detail.

If you are interested in doing the personality-test, go to: http://www.personalitytest.net/ipip/ipipneo120.html

Petri Kajonius is an associate professor focusing on personality, intelligence, group psychology, subjective well-being and more.

The Episode:

2:30 Show starts
15:00 What is Openness?
38:00 Evolutionary personality
45:30 Neuroticism
57:30 Agreeableness/Conscientiousness
72:30 Extraversion
79:00 Applications - Personality tests
86:00 The Big Five as a book
91:30 What is untrue?
94:00 What would you like to change?
95:30 What is most important?

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Can we change how we feel by moving? Today we discuss the very interesting effect of exercise on mental health. Exercise is as effective as both antidepressants and CBT for mild to moderate depression. We also talk about physical inactivity, the effects of exercise on the brain and cognition, the effects on alcoholism, tips and so much more.

Mats Hallgren is an assistant professor at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm Sweden. He studies the link between exercise and depression.

Interested in learning more about the effects of exercise? Check out the book: Exercise-Based Interventions for Mental Illness.

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Health Psychology and Human Nature is a science-focused podcast containing interviews with leading scientists within their fields. Released every Tuesday and Friday. In today's episode you also learn more about the podcast host André Sturesson. 

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