Brainstorm is back with some new members, Rohan Bhagat and Rohan Pandit, and a returning guest, Dr. Sameer Chopra! This week's podcast revolves around the topic of emotional suppression. We discuss our personal experiences in the realm of trust. Tune in to learn more about emotional suppression!
This week's podcast features another special guest, Dr. Chintan Shah! He is a family medicine physician running his own practice in Florida. We interview Dr. Shah about being a family medicine practitioner, his clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it has affected him and his co-workers.
In the fourth episode of Brainstorm, the MediMinds team sits down with our second guest: Dr. Sameer Chopra, a psychiatrist at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. We discuss what psychiatrists do, how psychiatry has adapted to COVID-19, and how to take care of our own mental health Enjoy!
In the third episode of Brainstorm, the MediMinds team provides our perspectives on an issue that affects most high schoolers and people in general: anxiety.
We talk about how uncertainty affects the brain, responses from our survey, and our thoughts on questions from some of the listeners. Enjoy!
Have you ever heard of the phrase "muscle memory"?
Do you ever wonder how we've learned to do some complex tasks, like speaking or riding a bike automatically?
We discuss the neuroscience behind automaticity with Shibu Shelat, a UCSB freshman working in a computational cognitive neuroscience lab.
In our inaugural episode, we explore the mystery behind dreams.
Everyone has done it, but what exactly are dreams? What types of dreams exist? Are nightmares really "bad dreams", or do they present some benefits as well?
We look at these questions and provide our own personal perspectives.
Enjoy!
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