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Episode Synopsis
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?GuestsClayton Page Aldern – Neuroscientist, author and senior reporter, Grist.Dr Burcin Ikiz – Neuroscientist and Chair of the International Neuro Climate Working GroupProfessor Joshua Carlson – Director of the Cognitive X Affective Behaviour and Integrative Neuroscience Lab, Northern Michigan UniversityFurther informationClayton Aldern - The Weight of Nature.How a Changing Climate Changes Our Minds, Brains and BodiesThe Melting brainJoshua Carlon - The Age of Climate AnxietyClimate change on the brain: Neural correlates of climate anxiety
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