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The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

The show on how we think, feel and behave. Claudia Hammond delves into the evidence on mental health, psychology and neuroscience.

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All in the Mind: Aircraft noise and mental health, All in the Mind Awards, Imitation in newborn babies

07/06/2016

Aircraft noise and mental health, All in the Mind Awards, Imitation in newborn babies

BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Aircraft noise and mental health, All in the Mind Awards, Imitation in newborn babies

Claudia Hammond examines a study linking aircraft noise and mental health.

Claudia Hammond examines a study linking aircraft noise and mental health, and explores evidence that questions whether newborn babies are capable of imitation.

Summer temperatures might be tempting you to eat outside, but maybe you live in a part of the country where your barbecues are blighted by aircraft noise and where you're woken in the morning by the roar of planes overhead? Some people insist that the noise affects their mental health. The evidence for the link between aircraft noise and depression has been patchy, but a major new study suggests there is a link. Claudia Hammond discusses the evidence with project leader and epidemiologist Professor Andreas Seidler from Dresden University.

We've another finalist in the All in the Mind Awards - this week from your nominations for the professional who'd made a real difference to your mental health.

If you've ever stuck your tongue at a young baby and watched it copy you back, you've observed early imitation - a key concept in developmental psychology. But is a new study about to overturn what psychology textbooks have been telling us for years? Psychologist Janine Oostenbroek of York University discusses her results. 

With expert comment from Dr Catherine Loveday, Principal Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster.

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