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Kaleidoscience is a podcast interviewing guests across the field of Cognitive Science. We explore questions such as what it means to be conscious, what AI might think, how the brain processes language - and much more. Find the answers to questions you may or may not have asked yourself. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaleidoscience_pod/ Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

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Kaleidoscience is a podcast interviewing guests across the field of Cognitive Science. We explore questions such as what it means to be conscious, what AI might think, how the brain processes language - and much more. Find the answers to questions you may or may not have asked yourself. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaleidoscience_pod/ Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder

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Episodes
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S3 #38 How can AI model the sensorimotor system? Brain-to-brain with Tonio Weidler.

10/30/2025
Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:01:05:02

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Has it been two years already? Bonus-to-brain with Elisa, Imogen, Sönke and Sophie.

7/31/2025
Here is the link to the feedback survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciMt9WSchCR7IpFOy9mjixCukl9411DRoK56odhqJSzN_euw/viewform Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf and Elisa Palme Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:00:56:40

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S2 #37 Does social media shape trans identity and coming out? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Gen Eickers.

7/19/2025
References: Briggs, R. A., & George, B. R. (2023). What even is gender? (p. 196). Taylor & Francis. Eickers, G. Social Media Experiences of LGBTQ+ People: Enabling Feelings of Belonging. Topoi 43, 617–630 (2024). https://tgeu.org/ Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:00:39:02

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S2 #36 What does Kant have to do with Gender and Feminism?? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Carol Hay.

7/3/2025
References: https://www.carolhay.org/ Hay, C. (2020). Think like a feminist: the philosophy behind the revolution. WW Norton & Company. Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:01:39:27

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S2 #35 How do gender stereotypes affect non-binary people? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Robert-Paul Juster & Mina Guérin.

6/28/2025
Literature will be added soon. Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:01:09:32

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S2 #34 How and why does AI model how your neurons spike? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Pascal Nieters.

6/5/2025
Literature will be added soon. Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:01:17:23

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S2 #33 How can modeling our decisions improve our lives? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Nadja R. Ging-Jehli.

5/22/2025
Literature: Forstmann, B. U., Ratcliff, R., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2016). Sequential Sampling Models in Cognitive Neuroscience: Advantages, Applications, and Extensions. Annual Review of Psychology, 67(1), 641–666. Forstmann, B. U., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2015). Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience: A Conceptual Introduction. In B. U. Forstmann & E.-J. Wagenmakers (Eds.), An Introduction to Model-Based Cognitive Neuroscience (pp. 139–156). Springer. Ging Jehli, N. R., Arnold, L. E., & Van Zandt, T. (2023). Cognitive & attentional mechanisms of cooperation: Implications for incentive designs and computational psychiatry. Ging-Jehli, N. R., Kuhn, M., Blank, J. M., Chanthrakumar, P., Steinberger, D. C., Yu, Z., Herrington, T. M., Dillon, D. G., Pizzagalli, D. A., & Frank, M. J. (2024). Cognitive signatures of depressive and anhedonic symptoms, and affective states, using computational modeling and neurocognitive testing. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, S2451-9022(24)00056-9. Ging-Jehli, N. R., Ratcliff, R., & Arnold, L. E. (2021). Improving neurocognitive testing using computational psychiatry—A systematic review for ADHD. Psychological Bulletin, 147(2), 169–231. Ratcliff, R. (1978). A theory of memory retrieval. Psychological Review, 85(2), 59–108. Smith, P. L., & Ratcliff, R. (2004). Psychology and neurobiology of simple decisions. Trends in Neurosciences, 27(3), 161–168. Van Zandt, T. (2002). Analysis of Response Time Distributions. In Stevens’ Handbook of Experimental Psychology, Methodology in Experimental Psychology (Vol. 4, pp. 461–516). John Wiley & Sons. Wald, A., & Wolfowitz, J. (1949). Bayes Solutions of Sequential Decision Problems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 35(2), 99–102. Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:00:57:31

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S2 #32 How can AI model our brains? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Dr. Tim C Kietzmann.

5/8/2025
Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:01:06:07

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S2 #31 Can AI make its own music? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Kühnberger

4/10/2025

Duración:01:11:12

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S2 #30 What happens when we make music? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Jesper Hohagen.

3/27/2025
(1) influence of the mozart effect on US-american education politics in the case of Georgia 1998 (New York Times article from 1998) (2) link between music and neuroendocrinology (two reviews) Kreutz, Gunter, Cynthia Quiroga Murcia, and Stephan Bongard, 'Psychoneuroendocrine Research on Music and Health: An Overview', in Raymond MacDonald, Gunter Kreutz, and Laura Mitchell (eds), Music, Health, and Wellbeing (Oxford, 2012; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 May 2012), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586974.003.0030, Harvey AR (2020) Links Between the Neurobiology of Oxytocin and Human Musicality. Front. Hum. Neurosci. 14:350. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2020.00350 (3) perception of prototypical (musical) movements and the relevance of fluency/smoothness Wöllner, C., Deconinck, F. J. A., Parkinson, J., Hove, M. J., & Keller, P. E. (2012). The perception of prototypical motion: Synchronization is enhanced with quantitatively morphed gestures of musical conductors. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 38(6), 1390–1403. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028130 Vogel, T., Ingendahl, M., & Winkielman, P. (2021). The architecture of prototype preferences: Typicality, fluency, and valence. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150, 187–194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0000798 (4) discussion on lullabies as a musical universal Aubinet, S. (2024). Lullabies and Universality: An Ethnographic Review. Cross-Cultural Research, 58(5), 411-446. https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971241272406 (5) functional approach to musical gestures Dahl, S., Bevilacqua, F., & Bresin, R. (2010). Gestures in performance. In musical Gestures (pp. 48-80). Routledge. (6) “chior effect” Kreutz, G., Bongard, S., Rohrmann, S., Hodapp, V., & Grebe, D. (2004). Effects of choir singing or listening on secretory immunoglobulin A, cortisol, and emotional state. Journal of behavioral medicine, 27, 623-635. (7) Musical proto language Fitch, W. T. (2010). The evolution of language. Cambridge University Press. (8) book recommendation Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:01:02:02

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S2 #29 How does working memory influence your attention and intelligence? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Klaus Oberauer.

2/27/2025
Literature: Dames, H., & Oberauer, K. (2022). Directed forgetting in working memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 151(12), 2990. Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:00:53:19

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S2 #28 Can meditation influence your attention? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Paul Verhaeghen.

2/13/2025
For the third episode in our new block on the topic attention we are talking to Prof. Paul Verhaeghen. Papers: Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13, 27–45. Lipsey, M. W., & Wilson, D. B. (1993). The efficacy of psychological, educational, and behavioral treatment: confirmation from meta-analysis. American Psychologist, 48, 1181–1209. Luders, E. (2014). Exploring age‐related brain degeneration in meditation practitioners. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1307(1), 82-88. Sedlmeier, P., Eberth, J., Schwarz, M., Zimmermann, D., Haarig, F., Jaeger, S., & Kunze, S. (2012). The psychological effects of meditation: a meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 138(6), 1139. Van Vugt, M. K., & Slagter, H. A. (2014). Control over experience? Magnitude of the attentional blink depends on meditative state. Consciousness and cognition, 23, 32-39. Verhaeghen, P. (2021). Mindfulness as attention training: Meta-analyses on the links between attention performance and mindfulness interventions, long-term meditation practice, and trait mindfulness. Mindfulness, 12, 564-581. Books: Amishi Jha (2021). Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, Invest 12 Minutes a Day, HarperOne Dan Harris (2014). 10% Happier, Dey Street Books.

Duración:00:54:39

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S2 #27 How does ADHD impact one’s attention? Brain-to-brain with Prof. Ellie Dommett.

1/30/2025
For the second episode in our new block on the topic attention we are talking to Prof. Ellie Dommett. Recommended resources: Open Access short courses on ADHD: OR https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/understanding-adhd ScienceDaily has some great short articles on ADHD and they are all listed here: https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/mind_brain/add_and_adhd/

Duración:01:15:31

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S2 #26 Do pictures aid our ability to read or do they steal attention? Brain-to-brain with Eirini Christina Kalogeropoulou.

1/16/2025
For the first episode in our new block on the topic attention we are talking to Eirini Kalogeropoulou. References: Simons, D. J., & Chabris, C. F. (1999). Gorillas in our midst: Sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events. Perception, 28(9), 1059–1074. https://doi.org/10.1068/p2952 Dimigen, O., Sommer, W., Hohlfeld, A., Jacobs, A. M., & Kliegl, R. (2011). Coregistration of eye movements and EEG in natural reading: Analyses and review. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 140(4), 552-572.10.1037/a0023885 Degno, F., & Liversedge, S. P. (2020). Eye movements and fixation-related potentials in reading: A Review. Vision, 4(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision4010011

Duración:01:00:11

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Christmas SpecialChristmas Special 2024. Brain-to-Brain with your hosts and producersChristmas Special

12/23/2024
As promised: Vanillekipferl (Vanilla crescents) Ingredients: 250 g wheat flour (type 405, all-purpose) (2 cups) 210 g butter (room temperature) (slightly less than 1 cup) 50 g ground almonds (1/2 cup) 50 g ground hazelnuts (1/2 cup) 90 g sugar (just under 1/2 cup) 1 pinch of salt 100 g powdered sugar (3/4 cup) 4 sachets vanilla sugar (1/4 cup total) Instructions: Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:01:28:55

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S2 #25 Can AI help us treat Parkinson’s disease? Brain-to-brain with Christopher Gundler.

12/5/2024
A short hint: Christopher used the term “Coxi” that just means Cognitive Science or someone studying Cognitive Science. References: An overview over wearables and parkinsons: https://doi.org/10.3390/s22051799 More on the topic of hypomimia: https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14010109 A discussion on limits of in Clinics: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01614-0 The previous episode with Elisa Percolla: https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/10-neural-correlates-of-parkinsons-disease-brain-to-brain-with-elisa-percolla/

Duración:00:57:21

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S2 #24 Can a bracelet help you see? Brain-to-brain with Marcin Furtak.

11/21/2024
Resources: The episode with Susan Wache on the feelSpace belt: https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/how-can-we-feel-space-brain-to-brain-with-susan-wache/ The episode with Piper Powell on the feelSpace bracelet: https://cogsci-journal.uni-osnabrueck.de/podcast/on-implementing-brains-seeing-with-hands-brain-to-brain-with-piper-powell-special-6/ The first published bracelet paper: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/24/9/2949 two papers on the naviBelt: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00037/full https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/21/7384 YOLOv5 code repository and its documentation: https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5 https://docs.ultralytics.com/yolov5/ Marcin’s OptiVisT bio: https://www.optivist.eu/esr-10 The feelSpace website: https://feelspace.de/ Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

Duración:01:07:20

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S2 #23 What does a (brain) pacemaker do in your brain? Brain-to-brain with Dora Meyer-Doll.

11/13/2024
Doras ongoing study: https://www.drks.de/DRKS00024593 Literature: Gadot, Ron et al. “Efficacy of deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis.” Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry, jnnp-2021-328738. 20 Sep. 2022, doi:10.1136/jnnp-2021-328738 Schläpfer, T.E., Kayser, S. “Deep Brain Stimulation for Treatment-Resistant Depression” Klin Neurophysiol 2014; 45: 113–117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1375605 Human Medial Forebrain Bundle (MFB) and Anterior Thalamic Radiation (ATR): Imaging of Two Major Subcortical Pathways and the Dynamic Balance of Opposite Affects in Understanding Depression Volker A. Coenen, M.D. Jaak Panksepp, Ph.D. Trevor A. Hurwitz, M.D. Horst Urbach, M.D. Coenen, V.A.; Schlaepfer, T.E.; Sajonz, B.E.A.; Reinacher, P.C.; Döbrössy, M.D.; Reisert, M. “The Heart Asks Pleasure First”— Conceptualizing Psychiatric Diseases as MAINTENANCE Network Dysfunctions through Insights from slMFB DBS in Depression and Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 438. https:// doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12040438 Deep Brain Stimulation of the Human Reward System for Major Depression—Rationale, Outcomes and Outlook Thomas E Schlaepfer*,1,2, Bettina H Bewernick1, Sarah Kayser1, Rene Hurlemann1 and Volker A Coenen3 A book on the topic: The pleasure shock, Lone Frank Some (german) documentaries: Hunting For Hedonia ( https://vimeo.com/ondemand/huntingforhedonia/363300769?autoplay=1 ) Schrittmacher gegen Depressionen( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZPB2TKUhYE ) Landesschau Baden-Württemberg: Ein Schrittmacher im Hirn bändigt seine Depression ( https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/landesschau-baden-wuerttemberg/ein-schrittmacher-im-hirn-baendigt-seine-depression/swr-bw/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9hZXgvbzE5MTQzOTA ) Podcast Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

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S2 #22 Can we get used to our pain? Brain-to-brain with Maite van der Miesen.

10/24/2024
Literature: Christoffersen, G. R. J. (1997). Habituation: events in the history of its characterization and linkage to synaptic depression. A new proposed kinetic criterion for its identification. Progress in neurobiology, 53(1), 45-66. van den Broeke, E. N., Crombez, G., & Vlaeyen, J. W. (2024). Reconceptualizing sensitization in pain: back to basics. Pain reports, 9(1), e1125. Velasco, E., Flores-Cortes, M., Guerra-Armas, J., Flix-Díez, L., Gurdiel-Álvarez, F., Donado-Bermejo, A., ... & Delicado-Miralles, M. (2024). Is chronic pain caused by central sensitization? A review and critical point of view. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105886. https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/what-is-neurofeedback-therapy/ Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

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S2 #21 How does your pain make me feel? Brain-to-brain with Dr. Helena Hartmann.

10/10/2024
Remifentanyl study: https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/scitranslmed.3001244 Studies on expectation: https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2023.853490 https://www.iasp-pain.org/resources/fact-sheets/placebo-and-nocebo-effects-the-importance-of-treatment-expectations-and-patient-physician-interaction-for-treatment-outcomes/ https://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/2024/04000/translating_knowledge_on_placebo_and_nocebo.22.aspx?context=latestarticles Helena’s phd studies: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192030882X https://academic.oup.com/cercorcomms/article/2/3/tgab039/6291206 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09567976221119727 https://www.nature.com/articles/s44159-023-00189-6 Studies on autism: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-007-0486-x https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.813969/full Further websites: www.helenahartmann.com, www.bingellab.de, www.treatment-expectation.de Science and Fiction: www.scienceandfiction.net Credits: Produced by: Imogen Hüsing, Clara Kühne, Sophie Kühne, Sönke Lülf, Elisa Palme and Leslie Wolk Logo by: Annika Richter Music by: Jan-Luca Schröder Write us an email to: kaleidopod@uos.de Contact us on Instagram: @kaleidoscience_pod

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