Stress and Trauma

270 episodes

Oct 20

#6155: Acupuncture, Adenosine, and the Sham Needle Problem

Acupuncture beats sham by about a fifth of a standard deviation. So what is the sham actually subtracting?

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Oct 19

#6120: What Actually Helps When Sound Is Too Much

Misophonia and hyperacusis treatments are thin but not empty — and the ADHD sound-sensitivity gap is more interesting than it looks.

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Oct 19

#6116: Why Noise Makes You Snap at Your Kid

The drill stops, but the anger doesn't. What Glass and Singer found about noise, control, and the tantrum two hours later.

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Oct 16

#6020: What Buildings Do to Your Body

Measured cortisol, pupil dilation, and fractal dimensions reveal how traditional and modernist buildings shape your nervous system.

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Oct 12

#5916: Grey Rocking Meets OPSEC: A Family Firewall

Grey rocking has no clinical trials—just a 2012 blog post. What happens when you rebuild it on need-to-know and OPSEC?

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Oct 11

#5867: Toddler Meltdowns After Daycare, Explained

Why your toddler is cheerful at daycare and falls apart the second you walk in — and what the cortisol data actually says.

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Oct 11

#5863: What Shabbat Does to Your Brain That Sleep Can't

Shabbat's real power isn't sleep — it's psychological detachment. And the data says a vacation day doesn't do the same thing.

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Oct 11

#5854: Why Quiet Weekends Make the Jackhammer Worse

Daniel's Jerusalem construction site goes silent on Saturdays — and that's exactly why Sunday's jackhammer hits so hard. The neuroscience of habitu...

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Oct 9

#5807: Why a Closing Door Upsets a 15-Month-Old

A happy toddler, a parent in the room, and a door swings shut. What's actually behind that reaction?

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Oct 7

#5763: 500 Days in a Cave: How We Lose Track of Time

Beatriz Flamini spent 500 days underground and thought less time had passed. What isolation science reveals about how we perceive time.

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Oct 7

#5755: What Makes a School System "Best"?

Korea tops the test scores, Finland skips the pressure. What are we actually measuring when we rank schools?

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Oct 7

#5750: Neurodesign: Building for the Human Nervous System

What if a building could restore your attention instead of draining it? Inside the emerging field of neuroarchitecture.

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Oct 4

#5727: Do We Still Need This Memorial?

Three years after October 7, a quiet question — "do we still need this?" — collides with shame, stigma, and a coming election.

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Oct 3

#5715: No Phone, No Panic: Safety Without Surveillance

A parent takes a kid out for hours, phone-free. When does check-in become care, and when does it become control?

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Oct 3

#5703: Why Hospital Rooms Make You Feel Calm

That vague calm in a hospital room isn't mysterious — it's measurable design. Here's what the evidence actually says.

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Oct 3

#5702: Psychosis Isn't One Thing: The 5 Domains Explained

The formal definition of psychosis is narrower than the slang — and the severity label built on top of it misses the disorder that kills the most p...

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