If you have any topic suggestions for future episodes, don't hesitate to reach out! Send us an email at info@brainblownpodcast.com.

We'd love to hear from you.

REFERENCES

• "Appeasement: replacing Stockholm syndrome as a definition of a survival strategy" Rebecca Bailey, Jaycee Dugard, Stefanie F. Smith & Stephen W. Porges

• "Traumatic entrapment, appeasement and complex post-traumatic stress disorder: evolutionary perspectives of hostage reactions, domestic abuse and the Stockholm syndrome" Chris Cantor, John Price
• "Bonding after trauma: on the role of social support and the oxytocin system in traumatic stress," Miranda Olff
• "How Trauma Impacts Learning and How to Find Support" Nadia Albritton, MA
• "The Fawn Response in Complex PTSD" | Dr. Arielle Schwartz
• "Stockholm Syndrome Explained by the Stanford Prison Experiment"

This is a recording of Laine's live presentation -- the second of a 6-part series on taking care of ourselves.

For more information on The Brain Blown Podcast, visit us at brainblownpodcast.com or email us at info@brainblownpodcast.com!

This is a re-recording of Laine's live presentation -- the first of a 6-part series on taking care of ourselves.

For more information on The Brain Blown Podcast, visit us at brainblownpodcast.com or email at info@brainblownpodcast.com!

Have you ever been in or been around someone in the "honeymoon phase" of a relationship?

That crazy, passionate start where seeing their name pop up on your phone gives you butterflies and you can't help but think about them constantly to the point where it's almost obsessive?

Turns out there's some wild brain chemistry behind those crazy new-love jitters, how love seems to settle as the relationship continues, and what happens in your brain if that relationship ends.

In this episode, we explore:

• What scientific theories explain the different types of love
• The brain mapping behind passionate love, companion love, and a few more
• How your brain changes throughout different relationship phases
• What happens in your brain during breakups
• What we understand of marriage, monogamy, and human attachment

Whether you're currently falling in love, settled in a long-term relationship, or healing from heartbreak, this episode offers fascinating insights into what's happening in your brain through every stage of love.

If you have any topic suggestions for future episodes, don't hesitate to reach out! Send us an email at info@brainblownpodcast.com.

We'd love to hear from you.

REFERENCES

• Social Neuroscience of Love -- Stephanie Cacioppo, Francesco Bianchi-Demicheli, Elaine Hatfield, Richard L. Rapson
• Love: Neuroscience Reveals All -- Larry J. Young
• The Power of Love on the Human Brain -- Francesco Bianchi-Demicheli, Scott T. Grafton & Stephanie Ortigue, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
• Demystifying the Neuroscience of Love -- Stephanie Cacioppo, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, USA, John T. Cacioppo
• Love is More than Just a Kiss: A Neurobiological Perspective on Love and Affection -- A Deboer, E. M. Vanbuelang, G. J. Terhorst
• The Neurobiology of Love -- Tobias Esch & George B. Stefano
• The Brain in Love: Has Neuroscience Stolen the Secret of Love? -- Sultan Tarlac

Why are women’s reports of pain so often dismissed?

As it turns out, it’s not just oversight—it’s a failure of trust.

In this case study mini-episode, we're looking at distrust in real-time—examining how bias in medicine isn’t just about misunderstanding symptoms, but about who gets believed and who doesn’t.

Building on our full episode on Trust and our mini-episode on Hatred, Laine dives into research from Harvard Health and neuroscience studies to uncover the real cost of medical distrust—especially for women and women of color.

If you have any topic suggestions for future episodes, don't hesitate to reach out! Send us an email at info@brainblownpodcast.com.

We'd love to hear from you.

REFERENCES

• The Anatomy of Hatred: Multiple Pathways to the Construction of Human Hatred Randall E. Osborne, Ph.D., Christopher J. Frost, Ph.D. Texas State University-San Marcos
• A Brain Mechanism for Hate Mario F. Mendez, M.D., Ph.D.
• Neuropolitics in the age of extremism: Brain regions involved in hatred Henry A. Nasrallah, MD
• Trust is heritable, whereas distrust is not Martin Reimann, Oliver Schilkeb, and Karen S. Cook
• Medical education and distrust modulate the response of insular-cingulate network and ventral striatum in pain diagnosis Giada Dirupo, Sabrina Totaro, Jeanne Richard, Corrado Corradi-Dell’Acqua
• Understanding Emotions: Origins and Roles of the Amygdala Goran Šimić Mladenka Tkalčić Vana Vukić Damir Mulc Ena Španić Marina Šagud Francisco E Olucha-Bordonau Mario Vukšić Patrick R Hof

Hate and distrust feel like opposites of love and trust—but they aren’t.

At their core, they’re about fear. Fear of being wrong. Fear of being hurt. Fear of death itself.

But how does the brain decide who to trust and who to fear?

Why do we hold onto hatred even when it harms us?

And most importantly, how do we break the cycle?

Let’s dive in.

(And enjoy a special open-door ending!)

If you have any topic suggestions for future episodes, don't hesitate to reach out! Send us an email at info@brainblownpodcast.com.

We'd love to hear from you.

REFERENCES

• The Anatomy of Hatred: Multiple Pathways to the Construction of Human Hatred Randall E. Osborne, Ph.D., Christopher J. Frost, Ph.D. Texas State University-San Marcos
• A Brain Mechanism for Hate Mario F. Mendez, M.D., Ph.D.
• Neuropolitics in the age of extremism: Brain regions involved in hatred Henry A. Nasrallah, MD
• Trust is heritable, whereas distrust is not Martin Reimann, Oliver Schilkeb, and Karen S. Cook
• Medical education and distrust modulate the response of insular-cingulate network and ventral striatum in pain diagnosis Giada Dirupo, Sabrina Totaro, Jeanne Richard, Corrado Corradi-Dell’Acqua
• Understanding Emotions: Origins and Roles of the Amygdala Goran Šimić Mladenka Tkalčić Vana Vukić Damir Mulc Ena Španić Marina Šagud Francisco E Olucha-Bordonau Mario Vukšić Patrick R Hof

Welcome to Season 4 of The Brain Blown Podcast!

This month's focus: relationships

And starting with the root of any relationship: trust

Trust shapes everything we do—but it’s more complex than we think.

In a split second, our brain decides who feels safe and who doesn’t. But why?

What makes someone truly trustworthy? And why do some teams thrive while others crumble?

Let’s break it down.

And look out for more mini-episodes on this topic in the coming weeks!

If you have any topic suggestions for future episodes, don't hesitate to reach out! Send us an email at info@brainblownpodcast.com.

We'd love to hear from you.

REFERENCES

• Neuroscience of Trust - Paul Zak
• Toward a Model of Interpersonal Trust Drawn from Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics Frank Krueger1,* and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg2
• The Trust Game in neuroscience: A short review Hélène Tzieropoulos
• Trust: A subject for Social Neuroscience Marc Schipper and Franz Petermann
• Wired to Connect: Neuroscience, Relationships, and Therapy Monadekoven Fishbane, Ph.D.w

Closing out season 3, the BBP ends on an explicit note.

The best way to move from a state of numbness or avoidance is to do something. Anything. And Laine walks us through some prime examples as we head into an important election season.

Fair warning: Laine's passion in this one is so strong, you may want to mind your audio levels. ;)

Join us for a final quick dive into making social change possible, and check out our full episode on Social Change if you haven't!

For anyone new here, Laine & I will be taking a short winter hiatus to plan for season 4, so you'll hear from us again in January.

Until then, enjoy!

For more ways to get involved with the Brain Blown Community, head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/brainblownpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn about our offers!

If you have any topic suggestions for future episodes, don't hesitate to reach out! Send us an email at info@brainblownpodcast.com.

We'd love to hear from you.

REFERENCES

• The Behavioral Neuroscience of Motivation: An Overview of Concepts, Measures, and Translational Applications -- Eleanor H. Simpson and Peter D. Balsam
• The Cognitive Neuroscience of Human Decision Making: A Review and Conceptual Framework -- Lesley K. Fellows Montreal Neurological Institute
• The Role of Emotion in Decision Making: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective -- Nasir Naqvi, Baba Shiv and Antoine Bechara
• Decision Neuroscience New Directions in Studies of Judgment and Decision Making Alan G. Sanfey
• The Ecology of Human Fear: Survival Optimization and the Nervous System -- Dean Mobbs, Cindy C. Hagan, Tim Dalgleish , Brian Silston and Charlotte Prévost
• Human Orbitofrontal Cortex Signals Decision Outcomes to Sensory Cortex During Behavioral Adaptations -- Bin A. Wang, Maike Veismann, Abhishek Banerjee & Burkhard Pleger
• The Neuroscience of Happiness and Pleasure by Morten L Kringelbach and Kent C. Berridge
• Neuroscience of Affect: Brain mechanisms of pleasure and displeasure -- Kent C. Berridge and Morten L. Kringelbach
• The Neuroscience of Pleasure and Happiness By Luciano Marinelli
• A neuroscience perspective on pleasure and pain -- Dan-Mikael Ellingsen, Morten Kringlebach, and Siri Leknes
• Introduction to the Journal of Marketing Research, Special Issue on Neuroscience and Marketing -- Colin Camerer and Carolyn Yoon
• Persuasion, Influence, and Value: Perspectives from Communication and Social Neuroscience -- Emily Falk and Christin Scholz
• What can neuroscience offer marketing research? -- Billy Sung and Nicholas J. Wilson
• Neuroscience in Marketing: Assessment of Advertisement; Memory by Means of Facial Muscles; Movement Analysis -- Calga Pinar, Sanem Alkibay

• "The Emerging Neuroscience of Social Media" Dar Meshi, Diana I. Tamir, and Hauke R. Heekeren
• "Social Influence on Positive Youth Development: A Developmental Neuroscience Perspective" Eva H. Telzer, Jorien van Hoorn, Christina R. Rogers, Kathy T. Do
• "The neuroscience of social feelings: mechanisms of adaptive social functioning" Paul J. Eslinger, Silke Anders, Tommaso Ballarini, Sydney Boutros, Soren Krach, Annalina V. Mayer, Jorge Moll, Tamara L. Newton, Matthias L. Schroeter, Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, Jacob Raber, Gavin B. Sullivan, James E. Swain, Leroy Lowe, Roland Zahn
• "Brain and Social Networks: Fundamental Building Blocks of Human Experience" Emily B. Falk and Danielle S. Bassett
• "Mind the Gender Gap" Gina Rippon
• "Change: How to Make Big Things Happen" Damon Centola