NEATCast Episode 9 - How our social bonds regulate our metabolism and stress
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Dr. Shir Atzil, expert on the Neuroscience of Bonding, is our guest on NEATCast Episode 9. Host, Dr. Jyoti Mishra, and Dr. Atzil discuss her lab's recent paper in Science: "Social Physiology: Human homeostasis is more efficient in social proximity" https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeg4937 (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeg4937)
Dr. Atzil unpacks the "Mommy Concept" that social and non-social rewards (such as close loved ones versus food) share deep neurobiological roots and foundationalize self-regulation throughout life.
She discusses the elegant Glucose Homeostasis experiment in the study showing that social proximity to a loved one reduces metabolic effort by 24% on average - wow! And that interpersonal factors like physical touch and eye contact don't account for this efficiency.
Dr. Atzil also highlights that social physiology extends across multiple systems, noting that individuals regulate body temperature more efficiently with a partner, and infants show a reduced/down-regulated stress response when near their mothers.
We end with exciting translational implications!
19 Oct 2026
NEATCast Episode 8 - Brain Basis of Positive Choice Bias and Resilience
In this episode, the NEATLabs team chats with Rebecca Rammensee from RPTU Germany on the neuro-cognitive basis of resilience, based on her 2026 study published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
While clinical populations (e.g., individuals with anxiety or depression) tend to exhibit negative processing biases, healthy individuals typically display a mild positive bias. In her study of healthy adults, Rebecca and team found that positive information bias is associated with stronger neural responses to negative information in dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Insula (the core nodes of the Salience Network). Additionally, positive bias is important because it correlates with stress resilience, specifically the "acceptance of self and life" subscale of the Resilience Scale.
15 Aug 2026
NEATCast Episode 7 - B_Inspired by the everyday neuroscientist
In this episode, Dr. Jyoti Mishra hosts Katie B. Happyy founder of the global B_inspired movement, international mindset coach, keynote speaker, and master yoga instructor.
Katie is the exemplar of an everyday neuroscientist sprinkling every motivation and inspiration with brain facts. We come away with the universal mantra of breath is medicine & community is medicine.
Also checkout Katie's remarkable book of resilience "From Cheers to Chaos" https://a.co/d/0fmE2Buq (https://a.co/d/0fmE2Buq)
Follow Katie: https://www.instagram.com/katiebhappyy (https://www.instagram.com/katiebhappyy)
A neuroscientist, a psychiatrist and an engineer come together to discuss our cutting-edge work in applying personalized machine learning to depression treatment. Episode features NEATLabs directors Dr. Jyoti Mishra and Dr. Dhakshin Ramanathan alongside postdoctoral scientist Dr. Nan.
8 May 2026
NEATCast Episode 5 - How do we age around the globe?
Dr. Jyoti Mishra hosts world renowned neuroscientist Dr. Agustin Ibanez to discuss his ground-breaking work on the diversity of aging and brain health around the globe.
16 Jul 2025
NEATCast Episode 4 - How does brain stimulation work?
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an approved therapy for depression but how does it work at the cellular level? Our resident TMS expert psychiatrist Dr. Dhakshin Ramanathan hosts Dr. Scott Wilke as he discusses exciting findings of a new study from his lab of how TMS modulates specific brain circuits in a mouse model of depression.
27 Jun 2025
NEATCast Episode 3
Dr. Matthew Herbert and Dr. Jyoti Mishra discuss personalized insights for chronic pain and depression in an interview with host Dr. Dhakshin Ramanathan.
8 Jun 2025
NEATCast Episode 2
Dr. Nicholas Jacobson discusses AI chatbot therapy for mental health with host Dr. Jyoti Mishra in this interview.
22 May 2025
NEATCast Episode 1
Directors Dr. Jyoti Mishra and Dr. Dhakshin Ramanathan discuss groundbreaking research on smartphone-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for subthreshold depression, highlighting innovative mental health interventions.
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