Neuroscientist’s Guide to Managing Stress, Depression, and Emotions

On her childhood and early years [01:56]

Being inspired by Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall [04:01]

Education and learning experience at St. Xavier’s College [06:19]

Life-changing piece of advice from her father [07:58]

Steep learning curve at Graduate School [08:45]

The Pedagogical differences between the US and European Schools [10:30]

Coming home to TIFR [12:10]

Study of Emotions and interest in that area [13:34]

Talking about her lab and the research work she does [16:30]

Application of her research to real-life situations [19:20]

SARS-COV-2 Vaccine Example [21:31]

Correlation of Lifestyle Disorders and Brain Functioning [22:23]

The impact of early life experiences on the brain related to growth [26:40]

Critical Period for Learning and Stress Coping Responses [31:44]

How Stress Response Pathways are built [32:54]

Coping and building Stress Resistant Pathways[35:42]

Building a stress-free Indian Society [36:50]

Getting over Psychological Stressors in Children [39:26]

Importance of Play in building stress mechanisms in children under the ages of 10 to 15 [42:02]

Building a Nurturing Environment in Middle-Class Households [42:38]

Importance of enjoying what you do and mindset-shift in parents [47:11]

How do you measure the scope of a PhD? [48:38]

Developing Stress Coping Mechanisms in people who are a part of today’s workforce [49:45]

Rumination and how it impacts the Brain [52:05]

On what improves the production of Neurons in the Brain [55:00]

On what happens when you have more Neurons in the Brain [56:00]

Impact of taking Anti-Depressants [57:50]

On Continuous Learning[01:00:38]

Broad trends in Neuroscience and on how the field will transform [01:04:38]

Brain-Machine Interfaces, AI, and Machine Learning [01:08:54]

What would be the three pieces of advice Prof. Vaidya would give herself if she was 10 years old, today [01:09:42]