Schauer Thoughts

Howdy guys! This episode was originally supposed to be about “betrayal trauma” but I got derailed by some very cool research and just had to discuss my THEORY on what mirror neurons and theory of mind (ToM) are for when it comes to sleep and wellness. I will absolutely be covering betrayal trauma next week so stay tuned, also I just finished the book on the neural mechanisms of reading and dyslexia so the episode two weeks from now will be jam packed with information on how to accommodate dyslexic readers and hopefully that’ll be helpful on y’alls reading and learning journey!  Download Hily Dating App from the App Store or Google Play, or visit ⁠https://hily.go.link/jRMKW Thank you so much for joining me on this journey - I do apologize if it wasn’t easy to follow, I truly didn’t plan this one out so I will use more accessible language in the following episodes.  I really did enjoy making this episode though, sharing information gives me such joy and I’m wishing everyone a happy National Autism Acceptance Month! Resources: Brain scans reveal how a woman voluntarily enters a psychedelic-like trance without drugs https://www.psypost.org/brain-scans-reveal-how-a-woman-voluntarily-enters-a-psychedelic-like-trance-without-drugs/ Manipulating light can induce psychedelic experiences — and scientists aren’t quite sure why https://www.psypost.org/manipulating-light-can-induce-psychedelic-experiences-and-scientists-arent-quite-sure-why/ Scientists just found a hidden “drain” inside the human brain https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260408225934.htm Scientists Finally Figured Out the Math Behind How You See Color https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a70784732/color-theory-schrodinger/  154 Visual Phenomena & Optical Illusions with Explanations by Michael Bach https://michaelbach.de/ot/index.html Dopamine GPS: Visual Guidance Beyond Reward https://neurosciencenews.com/dopamine-guidance-trajectory-30345/ Surprising study shows Alzheimer’s may start in the body instead of the brain, a discovery that turns medical science upside down https://www.earth.com/news/genome-study-shows-alzheimers-may-start-in-body-tissue-inflammation-not-the-brain/ The influence of intentions on dream content https://academic.oup.com/sleepadvances/article/5/1/zpae088/7912101 Zeigarnik Effect https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/zeigarnik-effect How Your Brain’s Nightly Cleanse Keeps It Healthy https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-sleep-cleans-the-brain-and-keeps-you-healthy/  A shared code for perceiving and imagining objects in humans ventral temporal cortex https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adt8343 Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert M. Sapolsky  For easy access to the information I’m referencing, see chapter 14 and 15.  This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music - Susan Rogers and Ogi Ogas I love this book in general but I got the information on James Turrell (the artist) from this book. For easy access the chapter is “Realism” An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of The Immune System - Matt Richtel Apologies at 1:07:00 I said that the book I was reading was “Dreamscape” but it’s actually Decisionscape by Elspeth Kirkman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Praise be to common courtesy, this week on Schauer Thoughts we’re talking theories, thieves, and apologies. How do you learn something you were never taught? Like this. Hopefully my ramblings didn’t stray too far from y’alls path, I *too* like to wander.  I will definitely do a part two to this episode, I really would like to discuss the differences between collectivist and individualistic emotions and what that means for the Bible and its teachings. I’m wishing everyone the best on their reparenting journeys - I send my sincere apologies for the pain that brought you here.  Subscribe and save 30% off the vibrant burst of candy-sweet mandarin orange and more at https://LiquidIV.com/SCHAUER Download Hily Dating App from the App Store or Google Play, or visit https://hily.go.link/jRMKW The Tiktok that got me thinking about god apologizing https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTkSRC6Nw/ Resources: Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert Sapolsky Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies - Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters - Bonnie Tsui A Philosophy of Shame - Frederic Gros Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions - Batja Mesquita An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of The Immune System - Matt Richtel How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think In Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions - Temple Grandin Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities - Nick Walker  The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on Schauer Thoughts we’re discussing two rising trends: going analog and online gambling! These near-anagrams are causing quite the concern so we’re pulling back the Schauer curtain to take a better look at the nasty bits while also addressing solutions to scummy business practices. This is a judgement free zone - if you are struggling with any addiction issues I’ve linked resources below. Also as someone who has gotten sober (albeit after 10+ tries) I would strongly encourage you give yourself some grace. Grace is not forgiveness, it’s freedom of movement, and considering that people with addictions often hide away, grace is necessary to come out into the light and see hope on the horizon.  No need to rush, the others and I will just be listening to “No-No Song” by Ringo Star on the record player I got in college. Books from MIT Press (Not Sponsored - Please Sponsor Me) Decolonizing Design - Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall Sweet and Deadly - Murray Carpenter  Lucretius and the Bat with Blue Eyes - Andrea Moro Phenology - Theresa M. Crimmins Letterlocking - Jana Dambrogio and Daniel Starza Smith General Resources: Scientists Finally Figured Out the Math Behind How You See Color https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/math/a70784732/color-theory-schrodinger/  Analog is back, and my millennial heart couldn’t be happier https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/17/analog-is-back-and-my-millennial-heart-couldnt-be-happier  The Analog Life Project: Some Things To Know Before We Get Started  https://substack.com/home/post/p-181708555 Creative Reuse Centers https://artofrecycle.org/our-neighbors $230 notebooks, digital cameras and tiny dollhouse furniture: How Gen Z’s desire to get offline is a boon for businesses https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/going-analog-gen-z-desire-to-get-offline-small-business-boost.html#:~:text=Part%20of%20%22going%20analog%22%20involves,of%20the%20University%20of%20Pennsylvania. Fortune Business Insights - Art & Craft Materials Market Size, etc. https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/art-craft-materials-market-109031 Celebrities at the Super Bowl: The ‘Who Will Attend the Big Game? Prediction Market https://www.covers.com/entertainment/celebrities-at-super-bowl-prediction-market Gambling Addiction Help Resources  European Safer Gambling Week (Nov. 17-23) https://safergambling.eu/get-support/#:~:text=please%20contact%20us.-,Helplines,0)%2078%2015%2010%2020 Getting help for gambling by European country Help by State https://www.ncpgambling.org/help-treatment/help-by-state/      Getting help for gambling by state SMART Recovery https://smartrecovery.org/gambling-addiction Provides help for gambling addiction for the US, Canada, UK, Australia, as well as global populations Evive  https://www.getevive.com/ Support platform offering education, community, digital tools, and personalized resources for all people struggling with gambling problems Gamban https://gamban.com/  Gambling blocking app as well as tools to help you or a loved one quite online gambling  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Happy Women’s History Month! This week we’re discussing the wonderful women of STEAM (yes, we include the arts here) that have had their work stolen, co-opted, or overlooked by men and the dominant culture. Thank you to all the women in academia, research, creative fields, business, politics, etc. who persist, push back, and put men in check - I absolutely cannot wait to read your stories and studies, I know they’ll be *chefs kiss.* I know I mispronounced a lot in this episode, as always feel free to shoot me a DM or comment with correct pronunciation, I really do appreciate the help. Also yes, I meant to say “retrograde menstruation” not “reverse menstruation” - the world simply escaped me. Make sure to like and subscribe on Youtube, rate me 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, any place you’re listening to this podcast. Y’all are the best. Resources: Music as a scientific metaphor for mind and brain  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763426001004 Prescriptive and Descriptive Grammar: Functions, Distinctions, and Pedagogical Relevance  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/400585909_Prescriptive_and_Descriptive_Grammar_Functions_Distinctions_and_Pedagogical_Relevance  Women’s History Month: Celebrating Trailblazing Women in Science and Advancing Women’s Representation in STEM https://ssp.org/news/womens-history-month/  Matilda effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_effect  Woman As An Inventor  https://www.jstor.org/stable/25118273?seq=7 Read this if you want true catharsis. 19 Groundbreaking Discoveries by Women That Were Credited to Men https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/g5026/female-discoveries-credited-to-men/ The patent system is failing women when over 90 percent of patents are held by men  https://newrepublic.com/article/132327/patent-system-failing-women-90-percent-patents-held-men The theft of women’s art https://www.varsity.co.uk/arts/29055#google_vignette These discoveries saved billions of lives https://www.weforum.org/stories/2018/03/the-50-most-important-life-saving-breakthroughs-in-history/ Why Storytelling Is a Leadership Superpower, According To Neuroscientists  https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2026/03/22/why-storytelling-is-a-leadership-superpower-according-to-neuroscientists/  The women who made modern vaccines work https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/the-women-who-made-modern-vaccines-work Repeatedly occurring retrograde menstruation intensifies central sensitization driven by neuroinflammation in endometriosis models https://www.jci.org/articles/view/194136  Books: Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read - Stanislas Dehaene  Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert M. Sapolsky A Philosophy of Shame - Frederic Gros Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America - Laila Lalami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve arrived at the fourth and final installment of the creating your own self-curriculum series, this week we’re getting into reframing our concept of time to enable us to effectively and efficiently manage it. I hope you’ve enjoyed all these Schauer Thoughts and I hope you feel inspired or at least just a little bit better about pursuing self-education, I believe in you. Here comes a barrage of books and resources, can’t wait to chat next week! Learn for Fun or Free or Fun & Free Substack: https://substack.com/@sarahschauer/note/p-175242020  Use these sites for a free syllabus if you want structure guidance on a specific topic. Resources: Decisionscape: How Thinking Like an Artist Can Improve Our Decision-Making - Elspeth Kirkman  Future Tense: Why Anxiety is Good for You (Even Though It Feels Bad) - Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD The Secret Lives of Color - Kassia St. Clair  This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How the Pill Changes Everything - Sarah E. Hill, PhD The Menopause Brain - Lisa Mosconi, PhD The Cancer Journals - Audre Lorde  The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis - Maria Smilios Hate: The Uses of A Powerful Emotion - Seyda Kurt A Philosophy of Shame - Frederic Gros  Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time by Natalie Hodges Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience - Mihaly Csikszemtmihalyi  Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert M. Sapolsky The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli The Emotional Calendar - John R. Sharp, MD Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Angela Davis The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker Attention: Beyond Mindfulness - Gay Watson The Hoarders - Scott Herring Why Every Power Player Uses Military Time (and You Should Too) https://sociallifemagazine.com/the-archive/military-time-power-players-precision/#:~:text=The%20Cognitive%20Rewiring%20That%20Creates,that%20capacity%20toward%20strategic%20thinking. Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory - https://www.thetimeparadox.com/zimbardo-time-perspective-inventory/  His book: The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life - Philip Zimbardo Websites for Studying with Others: StudyStream - https://www.studystream.live/  Study Together -https://www.studytogether.com/ Flow Club - https://www.flow.club/vs-focusmate?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google-ads&utm_campaign=Kaya%20Competitors&utm_term=focusmate%20adhd&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21294453254&gbraid=0AAAAAon1RgHarc25k-ISGhCvY-DiMpHv2&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9-PNBhDfARIsABHN6-1FzBTKoNGfimPRsQqzvMy9IinNjZmghxFAESMlE9fKJ79PD_194ecaAjciEALw_wcB  Cool App for Binaural Beats: Moongate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices