Tales from my PhD: Researching anxiety and depression through computational models – with Sophie Shang

How can maths and computational models help us treat anxiety and depression? In this episode of 'Tales from my PhD', Charlotte Collingwood talks to Sophie Shang about her research in the field of computational psychiatry. A hallmark symptom of anxiety and depression is an intolerance of uncertainty. Sophie's work involves designing studies to test people's response to changes in their environment, analysing the data mathematically and then coding computational models in order to reveal patterns in human behaviour and mental health that are otherwise invisible. Follow Sophie on Twitter: @Sophie_Shang Follow Charlotte on Twitter: @NeuroCharlotte Please leave this episode a rating and a review to let us know what you think. Get tickets for upcoming talks and livestreams: rigb.org/whats-on Watch videos on YouTube: youtube.com/TheRoyalInstitution Follow us on social media: twitter.com/Ri_Science Produced by: Charlotte Collingwood Music by: Joseph Sandy

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