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Why is yawning catching? And the nurse who went the extra mile to help her cancer patient

Claudia hears tips to help with insomnia, talks to the nurse who went the extra mile to help give her cancer patient treatment she needed and asks why yawning is contagious.

Claudia hears from Fiona who nominated the nurse who gave her treatment for bladder cancer for the 2018 All in the Mind Awards. Fiona explains why her experience of childhood trauma re-surfaced when she realised what her treatment for bladder cancer would involve. And why nurse Tanya went the extra mile to manage her anxieties and make the treatment as trauma free as possible. Also in the programme for people who find it difficult to drop off at night, how does writing a to-do list help? Michael Scullin from Baylor University explains. Studio guest, Professor Daryl O'Connor from the University of Leeds talks about the relationship between conscientiousness and stress. And,is yawning really as contagious as we think it is, or does it depend on who is doing the yawning? John Drury from Sussex University talks about his latest research.

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28 minutes

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  • Tue 15 May 2018 21:00
  • Wed 16 May 2018 15:30

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