The Psychology Undergrad Podcast

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  How Alcohol Affects the Brain: Intoxication, Tolerance & Alcohol Use Disorder 03.09.2026 24мин

  Alcohol pharmacology: GABA and glutamate effects, metabolism, blackouts, tolerance, withdrawal and alcohol use disorder. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Xanax & CNS Depressants: Barbiturates, Benzodiazepines and Sedatives Explained 03.09.2026 22мин

  How CNS depressants work on GABA receptors: barbiturates, benzodiazepines, sedative-hypnotics, tolerance and overdose risk. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Caffeine and Nicotine: How the World's Favorite Stimulants Work 03.09.2026 20мин

  Caffeine, nicotine and other low-efficacy stimulants: adenosine blockade, nicotinic receptors, tolerance, dependence and withdrawal. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Fentanyl, Heroin & Morphine: How Opioids Work and Why They Kill 03.09.2026 23мин

  Opioid receptors, analgesia, the opioid epidemic, tolerance, respiratory depression, overdose reversal and treatment. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  THC and Cannabinoids: How Marijuana Works in the Brain 03.09.2026 22мин

  THC, CBD, CB1 and CB2 receptors and the endocannabinoid system: acute effects, tolerance, cannabis use disorder and medical uses. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Psilocybin, LSD & Psychedelics: How Hallucinogens Change the Brain 03.09.2026 15мин

  LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, DMT and dissociatives: 5-HT2A receptor action, altered perception, and psychedelic-assisted therapy research. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Benzodiazepines & Anxiolytics: How Anti-Anxiety Drugs Work 03.09.2026 23мин

  Benzodiazepines, buspirone and beta blockers: GABA-A receptor action, anxiety disorders, tolerance, dependence and withdrawal. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  How Do SSRIs Work? Antidepressants, Serotonin & Reuptake Explained 03.09.2026 15мин

  SSRIs, SNRIs, tricyclics and MAOIs: reuptake inhibition, the delayed therapeutic onset, side effects and discontinuation. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  ADHD Medication & Alzheimer's Drugs: Stimulants, Atomoxetine & Memantine 03.09.2026 25мин

  How ADHD medications work (amphetamine, methylphenidate, atomoxetine), whether they boost cognition in people without ADHD, plus Alzheimer's drugs: cholinesterase inhibitors, memantine and aducanumab. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Antipsychotics Explained: Typical vs Atypical & the Dopamine Hypothesis 03.09.2026 25мин

  First-generation vs second-generation antipsychotics, the dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, positive and negative symptoms, extrapyramidal side effects and tardive dyskinesia. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Emerging Drugs of Abuse: Synthetic Cannabinoids, Bath Salts & Designer Drugs 02.09.2026 20мин

  Novel psychoactive substances: synthetic cannabinoids (K2/Spice), synthetic cathinones (bath salts), designer drugs and why they stay ahead of drug scheduling laws. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Prescription and OTC Drug Abuse: Opioids, Steroids, DXM & Loperamide 02.09.2026 26мин

  Why prescription drugs get misused: opioid painkillers, benzodiazepines, stimulants and anabolic steroids, plus over-the-counter abuse of dextromethorphan, pseudoephedrine, antihistamines and loperamide. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Drug Tolerance, Withdrawal & the Brain's Reward System 30.08.2026 23мин

  Tolerance, sensitization, physical dependence and withdrawal: how repeated drug use rewires the mesolimbic reward pathway. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Adderall, Cocaine & Methamphetamine: How High-Efficacy Stimulants Work 30.08.2026 23мин

  Amphetamine, methamphetamine and cocaine: mechanisms of action, monoamine reuptake reversal, medical uses and misuse. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Agonist vs Antagonist: Pharmacodynamics & How Drugs Act on Receptors 30.08.2026 22мин

  Agonists, antagonists, receptor binding, dose-response curves and drug potency: what the drug does to the body. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Pharmacokinetics Explained: Absorption, Half-Life & How Drugs Leave Your Body 30.08.2026 26мин

  Routes of administration, absorption, distribution, metabolism, half-life and excretion: what the body does to a drug. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Psychoactive Drugs Explained: How Drugs Are Classified and Scheduled 30.08.2026 23мин

  What makes a drug psychoactive, how drug schedules work, and the basics of drug classification. Drugs and behavior for psychology students. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #psychopharmacology
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  Confirmation Bias & Folk Psychology: Why Common Sense Fails 23.07.2026 18мин

  Why intuition and folk psychology mislead us, how confirmation bias works, and the scientific skepticism psychologists use instead. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #confirmationbias #researchmethods
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  Research Methods in Psychology: Basic vs Applied Research 23.07.2026 24мин

  How the scientific research cycle works in psychology, who conducts it, and the difference between basic and applied research. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #researchmethods
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  Informed Consent & Research Ethics: Milgram, Tuskegee & the Rules of Psychology 20.07.2026 15мин

  The moral foundations of ethical research: informed consent, the Milgram obedience study, the Tuskegee syphilis study, and weighing risks against benefits. #psychology #psychologyundergrad #psychstudent #researchethics #informedconsent