A Little Autistic Joy for National Autism Acceptance Month!

Schauer Thoughts

Sarah Schauer & Studio71

Comedy, Education

4.8 • 669 Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 81 minutes

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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

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0:45.8	Hi guys. Welcome back to Shower Thoughts. My name is Sarah Shower. This is a podcast for left and right brainers, middle brainers, anyone with a pond, medulla, any sort of brain stem, any sort of nerve. Welcome to the show. Today, we're going to be talking about something interesting. It's called betrayal trauma. And what inspired this week's discussion
1:13.5	is the previous week's discussion because I have a, I'm not particularly religious at all.
1:20.7	I was raised Southern Baptist and it was Easter the weekend before. And some of the stories
1:26.3	from the Bible just don't make any
1:28.1	sense to me. I mean, it doesn't make a lot of sense to a lot of people. But I was researching,
1:34.6	you know, Jesus predicting his betrayal, quote unquote, but I don't think he really was betrayed.
1:40.3	Because he knew that it was going to be Judas the entire time. And, um, it was kind of
1:46.2	necessary, uh, to be quote betrayed in order for the whole, you know, prophecy to be fulfilled. Um,
1:54.4	but that's neither here nor there. Actually, that will be there later, um, in the episode.
1:59.6	And before we get into it, I have some really cool research
2:03.3	that I want to discuss that, like, popped up this week. And it's just so cool. I mean,
2:09.4	how has my week been going? Really good. Super good. I have a book club happening this weekend.
2:16.6	I love it. And, ooh, yeah, I've made friends with some people who work at different book publishing houses. And now I get access to some books. Also, coming up in about a month, I'm going to have a psychoanalyst on here who's talking about her new book. And so I'm reading her new book. And so I'm
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