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! 

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
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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. 

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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 

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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 

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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
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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
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