Anxiety is a natural human response. It’s what we feel when we are worried, tense, or afraid – particularly about the unknown or things that are about to happen. However, for approximately 23% of the UKs population, anxiety involves repeated episodes of intense fear or terror about everyday situations and activities. Professor Oliver Robinson is the co-group leader of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Group at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London. In this month’s episode, Shakira and Iman talk to Oli about anxiety disorders and the difference between anxiety and fear.  

Presented by Shakira Crawford & Iman Issa-Ismail. 

Guest: Prof Oliver Robinson. 

Producer: Shakira Crawford. 

Podcast Research: Kyron James. 

Project Mentors: Marie Horner & Kaveh Rahnama. 

Filmed By: Mike Wornell. 

Led By: Dr Rupy Kaur Matharu & Dr Shoba Poduval. 

In collaboration with Future Formed and UCL.

Funded by the UCL East Community Engagement Seed Fund 2022/23 and Future Formed.