window.dotcom = window.dotcom || { cmd: [] }; window.dotcom.ads = window.dotcom.ads || { resolves: {enabled: [], getAdTag: []}, enabled: () => new Promise(r => window.dotcom.ads.resolves.enabled.push(r)), getAdTag: () => new Promise(r => window.dotcom.ads.resolves.getAdTag.push(r)) }; setTimeout(() => { if(window.dotcom.ads.resolves){ window.dotcom.ads.resolves.enabled.forEach(r => r(false)); window.dotcom.ads.resolves.getAdTag.forEach(r => r("")); window.dotcom.ads.enabled = () => new Promise(r => r(false)); window.dotcom.ads.getAdTag = () => new Promise(r => r("")); console.error("NGAS load timeout"); } }, 5000)
Skip to content
All in the Mind, All in the Mind, What is interoception, and how mood can affect how well your vaccine works

All in the Mind

All in the Mind

What is interoception, and how mood can affect how well your vaccine works

May 13, 2025

28 minutes

Available for over a year

This week we’re talking about interoception. That's the way the brain interprets the many signals that come from the body.

How useful is this skill, can you perfect it – and when might it have a more negative effect?

In the studio with Claudia is health psychologist Professor Kavita Vedhara who explains why watching 15 minutes of the Two Ronnies, some Fawlty Towers and a bit of Elvis Presley, could boost how well your vaccine works.

And Claudia meets a group from Essex who are finalists in this year’s All in the Mind awards.

The group teaches women who are experiencing anxiety, depression or abusive relationships how to ride a bike. We’ll hear how this simple community initiative is connecting people and even transforming lives, and why they just can’t stop smiling.

The awards take place at the BBC Radio Theatre in London on 18 June and there is a ballot for free tickets which closes at midday on 31 May. You can enter online by going to www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond

Producer: Gerry Holt, Hannah Fisher and Helena Selby

Studio Manager: Jackie Margerum

Production Coordintator: Siobhan Maguire

Content Editor: Glyn Tansley