About Us
Simulectics Radio is a premier digital broadcast platform dedicated to the rigorous exploration of the systems, structures, and philosophies shaping the 21st century. Our Psychology of Self series investigates the intricate mechanisms of consciousness, identity, and subjective experience. We dissect how the human brain constructs a unified sense of being, how evolutionary pressures forged our experience of agency, and the ways in which cultural frameworks extend the boundaries of the self. Through high-level dialectic discourse, we feature deep-dive dialogues with world-leading neuroscientists mapping neural correlates, developmental psychologists studying identity formation, and philosophers probing the profound paradoxes of first-person experience.
Hosts
Dr. Rachel Foster
A former clinical psychologist who spent fifteen years in private practice before transitioning to research and media. She holds a doctorate in developmental psychology with a focus on identity formation across the lifespan. Her early work examined how trauma disrupts the continuity of autobiographical memory, leading to fragmented self-concepts.
Greg Collins
A neuroscientist and former research director at a cognitive neuroscience institute, Collins specialized in the Default Mode Network and its role in self-referential processing. He left academia to pursue science communication, frustrated by the gap between laboratory findings and public understanding of the brain's role in constructing identity.