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Neurotechnologie & Depression: Kann ein Gehirnchip heilen? | Surjo Soekadar (Charité)

22 May 2026, with Joël Kaczmarek and Surjo Soekadar

Summary

This episode is in German.

Professor Surjo Soekadar of the Charité discusses neurotechnology at the point where self-perception meets engineering: magnetic fields, fine-grained sensors and even quantum measurement are leaving the laboratory and beginning to address conditions such as depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder more directly than conventional medication. The Feelgood Friday episode also covers the possible role of psychedelics in psychotherapy and how brain-computer interfaces help stroke patients, alongside the questions of freedom, risk and dignity these methods raise.

Score cards

  • 90%
    Practical value
  • 80%
    Level of depth
  • 70%
    Timelessness

What you’ll learn

  • wie Neurotechnologie Depressionen und Zwangsstörungen revolutioniert.
  • welche Rolle Psychedelics in der modernen Psychotherapie spielen können.
  • wie Gehirn-Computerschnittstellen Schlaganfallpatient*innen helfen.

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