Raquel Mascaraque (Madrid, September 19, 1991), journalist specializing in neuroscience, publicist and communicator, decided one day to tell TikTok how she fucked her grandmother’s curls. The unusual video went viral, and what started as journalism gained almost half a million followers on this social network – specifically, 564,500. And the communicator went from the “outside” of the head to the inside to make it understandable, always with scientific rigour, why we are the way we are and what happens in our mind.
This man from Madrid is also a colleague in the program “Si amanece”, on Cadena Ser, and in Upeka, together with Anne Igartiburu. In both cases The communicator talks about the brain and the emotions, especially the ones with which we feel most uncomfortable. when it comes to getting to know them.
Mascaraque visited Vigo to publish his first book “A cerebrar!” to present, a work designed to make the reader ask questions. The popular, for its part, tries to answer questions like “What happens in our brain when we laugh?”, “And when they break our hearts?” or “What does a liar’s brain look like?”
What led you to study the world of psychology and neuroscience?
Human behavior always attracted my attention. After I finished studying, I started working in a company to run social networks and ended up developing the Marketing and Communications department. It was at that time that doubts started regarding the operation of some methods and not others. I took them more emotionally. Usually I have to study something new (laughs) because I took the master’s degree in Neuromarketing, which dealt with that part of Neuroscience but was more focused on everyday life and when it comes to consumption.
What will we find in your first book, “A cerebrar!”?
It is, as the subtitle says, a journey through your emotions through neuroscience. What I’m trying to do is explain what happens to the brain when we feel love, sadness, guilt, joy, peace… It also brings together all the research I’ve done over for the past eight years. There is also a part of the book that is “ceredatos”, that is, strange facts about the brain that can be read without following the order of the book. The book is completed with micro-stories, which in the end are a way to bring that feeling to earth: Stories with which you identify yourself in some way. Ultimately it is an invitation to experience the wonderful universe within us.
What was the process of writing the book like?
It is a book that I wrote as I understood it. I have tried to do it with many metaphors, everyday examples… It is a book to understand, because, although it talks about neuroscience, I am not a neuroscientist. I have been looking for that simpler part of understanding a subject that would otherwise seem very distant or complicated.
Today there is a lot of information on mental health networks and media, sometimes from voices that are not related to this health field. Is it important to learn to filter?
In the end, today with social networks everyone has a microphone to speak and give their opinion. For me, my respect is the brain, and you have to be very careful with what you say because you can change someone’s life for better or worse. You have to filter what you listen to but, as broadcasters, it’s our responsibility to train ourselves well and pick up what we say. There is no absolute truth and, perhaps, what has worked for me, will not work for you. In addition, you must always filter what you are listening to, compare and contrast. Sometimes someone has written to me telling me that a video of mine has changed their life. It is a big responsibility because the human mind is very fragile and you have to be careful with what you reveal to yourself.
“As distributors it is our responsibility to train ourselves well and deliver what we say.”
It seems that there are people who do therapy with Instagram expressions.
(Series). Healing is a difficult and difficult process that requires perseverance. Maybe after six months you’ll say ‘I’m doing well, I’ve made great progress!’ and suddenly you feel bad and you have to start again Instagram post or even through this book What this book expects you to be interested in your emotional sphere and not you will understand what happens inside you, but there is no need to look for a complete book that can do the work for you, although it may be the beginning of a change.
He has relied on various researchers for his book … This is the case of Paul Ekman, who discussed emotions.
I have read a lot about emotional intelligence and I have confirmed that there are other theories that contradict the theory of universal emotion. Here I show that double side that I don’t see in psychology books. I also talk about studies done in functional magnetic resonance imaging of love, but in monogamous couples, but this is something that has not been done, for example, for couples of three. Science has not solved some puzzles.
“Feelings must be felt, or sooner or later they will affect you”
What is the daily life of a correspondent like? Does he never stop creating?
The truth is that you always have to read a lot. For example, it had been years since I read a novel, and a couple of weeks ago I bought one. It was interesting for me to get into the story with characters. These years I have only read books by other researchers, papers…This is changing all the time. I also have to write scripts, research and try to keep it simple.
Where is the strength of the people?
I think it’s because people understand and relate to it. More and more people are interested in self-knowledge and if you find an account that you connect with, it will tell you interesting facts and in clearer language…
Regarding those more “uncomfortable” feelings that you put on the table, is the goal to make them less uncomfortable?
There are emotions that make us feel really good and others that are more uncomfortable to experience, but they all have a function. Although we don’t like to talk about sadness, fear, shame, they are emotions that have a function and we cannot go aside. You have to feel emotions, or sooner or later they affect you.
Cover of the book “¡A cerebar!”, by Raquel Mascaraque.
2024-05-02 09:02:26
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