#20 Elena Hill Artamonova- Growing up in Russia and overcoming dyslexia as a PhD candidate - a podcast by PJ (Poh Jie)

from 2021-04-21T11:36:52

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My guest today is Elena Hill-Artamonova. She is currently a PhD candidate for psychology at The Manchester Metropolitan University, and has Master of Science in Psychology from University of London and Master of Arts in Political Science from The University of Manchester. As a dyslexic herself, Elena is also passionate about helping other dyslexics excel academically. Please enjoy the show.



Show Notes
  • [0:39] Elena’s self-introduction


  • [1:20] Why did Elena choose to go to UK from Russia?


  • [3:17] Elena’s struggles with expressing herself back in Russia


  • [7:00] Our cultural background’s influence on our thinking and encouraging children to be independent thinker


  • [15:42] Is the English or Russian language more beautiful?


  • [16:57] How does Russia’s rich cultural history permeate through her citizens’ thinking?


  • [27:55] Three cultural synthesis of Russia


  • [31:25] Current state of events in Russia, view on China and geopolitics


  • [43:58] The American Dream and outsiders succeeding in traditional systems


  • [53:36] How did formal training in disciplines like anthropology and political science influenced Elena’s way of thinking? What was interacting with shamans like?


  • [1:09:44] Elena’s experience with dyslexia and managing it to excel academically


  • [1:18:04] Elena’s audio presentation of her research on dark triads and big five personality variables



 
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Music credits

Further episodes of PyJamas Pillow Talk

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