Ep. 20 Heather Berlin and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Explain the Brain published on 2016-02-27T03:25:57Z Heather Berlin's a neuroscientist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and she has a new theory for the causes behind OCD. Genre neuroscience Comment by helend Thanks, this was a real "lightbulb" moment for me, realizing my ridiculously sensitive nose is part of my OCD. And maybe why I can't stand tv when it shows kissing, or gawd forbid, sex scenes. Grosses me out. Now if I can get the kids not to take my tantrums about the smells personally. 2016-09-19T08:20:35Z