Psychedelic Therapy with Roland Griffiths, PhD
Psilocybin, LSD and other psychedelic drugs were once considered promising treatments for depression, anxiety and other mental health ailments. Now, after a decades-long lull, researchers are once aga...
15 Heinä 202045min
The Invisibility of White Privilege with Brian Lowery, PhD
The protests against racial injustice that have made headlines over the past month may be prompting some white Americans to consider—perhaps for the first time--the advantages they've benefited from a...
1 Heinä 202025min
The Challenge of Telework During COVID-19 with Kristen Shockley, PhD
Over the past several months, millions of newly remote workers have found themselves juggling work and family responsibilities from hastily improvised home offices. Kristen Shockley, PhD, a professor ...
17 Kesä 202028min
The Psychology of Protest and Activism with Lauren Duncan, PhD
For more than a week, protestors have filled the streets of cities and towns across the United States and even around the world, demanding an end to racial injustice and police brutality in the wake o...
10 Kesä 202037min
How the Social and Behavioral Sciences Explain Our Reactions to COVID-19 with Jay Van Bavel, PhD
Why are some people more susceptible to conspiracy theories than others? Do people actually panic during disasters, like the pandemic? And are the brains of liberals and conservatives physiologically ...
27 Touko 202032min
Parenting Through the Pandemic with Erlanger Turner, PhD
As we enter month No. 3 of living under the COVID-19 lockdown, parents and their kids may be getting on each other’s nerves. Parents working from home may be battling with their children – and each ot...
20 Touko 202025min
Bonus Episode: How to Obtain Teletherapy During the Pandemic with Jared Skillings, PhD
With most of us still following shelter-in-place rules, getting mental health care for people who need it can be a challenge. Fortunately, many psychological practitioners have been offering telementa...
13 Touko 202022min
COVID-19 and the Loss of Rituals, Formation of New Ones with Michael Norton, PhD
The coronavirus is keeping us from experiencing some of the deepest and most meaningful rituals of our lives, from graduations to weddings to funerals. What is this doing to us psychologically? How im...
6 Touko 202022min
