Bonus Episode: How a Virtual Buffet Can Help Kids Learn to Eat Better with Susan Persky, PhD

Bonus Episode: How a Virtual Buffet Can Help Kids Learn to Eat Better with Susan Persky, PhD

Getting children to eat healthy meals is a challenge many parents face but what if virtual reality could help? Researchers at the National Institute of Health are using new technology to understand why parents feed their kids the foods they do and to help them make smarter food choices for the health of their children. Our guest for this episode is psychologist Susan Persky, PhD, head of the Immersive Virtual Environment Testing Unit where she applies virtual reality to biomedical research. Join us online August 6-8 for APA 2020 Virtual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Thinking of companies as people (SOP13)

Thinking of companies as people (SOP13)

Are companies like people? According to Susan Fiske, PhD, companies may not be flesh and blood, but customers view even the largest publicly traded companies very much like the way they view other peo...

18 Elo 201410min

Simple steps to well-being (SOP12)

Simple steps to well-being (SOP12)

Creating our own happiness can be stressful. But psychologist and clinician Pamela Hays, PhD, says implementing change in our lives doesn't have to be stressful. Author of the book, “Creating Well-Bei...

7 Heinä 201410min

Music and your health (SOP11)

Music and your health (SOP11)

Can music make us healthier or even smarter? Can it change how we experience pain? In this episode, former rock musician and studio producer Daniel Levitin, PhD, talks about how music changes our brai...

9 Kesä 201410min

The neuroscience of creativity (SOP10)

The neuroscience of creativity (SOP10)

Do you have to be intelligent to be creative? Can you learn to be more creative? In this episode, we speak with neuropsychologist Rex E. Jung, PhD, who studies intelligence, creativity and brain funct...

5 Touko 201410min

Understanding climate change (SOP9)

Understanding climate change (SOP9)

As the discussion over how to address climate change heats up this Earth Day, we’re taking a look at how people understand the risks of climate change and how they adapt. We talk with two psychologist...

7 Huhti 201414min

Digital altruism and cyberheroes (SOP8)

Digital altruism and cyberheroes (SOP8)

“Cyberheroes” are those who actively use the Internet and digital technologies to help others, animals and the environment, says psychologist Dana Klisanin, PhD. She researches how online interactions...

3 Maalis 20148min

Better health through integrated care (SOP7)

Better health through integrated care (SOP7)

As our nation strives to improve health outcomes for all Americans, APA and its Center for Psychology and Health are working to expand psychology’s role in health care by improving access to psycholog...

18 Helmi 20148min

Molecules and morals: learning the link (SOP6)

Molecules and morals: learning the link (SOP6)

Oxytocin has been called the “love hormone.” But recent research has shown that the brain chemical may play a role in regulating our moral behaviors. Researcher and author Paul Zak, PhD, discusses how...

3 Helmi 20148min

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