What do we know about preventing gun violence? With Susan Sorenson, PhD

What do we know about preventing gun violence? With Susan Sorenson, PhD

Guns killed nearly 44,000 Americans in 2020, a higher number than in any other year in the past two decades. Meanwhile, a spate of mass shootings in the spring brought gun violence to the forefront of the national conversation again. Susan Sorenson, PhD, director of the Ortner Center on Violence and Abuse at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses what we know about the causes and consequences of gun violence in the United States and whether research can offer any insight into how to prevent it. Listener Survey - https://www.apa.org/podcastsurvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Love and algorithms: The future of dating apps, with Liesel Sharabi, PhD

Love and algorithms: The future of dating apps, with Liesel Sharabi, PhD

Over the past two decades, dating apps have become the most common way for people to meet a partner. Liesel Sharabi, PhD, director of the Relationships and Technology Lab at Arizona State University, ...

14 Helmi 202434min

How video games can help kids learn and grow, with Susan Rivers, PhD

How video games can help kids learn and grow, with Susan Rivers, PhD

Video games get a bad rap -- but the right games can be a tool to reach kids and teach them important social emotional and academic skills. Susan Rivers, PhD, chief scientist at the nonprofit iThrive ...

7 Helmi 202430min

How to use AI ethically, with Nathanael Fast, PhD

How to use AI ethically, with Nathanael Fast, PhD

Artificial intelligence is already changing how people work, learn, play and live. As these technologies develop, it will be crucial to understand how they interact with human behavior to make sure we...

31 Tammi 202430min

How to learn from regret, with Robert Leahy, PhD

How to learn from regret, with Robert Leahy, PhD

Regret is painful – but it can also be productive, pushing us to make better decisions and needed changes in our lives. Dr. Robert Leahy, author of the book “If Only…Finding Freedom From Regret,” talk...

24 Tammi 202445min

How to fail successfully, with Amy Edmondson, PhD, and Samuel West, PhD

How to fail successfully, with Amy Edmondson, PhD, and Samuel West, PhD

Remember New Coke? Colgate frozen lasagna? The Hawaii chair? History is littered with commercial failures. Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, PhD, author of “Right Kind of Wrong: The Sci...

17 Tammi 202450min

Why diversity matters, with Robert Sellers, PhD

Why diversity matters, with Robert Sellers, PhD

The words diversity, equity and inclusion have become political flashpoints -- but the science and evidence on why diversity matters is often ignored. Robert Sellers, PhD, of the University of Michiga...

10 Tammi 202441min

The benefits of being bilingual, with Viorica Marian, PhD

The benefits of being bilingual, with Viorica Marian, PhD

More than half the world’s population speaks more than one language. Viorica Marian, PhD, of Northwestern University, talks about why speaking multiple languages may have far-reaching cognitive benefi...

3 Tammi 202444min

Encore - How to get unstuck with Adam Alter, PhD

Encore - How to get unstuck with Adam Alter, PhD

Everyone gets stuck sometimes: in a creative pursuit that stalls, in a job or a relationship that isn’t working out, or even just at an exercise plateau. NYU psychologist Adam Alter, PhD, author of “A...

27 Joulu 202335min

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