Yuck! What disgusts us and why, with Paul Rozin, PhD

Yuck! What disgusts us and why, with Paul Rozin, PhD

“Disgusting” is a flexible word – it could describe everything from a putrid smell to your least-favorite food to a behavior you find immoral. But what does it really mean to be disgusted? Paul Rozin, PhD, talks about where disgust comes from, why some people are more easily disgusted than others, universal triggers of disgust, why the foods we consider disgusting vary by culture, why is gross-out humor can be funny, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Bonus Episode: How Virtual Reality Can Help Detect Racial Bias in Police Shootings with John Tawa, PhD

Bonus Episode: How Virtual Reality Can Help Detect Racial Bias in Police Shootings with John Tawa, PhD

There's been a great deal of media attention focused on shootings in which a white police officer fired on a black or non-white suspect. Psychology has for years performed research to determine whethe...

4 Nov 201934min

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 wh...

30 Okt 201923min

Bonus Episode: The Role of Body and Dash Cams in Policing with Nick Camp, PhD

Bonus Episode: The Role of Body and Dash Cams in Policing with Nick Camp, PhD

Cameras are playing a greater and greater role in law enforcement, whether that means cameras placed on dashboards in police cruisers or cameras that officers wear as part of their uniforms. But how e...

28 Okt 201918min

The Psychology of Design (SOP92)

The Psychology of Design (SOP92)

The spaces we are in every day influence our mood and well-being whether we are aware of it or not. Creating spaces to make us feel our best is a hot topic – in community planning, in the office and o...

23 Okt 201937min

Bonus Episode: Driverless Cars and Body-less Therapy with Arnon Rolnick, PhD

Bonus Episode: Driverless Cars and Body-less Therapy with Arnon Rolnick, PhD

Have you ever wondered why drivers don't get carsick? If you've ever been seasick, are you curious to know what causes it and what, if anything, can be done to stave it off? Dr. Arnon Rolnick is a cli...

21 Okt 201927min

Bonus Episode: The Psychology of Esports with Kaitlyn Roose and Shawn Doherty, PhD

Bonus Episode: The Psychology of Esports with Kaitlyn Roose and Shawn Doherty, PhD

Russell Shilling, PhD, guest host for Speaking of Psychology and Chief Scientific Officer for the American Psychological Association, sits down at APA2019 to talk with Kaitlyn Roose and Shawn Doherty,...

16 Okt 201946min

How Memory Can Be Manipulated (SOP91)

How Memory Can Be Manipulated (SOP91)

Our memories may not be as reliable as we think. Once we experience an event, most of us likely assume that those memories stays intact forever. But there is the potential for memories to be altered o...

9 Okt 201918min

Bonus Episode: Human Trafficking with Kalyani Gopal, PhD, HSPP

Bonus Episode: Human Trafficking with Kalyani Gopal, PhD, HSPP

Human Trafficking occurs when individuals are economically exploited through force, fraud or coercion for labor or commercial sex. Worldwide, it is estimated that almost 25 million people are robbed o...

2 Okt 201936min

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