How to keep stress from harming your health, with George Slavich, PhD
The American Psychological Association’s most recent Stress in America survey found record high levels of stress among Americans of all ages. Dr. George Slavich, director of the UCLA Laboratory for St...
6 Apr 202247min
How grieving changes the brain, with Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD
Few of us will make it through life without losing someone we love. Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, of the University of Arizona, discusses howneuroscience can help us to better understand grief and resil...
30 Mar 202234min
How to Keep Anger from Getting the Best of You with Howard Kassinove, PhD, and Raymond “Chip” Tafrate, PhD
Anger is a normal human emotion, a natural reaction when you feel that something or someone has done you wrong. But anger can also turn violent and dangerous, can ruin relationships and can interfere ...
23 Mar 202242min
Why psychopathy is more common than you think, with Abigail Marsh, PhD
Most of us think we know what a psychopath looks like. The word brings to mind images of horror movies and criminals. But psychopathy is far more common than most people realize, and actually hard to ...
16 Mar 202243min
Ambiguous loss and the “myth of closure,” with Pauline Boss, PhD
March 11 marks two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. With another variant waning, many people are hoping, yet again, to close the book on COVID and move on. But w...
9 Mar 202229min
How our siblings influence our lives, with Laurie Kramer, PhD, and Megan Gilligan, PhD
Our brothers and sisters are our first friends and first rivals, and the relationships that we have with our siblings are often the longest lasting relationships of our lives. Laurie Kramer, PhD, of N...
2 Mar 202240min
Poker, con artists and the psychology of risk and deception, with Maria Konnikova, PhD
Why do intelligent people give money to self-proclaimed psychics or get sucked into Ponzi schemes? Why are most of us so bad at judging risk? Journalist, psychologist and professional poker player Mar...
23 Feb 202242min
Fighting the stigma of mental illness, with Patrick Corrigan, PsyD
Despite how common mental illness is, people with mental illness often keep their diagnosis a closely guarded secret in the face of widespread stigma and discrimination. Patrick Corrigan, PhD, editor ...
16 Feb 202232min
