Can brain scans identify people's thoughts?, with Marcel Just
I talk with Marcel Just about his research using fMRI brain imaging to identify brain activity associated with specific thoughts: for example, identifying that a subject is thinking about an apple, or...
6 Jun 202058min
Indicators that English text was written by a Russian, with Brian Baer
A talk with Dr. Brian Baer, a skilled translator, about indicators in an English language text that the author may be native-Russian (for example, missing articles, wrong verb tenses, "collocations", ...
29 Mai 202044min
What brain scans reveal about trauma, suffering, and therapy benefits
A talk with Dr. Rob Tarzwell about his research using SPECT neuroimaging to find indicators of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This work was voted by Discover M...
20 Mai 20201h 14min
Rock Paper Scissors tells and manipulations, with Master Roshambollah
A talk with Jason Simmons (aka Master Roshambollah), an experienced Rock Paper Scissors player. Simmons discusses how serious RPS players try to read and influence the behavior of their opponents. Top...
25 Mar 20201h 4min
Reading the streets: How a bus driver analyzes driver and pedestrian behaviors
A talk with Brendan Bartholomew, a San Francisco bus driver and writer. Brendan talks about how understanding human behavior plays an important role in his duties as a city bus driver. Topics discusse...
20 Mar 202038min
What are polygraphs actually reading? A deep dive into skin conductance.
A talk with Dr. Christopher Moyer, PhD, about measuring skin conductance, also called electrodermal activity (EDA) and galvanic skin response (GSR): what it is, what it's thought to measure, and how i...
28 Des 20191h 8min
Spotting the liar in Secret Hitler, Werewolf, and other social deduction games
A talk with Polina Vorozheykina, a software engineer based in Portland who is skilled at social deduction games like Secret Hitler, Werewolf/Mafia, Resistance, and Avalon. We do a review of the rules ...
1 Nov 201943min
Spotting fake Amazon product reviews, with language analyst Olu Popoola
I talk with Olu Popoola, a forensic linguistic analyst, deception researcher, and fraud investigator, about spotting indicators of false, deceptive text. Topics discussed include: what linguistic anal...
4 Aug 201957min
