Feeling Young at Heart Comes With Well-Being Benefits
Is it true that you are only as old as you feel? Is age really just a number? Is 40 the new 30? In this episode, Under the Cortex hosts Markus Wettstein of Humboldt University of Berlin. Wettstein’...
5 Okt 202311min
The Tale of Two Cities: Water Access Influences Human Decision Making
Does our geographical location shape our thinking? Does water access have an effect on our decision-making habits? Do we choose to live in the moment because of environmental factors? In this episode...
21 Sep 202327min
Loneliness Across the Globe: A Life-Span Approach
Did you know that loneliness is different from social isolation? Psychologists define loneliness as a subjective concept which is related to one’s own expectations. In this episode, Under the Cortex...
7 Sep 202316min
Wendy Wood: It’s Time We Trained Students for Diverse Careers in Psychological Science
Psychology PhDs have skills broadly relevant for teaching, industry, and government. They are integral to producing basic research and evidence-based solutions for policy and industry. Only about half...
24 Aug 20239min
Best Of: Revisiting Episodes on the Myers-Briggs Test, the Grieving Brain, and More
At the height of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2020, the Association for Psychological Science joined countless other organizations around the world in turning to podcasts to share findings and conversatio...
10 Aug 202321min
Understanding Childhood Adversity Across Time and Cultures
Scientists usually expect childhood to be nurturing, safe, and characterized by high levels of caregiver investment. However, evidence from history, anthropology, and primatology can challenge this vi...
27 Jul 202317min
Nobody’s Fool: How to Avoid Getting Taken In
How can our habits of thinking make us vulnerable to deception? What characteristics of information make it more likely to manipulate us? And how can we spot deception before it’s too late? In this e...
13 Jul 202321min
Carl Hart on Clinicians’ Bias Toward Drug Use
Pervasive misconceptions about and bias against drug use in the United States have led to clinical norms that pathologize any use of certain kinds of drugs. This bias has harmful consequences. For ins...
29 Jun 202318min
