When your “mind’s eye” is blank: Understanding aphantasia, with Joel Pearson, PhD

When your “mind’s eye” is blank: Understanding aphantasia, with Joel Pearson, PhD

People with aphantasia can’t visualize images in their mind’s eye. Ask them to picture an apple and they see a blank screen. Aphantasia researcher Joel Pearson, PhD, discusses how scientists are developing new methods to measure aphantasia beyond self-reports; how aphantasia may affect people’s memory and emotions; the link between aphantasia and creativity; the opposite condition of hyperphantasia, or extraordinarily vivid mental imagery; and what these differences in our internal mental experiences can teach us about consciousness and neurodiversity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It takes courage to be creative, with Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD

It takes courage to be creative, with Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD

Creativity isn’t just about making art or music -- it's about how we approach problems, respond to challenges and turn our ideas into reality. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, PhD, author of “The Creativity Ch...

29 Apr 34min

Invisible scars: Recognizing and treating medical trauma, with James C. Jackson, PsyD

Invisible scars: Recognizing and treating medical trauma, with James C. Jackson, PsyD

Every year, millions of people go through harrowing medical experiences, from a stay in the ICU to a difficult childbirth to the frustration of dealing with chronic pain. These experiences can leave s...

22 Apr 37min

Tip or skip? What drives our tipping behavior, with Michael Lynn, PhD

Tip or skip? What drives our tipping behavior, with Michael Lynn, PhD

Tipping has long been a part of service culture in the U.S., but in the last few years, the number of places where we're asked to tip has multiplied. Social psychologist and tipping researcher Michael...

15 Apr 26min

The psychology of spending, debt and budgeting, with Abigail Sussman, PhD

The psychology of spending, debt and budgeting, with Abigail Sussman, PhD

Buy now, pay later plans have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, adding yet another variable to consider when making spending decisions. Abigail Sussman, PhD, discusses the psychological bias...

8 Apr 34min

Why babies laugh, with Gina Mireault, PhD

Why babies laugh, with Gina Mireault, PhD

Before babies have the words to tell us what they're thinking, they can laugh. Developmental psychologist Gina Mireault, PhD, explains how she sets up a “baby comedy club” in her lab; what babies find...

1 Apr 29min

How accurate are our first impressions? With Nicholas Rule, PhD

How accurate are our first impressions? With Nicholas Rule, PhD

How much can you really tell about someone at first glance? Nicholas Rule, PhD, of the University of Toronto, talks about the science of first impressions: How your brain starts making judgments about...

25 Mars 36min

Understanding Tourette disorder and other tic disorders, with John Piacentini, PhD

Understanding Tourette disorder and other tic disorders, with John Piacentini, PhD

Tourette disorder and other tic disorders affect millions of people yet remain widely misunderstood. John Piacentini, PhD, director of the UCLA Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Clinic, explains t...

18 Mars 35min

How to become more patient, with Sarah Schnitker, PhD

How to become more patient, with Sarah Schnitker, PhD

Life is full of situations -- and people -- that try our patience, from a standstill traffic jam to an obstinate preschooler who won’t put on her shoes. Sarah Schnitker, PhD, talks about why patience ...

11 Mars 35min

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