From Tourette's to personality disorders: Examining offensive, taboo speech factors
A talk with psychologist and expert on cursing Timothy Jay about some lesser known factors involved in people saying offensive things. This episode has a focus on the phenomenon of videos widely share...
2 Aug 20201h 4min
Can you predict schizophrenia by studying language?
An interview with psychology researcher Neguine Rezaii about her work using machine learning to predict conversion in teenagers from prodromal symptoms to psychotic episodes. The two language patterns...
17 Juli 202048min
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 Juni 20201h 3min
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 Maj 202047min
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 Maj 20201h 18min
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 Mars 20201h 8min
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 Mars 202041min
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 Dec 20191h 12min
