Twenty years after 9/11, what have we learned about collective trauma? With Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD
This week marks 20 years since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Researchers call this kind of shared disaster a “collective trauma.” Roxane Cohen S...
8 Sep 202138min
Power: How you get it, how it can change you, with Dacher Keltner, PhD
What is power? Why do people seek it and how do they get it? Is it human nature to abuse power? And how might power – or powerlessness – affect our health and wellbeing? Dacher Keltner, PhD, psycholog...
1 Sep 202136min
Sport psychology, peak performance and athletes’ mental health, with Jamie Shapiro, PhD
The mental health of athletes has been in the news a lot this year, thanks to Olympians Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles. The attention may be new, but the field of sport psychology is not. How do sport p...
25 Aug 202136min
Creativity, insight and “eureka moments,” with John Kounios, PhD
“Eureka moments” have led to some of humanity’s greatest achievements in science, medicine, mathematics and the arts. But they’re not always that dramatic -- we’ve nearly all had the experience of sol...
18 Aug 202143min
The psychology of superstition, with Stuart Vyse, PhD
Just in time for Friday the 13th, we discuss the psychology of superstition with Stuart Vyse, PhD, author of the book “Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition.” Vyse discusses the origins o...
11 Aug 202138min
Encore: How children’s amazing brains shaped humanity, with Alison Gopnik, PhD
Speaking of Psychology is taking a one-week summer break, so we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from the past year. In February, we talked to University of California, Berkeley psychologist...
4 Aug 202146min
Why we’re burned out and what to do about it, with Christina Maslach, PhD
The word “burnout” has become ubiquitous -- it seems to sum up the stress and exhaustion and disaffection that many of us are feeling this year. But are workers really more burned out than ever? And w...
28 Juli 202129min
Tasty words, colorful sounds: How people with synesthesia experience the world, with Julia Simner, PhD
More than 4% of people have some form of synesthesia, a neurological condition that causes senses to link and merge. People with synesthesia may taste words, hear colors, or see calendar dates arrayed...
21 Juli 202138min
