How psychology can help people make better decisions, with Lace Padilla, PhD, and Hannah Perfecto, PhD
All day, every day, we have to make decisions, from what to have for breakfast to how to spend our money to whether to evacuate ahead of a hurricane. Psychologists’ research is helping us understand w...
25 Jan 202336min
Can a pathological liar be cured? with Drew Curtis, PhD, and Christian L. Hart, PhD
Almost everyone lies occasionally, but for a small percentage of people, lying isn't something that they do every once in a while -- it's a way of life. Drew Curtis, PhD, of Angelo State University, a...
18 Jan 202336min
Understanding and overcoming phobias, with Martin Antony, PhD
Specific phobias – such as fear of heights, needles, flying or spiders – affect up to 13 percent of people at some point in their lives. Clinical psychologist Dr. Martin Antony, PhD, of Toronto Metrop...
11 Jan 202332min
What our possessions mean to us, with Russell Belk, PhD
The things that we own can be central to our identity, part of how we see ourselves and how other people see us. Russell Belk, PhD, of York University, talks about the role our possessions play in our...
4 Jan 202333min
Encore - The people who never forget a face, with Josh Davis, PhD, and Kelly Desborough
Super-recognizers have an extraordinary ability to recognize faces—they can pick faces they’ve seen only briefly out of a crowd and can recognize childhood acquaintances they haven’t seen in decades. ...
28 Dec 202234min
Encore - Psychology takes toys seriously, with Barry Kudrowitz, PhD, and Doris Bergen, PhD
Just in time for toy-buying season, Barry Kudrowitz, PhD, a toy designer and professor of product design at the University of Minnesota, and Doris Bergen, PhD, a professor emerita of educational psych...
21 Dec 202244min
The challenge of long COVID, with Tracy Vannorsdall, PhD, and Rowena Ng, PhD
Nearly three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, millions of Americans are still living with the effects of the virus. Neuropsychologists Tracy Vannorsdall, PhD, and Rowena Ng, PhD, talk about th...
14 Dec 202230min
How our brain makes sense of a noisy world, with Nina Kraus, PhD
Our life experiences shape the way that our brain processes sound, and sound is deeply intertwined with everything from our ability to read to our cognitive health as we age. Dr. Nina Kraus, of Northw...
7 Dec 202234min
