032 - Ego Depletion

032 - Ego Depletion

Many see willpower as something you develop like a muscle, something you can strengthen through practice and mental exercise, but the latest research suggests willpower runs on an internal battery, one that can be drained after heavy use, but recharges after rest and reward. Once you've used it up, you much recharge it or else you'll be unable to keep your hand out of the cookie jar. Speaking of cookies...we also explore in this episode how psychologists have used cookies in novel ways to uncover the secrets of our minds.

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323 - Job Therapy - Tessa West (rebroadcast)

323 - Job Therapy - Tessa West (rebroadcast)

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322 - Intellectual Humility - Tenelle Porter

322 - Intellectual Humility - Tenelle Porter

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321 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown (rebroadcast)

321 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown (rebroadcast)

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1 Sep 20251h 18min

320 - Misguided - Matthew Facciani

320 - Misguided - Matthew Facciani

What is misinformation? How does it differ from disinformation or just plain ‘ole propaganda? How do we protect ourselves from people with nefarious intentions using all of these things to affect our ...

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319 - Love Factually - Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick

319 - Love Factually - Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick

Two psychologists who study love, relationships, and human mating behavior pick apart the movie "The Notebook" and tell us what it gets right and what it gets wrong when it comes to portraying how hum...

4 Aug 20251h 6min

318 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank (rebroadcast)

318 - The Intention Action Gap - Britt Frank (rebroadcast)

In this episode, we sit down with therapist Britt Frank to discuss the intention action gap, the psychological term for the chasm between what you very much intend to do and what you tend to do instea...

21 Juli 20251h 10min

317 - Don't Talk About Politics - Sarah Stein Lubrano

317 - Don't Talk About Politics - Sarah Stein Lubrano

Sarah Stein Lubrano tells us about her new book, Don't Talk About Politics, which urges us not to lose hope or become frozen in frustration when it comes to polarization and faulty discourse because t...

7 Juli 20251h 10min

316 - Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy (rebroadcast)

316 - Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy (rebroadcast)

In this episode we welcome psychologist Mary C. Murphy, author of Cultures of Growth, who tells us how to create institutions, businesses, and other groups of humans that can better support collaborat...

23 Juni 20251h 8min

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