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Can you remember what it was like for you to learn your native language? Probably not, but why is that?
As humans, we begin learning to speak our...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Sep 12, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
Our love-affair with computers marches on: if we wire human brains directly to them, where does the mind end and the machine begin?
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 2
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a debilitating mental health condition that affects 1-2% of us. Now neuroscientists at University of London have ...
- Added: Jul 07, 2014
- Length: 05:11
Nancy Schoenberger chronicles the tempestuous romance of Liz & Dick in her book Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of...
- Added: Jul 03, 2014
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 4
What’s so funny?
In this week’s show, the Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke, analyze laughter until it cracks you up.
Why i...
Bought by WDBM
- Added: Jun 27, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
This week on State of the Human, we're looking at obsessions, the helpful and the debilitating.
Bought by WMUU-LP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 58:46
- Purchases: 3
Jean Piaget was born in 1896 in Switzerland, and he died in 1980. His background was in biology and he became especially fascinated with studying ...
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Living with a mental illness is difficult – not only for the sufferer, but for caregivers, friends and family.
In this edition of Two Guys on Your...
- Added: May 09, 2014
- Length: 07:20
What happens when we feel guilt and shame? Our hearts may pound, we may feel sad, we might even want to cry. Physiologically our response to both s...
- Added: May 06, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Our world these days is laden with a constant flow of information. It’s unavoidable.
But how do we determine what information to believe? Once we...
- Added: May 06, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Horrible music, incredible wait times and an inscrutable labyrinth of phone prompts: We've all experienced the frustrations of being on hold. Even ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Oh, the woes of modern life in a metropolitan city center. What’s going on in our brains when we encounter that familiar feeling of intense frustra...
- Added: Apr 10, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Does size matter… when it comes to meetings? Well, actually, yes it does. It’s not a myth. Contrary to popular belief, when it comes to meetings...
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Dr. Nicholas Epley, professor at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, discusses his book, Mindwise.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WRNC-LP, and KPVL
- Added: Apr 02, 2014
- Length: 36:51
- Purchases: 4
What conclusions about parenthood will teenagers come to after participating in their AP Psychology class’ flour baby project? Listen as they share...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Apr 01, 2014
- Length: 05:24
- Purchases: 2
People’s unconscious reactions to liars and truth-tellers are more accurate than their conscious judgments.
Bought by WXDU
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
Ever have those moments when you just can’t find the right words to express your thoughts? They happen. Articulation isn’t always easy.
Sometimes,...
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 07:20
Shy baboons are less likely to put what they learn from watching others to use.
- Added: Mar 11, 2014
- Length: 01:00
- Added: Mar 09, 2014
- Length: 01:00
Human beings are a social species. Part of our natural programming, which has evolved as we’ve evolved with the rest of the planet into our current...
- Added: Mar 07, 2014
- Length: 07:20
In America, we don't own our real estate, we are our real estate. How much we own and what condition it's in communicates publicly what condition ...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Mar 06, 2014
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 1
Writer’s block! That phrase might induce panic and a recollection of a familiar experience. It’s a very common phenomenon. So, what is it?
When...
- Added: Feb 27, 2014
- Length: 07:19
“Hey, you’re smart!” That feels good to hear, doesn’t it? Praise always feels good to hear, but not all praise motivates us to try new things, ch...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Feb 21, 2014
- Length: 07:20
- Purchases: 1
A traumatic event in life is like a scratch on a record. Every time the record player, or your mind, runs over the scratch, it skips. This skippi...
- Added: Feb 14, 2014
- Length: 07:20
When it comes to the Myers-Briggs personality type test, are you an introvert or an extrovert? Do you focus on sensing, or do you use your intuitio...
- Added: Feb 08, 2014
- Length: 07:20
