Can you solve the pirate riddle? - Alex Gendler
Adults PsychologyIt's a good day to be a pirate. Amaro and his four mateys - Bart, Charlotte, Daniel, and Eliza have struck gold - a chest with 100 coins. But now, they must divvy up the booty according to the pirate code - and pirate code is notoriously complicated. Can you help come up with the distribution that Amaro should propose to make sure he lives to tell the tale? Alex Gendler shows how.
What Happens To Child Prodigies When They Grow Up?
Adults PsychologyChildren who develop remarkable skills at an early age are often knowns at prodigies, but what happens to these kids once they grow up?
Why You're Attracted To Certain People
Adults PsychologyLove is a beautiful thing, but what causes it? Well, it might all just be in your head.
Being A Jerk May Not Be Your Fault
Adults PsychologyLaughter may be contagious, but did you know rudeness is too? Is there a way to stop bad attitudes from spreading?
Why The Popular Kids Don't Stay Cool
Adults PsychologySome people in high school engage in risky behavior, such as drinking and smoking, in an attempt to be cool. Does this pay off long term? Join Tara as she reports on new research showing that being popular in high school might be bad in your adulthood!
Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change
Adults PsychologyThe biggest problem for the climate change fight isn't technology - it's human psychology.
The Problem with Over-Friendly People
Adults PsychologyFriendliness is a great virtue. Over-friendliness can be an unexpected problem.
Is it time to retire the police sketch?
Adults PsychologyWe see police sketches in the news all the time, but do they actually work?
Dogs and Humans: A 30,000-Year Friendship
Adults PsychologyOf all the species that humans have domesticated, dogs are our oldest animal friends. But how did a group of wolves become the furry pup at the end of the bed? New research is finally unlocking the paw-in-hand evolution of dogs and humans. In this episode we're answering one big question: Did we domesticate dogs, or did dogs domesticate us?
Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten
Adults PsychologyHave you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your palms start to sweat? This is called math anxiety, and if it happens to you, you're not alone: Researchers think about 20 percent of the population suffers from it. So what's going on? And can it be fixed? Orly Rubinsten explores the current research and suggests ways to increase math performance.
Weird Things Your Body Does When You're Around Your Crush
Adults PsychologyLove has some strong effects on our bodies. From blushing to sweating, why do we react the way we do when facing a crush?
Why are we so attached to our things?
Adults PsychologyAfter witnessing the "violent rage" shown by babies whenever deprived of an item they considered their own, Jean Piaget - a founding father of child psychology - observed something profound about human nature: Our sense of ownership emerges incredibly early.
Can machines read your emotions?
Adults PsychologyComputers can beat us in board games, transcribe speech, and instantly identify almost any object. But will future robots go further by learning to figure out what we're feeling?
Why do we feel nostalgia?
Adults PsychologyNostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the world report experiencing and enjoying nostalgia. But how does nostalgia work? And is it healthy? Clay Routledge details the way our understanding of nostalgia has changed since the term was first coined in the late 17th century.
Introverts vs Extroverts
Adults PsychologyWritten by Amanda Edward, Rachel Salt, Gregory Brown and Mitchell Moffit
You Have A Second Brain
Adults PsychologyWritten by Annik Carson, Gregory Brown, Rachel Salt and Mitchell Moffit
Aphasia: The disorder that makes you lose your words - Susan Wortman-Jutt
Adults PsychologyLanguage is an essential part of our lives that we often take for granted. But, if the delicate web of language networks in your brain became disrupted by stroke, illness, or trauma, you could find yourself truly at a loss for words.