Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Our Brains Process Reading Vs. Listening (Rebroadcast)
Have you ever wanted to tell a friend about a book you just discovered by saying, “I’m reading…” then you have to qualify that by saying, “Actually …
2 years, 5 months ago
Common Sense
A lot of times when we think of or refer to common sense it is because we think someone may be lacking it. However, for our society to function we n…
2 years, 6 months ago
Teaching The Value of Learning
Grades serve as a proxy to measure if we’ve learned what we need to learn, but emphasizing the grade over the value of learning is done more often t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Teaching a Moral Code
Many times we think that if we set up the correct consequences for negative behavior children will learn to do the right thing, but as Dr. Art Markm…
2 years, 6 months ago
Teaching and Behavior
There are many elements of being in a classroom that are difficult to navigate. It’s not only tough to teach, it’s hard to be an attentive student i…
2 years, 6 months ago
Sugar and The Brain (Rebroadcast)
Why is it hard to have just one of those delicious slices of pound cake over the holidays? Well, it turns out it has less to do with the creamy butt…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Psychology of Finger Counting
We may all count on our fingers, but we are not all counting on them the same way. In a 2012 issue of Cognition, German researchers Andrea Bender an…
2 years, 7 months ago
Creating Happy Holidays
It can be really stressful to try to make the holidays a happy time. In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke, and R…
2 years, 7 months ago
Nudge Theory
When it comes to theories about behavior change if it seems too good to be true it probably is. In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art M…
2 years, 7 months ago
Playoffs
There is playoff fever around the country and things are particularly hot here in Texas. In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman…
2 years, 7 months ago