Podcast Episodes

Graduation

It’s graduation season, and that comes with a lot of joy, tears, expectations, and relief. But it turns out, as Dr. Art Markman, Dr. Bob Duke, and R…

2 months, 1 week ago

Art Explains his Easter Egg

Art explains the intro clip in the Easter Egg episode.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Easter Eggs

When we discover a hidden secret in a song, a movie, or a book, we can feel a sense of joy and connection. Those little gems are referred to as “eas…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Schadenfreude

We’ve all felt a little spark of satisfaction when someone who wronged us stumbles, or when a rival fails. That feeling has a name: schadenfreude, …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Failure Gap & Its Discontents

In a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Eskreis-Winkler and colleagues describe what they call “the failure gap”…

3 months ago

The Failure Gap

In a forthcoming paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Eskreis-Winkler and colleagues describe what they call “the failure gap”…

3 months, 1 week ago

The Psychology of Memory

One of the greatest features of our brains is that we can forget things, but why is it so difficult to forget some things but not others? It turns o…

3 months, 1 week ago

Reading vs. Listening (Rebroadcast)

Ever caught yourself saying “I’m reading a great book” only to awkwardly correct yourself with “…well, actually I’m listening to it”? That guilty pa…

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Dignity

Dignity is core to our humanity and woven into our sense of agency, authenticity, and the way others treat us, yet what it looks and feels like shif…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Neuroticism Part III: Support

People high in the Big Five personality trait of neuroticism generally experience more negative than positive feelings each day. In this final episo…

4 months ago