Podcast Episodes

Playing and Losing By The Rules

It can be hard to lose, and at times, to play by the rules, but as Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about in this edition of Two Guys on Your He…

5 years, 6 months ago

The New Year

There are a lot of hopes riding on 2021, and those hopes have a lot to do with why categorization is so important.

In this edition of Two Guys on You…

5 years, 6 months ago

Numbers

We may take for granted our ability to count, but as Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about in this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, there’s a …

5 years, 6 months ago

The Principle of Contrast

When we have two things that are very similar to each other we might wonder, why do we have two when they seem to be the same? Turns out this is impo…

5 years, 7 months ago

Virtual Holidays

This year’s holidays might look a lot different for many of us due to the pandemic and social distancing, but they don’t have to be all bad.

In this …

5 years, 7 months ago

Perceptual Acuity

Developing new skills is about a lot more than practice.

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about the im…

5 years, 7 months ago

Perception and Affordance

When we see something, like a chair, we are not only seeing the chair but our brains are also making calculations as to what that chair can afford us…

5 years, 7 months ago

Defensive Pessimism

We might consider pessimism to be a negative attribute, but it turns out that sometimes pessimism can give us the energy we need we need in order to …

5 years, 8 months ago

Rewarding Mediocrity (Rebroadcast)

The ups and downs of rewards that praise participation in this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, with Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke.

The post Rewa…

5 years, 8 months ago

Failure (Rebroadcast)

Failure is a word that carries a lot of baggage, arousing emotional responses that we’d usually rather avoid. But what about success? Why does the th…

5 years, 8 months ago