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How to build kids’ resilience, with Mary Alvord, PhD
From school pressures to friendship ruptures, all kids will face challenges as they grow. Mary Alvord, PhD, talks why building resilience is key to h…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
What relationship science says about finding love, with Paul Eastwick, PhD
Episode 366
Popular culture often frames love and dating as a competitive marketplace shaped by evolution and rigid gender differences, but relationship science…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
The invisible work of being a daughter, with Allison Alford, PhD
Episode 365
For many women, being a daughter is not just a family role – it’s a lifelong job. Dr. Allison Alford discusses what she calls “daughtering”: the work…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
When your “mind’s eye” is blank: Understanding aphantasia, with Joel Pearson, PhD
Episode 364
People with aphantasia can’t visualize images in their mind’s eye. Ask them to picture an apple and they see a blank screen. Aphantasia researcher J…
7 months ago
Inside the social minds of chimps and bonobos, with Laura Simone Lewis, PhD
Episode 363
Most of us could look at a decades-old yearbook and recognize many of the faces of our former classmates -- but humans aren't the only ones with this…
7 months, 1 week ago
Precision mental health and personalized treatment, with Leanne Williams, PhD, and Zachary Cohen, PhD
Episode 362
Depression and anxiety look very different from one person to the next, and finding the right treatment can be a trial-and-error process. But researc…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
How will AI companions change our human relationships? With Ashleigh Golden, PsyD, and Rachel Wood, PhD
Episode 361
What does it mean to have an AI boyfriend or girlfriend, or to turn to an AI friend for emotional support? Ashleigh Golden, PsyD, and Rachel Wood, Ph…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Encore: The benefits of being bilingual, with Viorica Marian, PhD
More than half the world’s population speaks more than one language. Viorica Marian, PhD, of Northwestern University, talks about why speaking multip…
8 months ago
Encore: Learning to embrace winter, with Kari Leibowitz, PhD
Are you dreading the cold, dark months ahead? In Scandinavia, where the winters are among the coldest and darkest on earth, many people look forward …
8 months, 1 week ago
How competition drives our behavior, with Stephen Garcia, PhD
Episode 360
From classrooms to boardrooms, from sports to social media, we’re constantly sizing ourselves up against other people -- and being sized up in return…
8 months, 2 weeks ago