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What the movies get right (and wrong) about relationships, with Paul Eastwick, PhD, and Eli Finkel, PhD
Episode 342
For many of us, movies offer our earliest lessons in love and help shape our expectations about what romance and relationships might look like. Relat…
1 year, 1 month ago
Can AI help solve the mental health crisis? With Vaile Wright, PhD
Episode 341
People are increasingly turning to chatbots for mental health advice and support – even as researchers work to develop safe, evidence-based AI mental…
1 year, 1 month ago
Why can’t you remember being a baby? With Nicholas Turk-Browne, PhD
Episode 340
Why can’t you remember your first birthday party? Or the house you lived in at age 2? Nicholas Turk-Browne, PhD, talks about new studies that sugges…
1 year, 1 month ago
How to be happier, with Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD
Episode 339
Want to be happier? Some of our happiness level is due to genes or life circumstances, but research shows much of it is within our control. Sonja Lyu…
1 year, 2 months ago
The psychology of wealth, empathy and entitlement, with Paul Piff, PhD
Episode 338
Can money make you mean? Most of us like to think we’d stay grounded if we were to become wealthy, but psychologists’ research suggests that money, s…
1 year, 2 months ago
Coping with job insecurity, with Mindy Shoss, PhD
Episode 337
Between economic uncertainty, the rise of AI and major changes in government policy, many U.S. workers feeling stress. A recent survey found more tha…
1 year, 2 months ago
How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD
Episode 336
Becoming a parent is a huge life transition. Now, researchers are finding evidence that parenthood actually changes the brain – and these changes hap…
1 year, 2 months ago
Attachment bonds: Understanding our closest relationships
Episode 335
What makes us feel secure, safe and supported in our relationships with partners, friends and family? Ximena Arriaga, PhD, talks about how early and …
1 year, 2 months ago
Time going too fast? How to slow it down, with Ruth Ogden, PhD
Episode 334
Why does time fly when you’re having fun – and slow to a crawl when you’re not? Ruth Ogden, PhD, talks about how our experiences and emotions influen…
1 year, 3 months ago
Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD
No one gets through life without encountering adversity. But many people survive terrible things without lasting trauma. George Bonanno, PhD, talks …
1 year, 3 months ago