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Digging out: Can we help people with hoarding disorder? With Mary E. Dozier, PhD
Hoarding disorder affects about 2 percent of the population and is more common among older adults. Psychologist Mary E. Dozier, PhD, talks about the …
1 year, 3 months ago
How moms can help their daughters build a healthy body image
Episode 331
Girls begin receiving messages that will shape their body image as young as preschool. Janet Boseovski, PhD, and Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD, author of “…
1 year, 3 months ago
What drives people to extremism? With Arie Kruglanski, PhD, and Sophia Moskalenko, PhD
The word “extremist” might call up images of violence or terrorism. But extreme behaviors are all around us and can be a force for good as well as de…
1 year, 4 months ago
Why do we cry? With Lauren Bylsma, PhD
Episode 329
Pain, sadness, joy, awe – under the right circumstances, any of these emotions can bring on tears. Lauren Bylsma, PhD, talks about why crying evolved…
1 year, 4 months ago
Meat and morality: Will people eat lab-grown meat? With Matti Wilks, PhD, and Daniel Rosenfeld, PhD
Episode 328
Advocates of cultured meat say that it could help solve many environmental and animal welfare problems. But psychologists have found that some consum…
1 year, 4 months ago
The psychology of swearing, with Richard Stephens, PhD
What’s your first reaction when someone cuts you off in traffic or you stub your toe? Do you let out a choice word or two? Richard Stephens, PhD, tal…
1 year, 4 months ago
Keeping your brain healthy as you age, with Vonetta Dotson, PhD
Episode 325
What are the most important things you can do to reduce the risk of dementia and keep your brain healthy as you grow older? Neuropsychologist Vonetta…
1 year, 5 months ago
The rise of ‘therapy speak,’ with Taisha Caldwell-Harvey, PhD, and Erin Parks, PhD
Episode 325
Do you think your ex is probably a narcissist? Do you worry that your boss is gaslighting you? In recent years, these words and others have entered t…
1 year, 5 months ago
Understanding paranoia and extreme mistrust, with Daniel Freeman, PhD
Episode 324
For years, paranoia was seen a symptom of severe mental illness only. But in recent decades, some psychologists have begun to think about it differen…
1 year, 5 months ago
How to master virtual communication, with Andrew Brodsky, PhD
Episode 323
Between email, Zoom, Slack, and just walking down the hall, workplaces these days offer people more ways than ever to communicate with their virtual …
1 year, 5 months ago