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16 - Erin Westgate: Why People Would Rather Shock Themselves Than Sit Alone with Their Thoughts
Eric chats with Erin Westgate, Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Florida. The work from Erin’s lab has focused on topics such as…
4 years, 6 months ago
15 - Robert Sapolsky: Why Society Would Be Fairer If We Stopped Believing in Free Will
Eric chats with Robert Sapolsky, Stanford Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery. Robert is a world-renowned academic and author of highly…
4 years, 6 months ago
14 - Alison Gopnik: How Can Understanding Childhood Help Us Build Better AI?
In this episode, Anjie chats with Alison Gopnik, Professor at the Department of Psychology and Affiliate Professor at Department of Philosophy at UC …
4 years, 6 months ago
13 - Wade Davis: A More Tolerant And Compassionate Mindset For Everyday Life
Eric chats with Wade Davis, Professor of Anthropology at UBC. Wade has a fantastically diverse background: Next to being a prolific academic with 22 …
4 years, 6 months ago
12 - Tobias Gerstenberg: Whose Fault Is It? Causal Judgments in Everyday Life
Eric chats with Tobias Gerstenberg, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stanford where he runs the Causality in Cognition Lab. His lab focuses on th…
4 years, 7 months ago
11 - Special Episode: The Past, Present and Future of the Paths to Ph.D. Event
For this week’s episode, we planned something special. Each year, the Stanford psychology department hosts Paths to Ph.D., a free, open-to-public inf…
4 years, 7 months ago
10 - Hyowon Gweon: What Makes Us So Good at Learning from Each Other?
In this episode, Anjie chats with Hyo Gweon, an associate professor at Stanford Psychology Department. Hyo directs Social Learning Lab, where the res…
4 years, 7 months ago
09 - Alan Fiske: The Problems with Labeling Emotions, And the Case for a New Emotion
Eric chats with Alan Fiske, Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology at UCLA. Alan is the author of multiple books, including Structures of So…
4 years, 7 months ago
08 - Judith Fan: The Wonders of Playing With Blocks
In this episode, Anjie chats with Judy Fan, Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Diego. Judy’s research is at the intersection of…
4 years, 8 months ago
07 - Ovul Sezer: The Case for Sharing Good News
Eric chats with Ovul Sezer, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at UNC Kenan-Flagler. Ovul’s research focuses on impression mismanagement,…
4 years, 8 months ago