Understanding Hoarding
June 1, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about why some people find it difficult to discard possessions – and about how they can be helped – with Smith College psychology professor Randy Frost.
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The Best of Think: Movies And The Mind
November 25, 2015This hour, we’ll listen back to our January conversation with Washington University psychology professor Jeffrey M. Zacks about how our minds process moving images.
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Gauging Group Dynamics
January 21, 2015Team projects are the bane of some people’s school or work lives. We’ll chat with the author of Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter on how to do just that.
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Why We’re Nice
January 20, 2015We’ll talk about the science of being kind with the author of Does Altruism Exist?: Culture, Genes, and the Welfare of Others.
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The Psychology Of Disease
November 18, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how we champion some diseases and turn our noses up at others with Dr. Angelica Tratter and Dr. Robert Kugelmann of the University of Dallas.
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Second Guessing Optimism
October 21, 2014This hour, we’ll talk about how focusing on the obstacles that stand in our way can help us to overcome them with NYU psychology professor Gabriele Oettingen, author of Rethinking Positive Thinking: Inside the New Science of Motivation.
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The Pot Debate
July 24, 2014We’ll talk this hour about how marijuana affects individuals and society with University of Texas at Dallas researchers Dr. Francesca Filbey and Dr. Robert Morris.
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New Thinking On Delusions
July 22, 2014We’ll find out this hour about how the social world contributes to delusion with Dr. Joel Gold, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine.
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The Malleable Mind
July 8, 2014We’ll talk this hour with Dr. Thalma Lobel, an expert on human behavior. Her new book is Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence.
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A Peek Inside The Mind
May 14, 2014We’ll talk this hour with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz about what he’s learned from 25 years of listening to patients.
