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How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD
Jun 11, 2025Becoming a parent is a huge life transition. Now, researchers are finding evidence that parenthood actually changes the brain – and these changes happen to fathers as well as to mothers. Darby Saxbe, ...
Attachment bonds: Understanding our closest relationships
Jun 04, 2025What makes us feel secure, safe and supported in our relationships with partners, friends and family? Ximena Arriaga, PhD, talks about how early and ongoing life experiences shape our bonds with other...
Time going too fast? How to slow it down, with Ruth Ogden, PhD
May 28, 2025Why 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 influence our sense of time, why time seems to go by faste...
Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD
May 21, 2025No one gets through life without encountering adversity. But many people survive terrible things without lasting trauma. George Bonanno, PhD, talks about how humans cope with extreme life events, the ...
Digging out: Can we help people with hoarding disorder? With Mary E. Dozier, PhD
May 14, 2025Hoarding disorder affects about 2 percent of the population and is more common among older adults. Psychologist Mary E. Dozier, PhD, talks about the causes of hoarding disorder, its links to other men...
How moms can help their daughters build a healthy body image
May 07, 2025Girls begin receiving messages that will shape their body image as young as preschool. Janet Boseovski, PhD, and Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD, author of “Beyond Body Positivity: A Mother's Science-Based Gu...
What drives people to extremism? With Arie Kruglanski, PhD, and Sophia Moskalenko, PhD
Apr 30, 2025The 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 destruction. Arie Kruglanski, PhD, and Sophia Moskale...
Why do we cry? With Lauren Bylsma, PhD
Apr 23, 2025Pain, sadness, joy, awe – under the right circumstances, any of these emotions can bring on tears. Lauren Bylsma, PhD, talks about why crying evolved, the psychological and social purposes of tears, w...
Meat and morality: Will people eat lab-grown meat? With Matti Wilks, PhD, and Daniel Rosenfeld, PhD
Apr 16, 2025Advocates of cultured meat say that it could help solve many environmental and animal welfare problems. But psychologists have found that some consumers say they’d be reluctant to try it. Matti Wilks,...
The psychology of swearing, with Richard Stephens, PhD
Apr 09, 2025What’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, talks about the psychology of swearing, including his ...