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Can we prevent school shootings? With Dewey Cornell, PhD
Jan 22, 2025From Columbine to Sandy Hook to Uvalde, the list of schools and communities devastated by gun violence grows every year. Dewey Cornell, PhD, an expert in school violence prevention, discusses how scho...
Why do some of us age faster than others? With Terrie Moffitt, PhD
Jan 15, 2025The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study has been tracking the health and life experiences of more than 1,000 New Zealanders since 1972. Terrie Moffitt, PhD, a professor of psycholog...
Dry January: Why more people are taking a break from alcohol, with Richard de Visser, PhD
Jan 08, 2025Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called to add cancer warnings to alcohol labels. For many people, “Dry January” offers a chance try out a low- or no-alcohol life. Health psychologist Richard de Visse...
Encore - Why we get conned and how to avoid it, with Daniel Simons, PhD, and Christopher Chabris, PhD
Jan 01, 2025From Ponzi schemes to email phishing identity thieves, the world can seem full of people who want to deceive us. Daniel Simons, PhD, and Christopher Chabris, PhD, co-authors of Nobody’s Fool: Why We G...
Encore - What is borderline personality disorder? With Carla Sharp, PhD
Dec 25, 2024Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most frequently diagnosed personality disorders, and one of the most misunderstood. Carla Sharp, PhD, of the University of Houston, discusses how BP...
Dreams, nightmares and sleepwalking: What can happen while we sleep, with Antonio Zadra, PhD
Dec 18, 2024Our dreams can be exhilarating, surprising, terrifying, even mundane. But where do they come from and what, if anything, do they mean? Dream researcher Antonio Zadra, PhD, talks about why some people ...
Why do we push ourselves to be perfect? With Thomas Curran, PhD
Dec 11, 2024In job interviews and in life, perfectionism is often seen as a selling point – an asset disguised as a flaw. But as psychologists have found rising rates of perfectionism in the United States and aro...
Learning to embrace winter, with Kari Leibowitz, PhD
Dec 04, 2024Are you dreading the cold, dark months ahead? In Scandinavia, where the winters are among the coldest and darkest on earth, many people look forward to winter as a time of coziness, beauty and rest. P...
Encore - Tightwads and spendthrifts: How emotions drive our shopping behavior, with Scott Rick, PhD
Nov 27, 2024Does shopping bring you joy? Or do you feel a bit of pain and regret every time you have to make a purchase? Many of us will be shopping for gifts in the upcoming weeks—whether we enjoy it or not. Sco...
Lessons from the ‘love lab’ on how to strengthen your relationship, with John Gottman, PhD, and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD
Nov 20, 2024Strong, supportive relationships are key to our mental and even physical health. But what are the keys to a healthy, loving relationship? John Gottman, PhD, and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, talk about...