The Real Concern When Couples Fight
Fights between couples are personal. So it makes sense that the passionate ones are rarely about the actual content but rather are typically about something else entirely.
60-Second Psych from Scientific American podcasts
26 June 2010
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Sunday, June 27
The Real Concern When Couples Fight
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Dr. A
on Sun 27 Jun 2010 06:37 AM CDT
Friday, October 9
What the Experts Still Don't Know
by
Dr. A
on Fri 09 Oct 2009 06:43 PM CDT
What the Experts Still Don't Know (podcast)
This month the British Psychological Society published the 150th issue of its Research Digest. To celebrate, they asked 23 world-renowned psychologists the following question: What is one nagging thing that you still don’t understand about yourself? (full article) A few touched on consciousness. But many wrote about the conundrum of how understanding behavior does nothing to change behavior. 60-Second Psych from Scientific American podcasts 9 November 2009 Saturday, September 12
Where the Desire for Change Resides
by
Dr. A
on Sat 12 Sep 2009 10:30 AM CDT
Where the Desire for Change Resides
Scientists have found an area of the brain that becomes highly active when we finally decide to explore the unknown. 60-Second Psych from Scientific American podcasts 9 November 2009 Thursday, March 26
Pharmed Fish
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Dr. A
on Thu 26 Mar 2009 10:32 AM CDT
Pharmed Fish
A study presented at an American Chemical Society meeting reveals that fish from sites in various parts of the country tested positive for drugs and personal care product chemicals that wind up in the water supply. 60-Second Science from Scientific American podcasts 26 March 2009 Tuesday, January 13
The Persistence of Racism
by
Dr. A
on Tue 13 Jan 2009 06:15 AM CST
The Persistence of Racism
Recent research concludes that while people predict they will react negatively to racial slurs, their behavior proves otherwise. 60-Second Psych from Scientific American podcasts 13 January 2009 Saturday, January 3
The Art of Diagnosis
by
Dr. A
on Sat 03 Jan 2009 12:01 PM CST
The Art of Diagnosis (~ 18 min. podcast)
Does very severe PMS constitute a mental disorder? That's one of many questions facing psychiatrists as they work to revise the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSM, the definitive compendium of our psychic maladies. Because the DSM influences not just doctors and patients but medical research, insurance companies, the pharmaceutical industry, advertising and the culture at large, controversy surrounding its new edition abounds. Brooke looks at this powerful book On the Media: This Week from NPR December 26, 2008 Friday, December 12
To Get Good Grades, Get Good Sleep
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Dr. A
on Fri 12 Dec 2008 03:18 PM CST
To Get Good Grades, Get Good Sleep.
You’d think that college students would be experts at sleeping. But odd hours, parties, cramming for tests, personal problems, self-medication with drugs or alcohol and general can wreck a student’s sleep habits. Which can be bad for the body and the mind. 60-Second Psych from Scientific American podcasts 8 December 2008 Wednesday, September 10
Observers of Walking Figures See Men Advancing, Women in Retreat
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Dr. A
on Wed 10 Sep 2008 06:06 AM CDT
Observers of Walking Figures See Men Advancing, Women in Retreat
When viewing figures walking, a curious illusion appears. People perceive male strollers as moving toward them, whereas the female walkers appear to be moving away, regardless of the figure's actual direction. 60-Second Psych from Scientific American podcasts 8 September 2008 Saturday, March 15
Counterproductive Cameras At Traffic Lights
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Dr. A
on Sat 15 Mar 2008 06:47 AM CDT
Counterproductive Cameras At Traffic Lights
Researchers in Florida contend that cameras for catching drivers who run red lights actually increase accidents and injuries. 60-Second Science from Scientific American podcasts 12 March 2008 Sunday, March 2
Creative Play Makes for Kids in Control
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Dr. A
on Sun 02 Mar 2008 07:26 AM CST
Creative Play Makes for Kids in Control
In a preschool in Bridgeton, New Jersey, children are learning to develop important cognitive and self-regulation skills -- through play. NPR Morning Edition (28 Feb 2008) by Alix Spiegel Sunday, February 10
You Say Potato, I Say Cassava: Language, Culture and Perception
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Dr. A
on Sun 10 Feb 2008 06:47 AM CST
Scientific American -- Science Talk
(6 February 2008) In this episode, University of California, Berkeley, linguist Alice Gaby talks about the relationships among language, culture, cognition and perception. Thursday, January 17
No Clowning for Hospitalized Kids
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Dr. A
on Thu 17 Jan 2008 07:26 AM CST
"No Clowning for Hospitalized Kids"
60-Second Science from Scientific American podcasts January 17, 2008 Researchers spoke to 255 kids between the ages of 4 and 16. And none of them liked clowns. According to the magazine Nursing Standard, one researcher said, “We found that clowns are universally disliked by children. Some found them frightening and unknowable.” Saturday, December 8
When the Virtual You Changes the Real You
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Dr. A
on Sat 08 Dec 2007 08:16 AM CST
"When the Virtual You Changes the Real You"
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