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Emotion

Ep 339: What Makes a Song Appealing?

Music researchers analyzed over 700 top Billboard songs (which included examining over 80,000 chords) and they determined that the “Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da”...

BY woodrow
December 6, 2019
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Development Emotion Motivation Personality Social Psychology

Ep 303: Significance Quest Theory: How Do We De-Radicalize People?

We know a lot about why individuals join extremist groups, what can we do about it? How do we...

BY Michael
April 19, 2018
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Development Emotion Therapy

Ep 293: Emotional Intelligence – How Is It Taught?

One of the hardest challenges as we grow up is to know how we feel and to understand how...

BY Michael
October 4, 2017
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Computer Can Guess Your Sexual Orientation

Emotion Gender/Sexuality

Ep 292: Yes, Computers Can Guess Your Sexual Orientation

On this episode I talk about a several psych topics, including what computer programs look at when they try to...

BY Michael
September 20, 2017
3 Comments

Cognition, Intelligence and Language Critical Thinking Emotion Social Psychology

Ep 286: What to do About Fake News? Apply a...

We’re all aware of the problem of fake news, but why do we fall for it? When we read a...

BY Michael
June 26, 2017
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Alexa Google Cortana: How Voice Enabled Assistants Can Sound Human

Cognition, Intelligence and Language Emotion I/O Psychology

Ep 272: How To Create a Human-Like Voice

Have you used Siri, Hey Google, or Alexa? These voice-enabled digital assistants are pretty cool and getting smarter, but...

BY Michael
January 6, 2017
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Cognition, Intelligence and Language Emotion Social Psychology

Ep: 266: Why Do You REALLY Support That Candidate? The...

Why do you vote the way you do? Have you read through all the various candidates position statements, or do...

BY Michael
October 16, 2016
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Cognition, Intelligence and Language Emotion Social Psychology

Ep 260: Kids Can’t Put Their Phones Down – How...

Cell phones: they’re here and they’re not going away. So now it’s time to “stop worrying and learn to love...

BY Michael
June 22, 2016
3 Comments

Emotion Therapy

Ep 251: How NOT to Get the Holiday Blues

At the end of the year there are so many cues around us that tell us that we should be...

BY Michael
December 15, 2015
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Disorders Emotion Social Psychology

Ep 237: What is Misophonia? More on La Cage, Empathy,...

Does the sound of other people’s mouth noises really drive you crazy? Honestly, it does to me. Things like lip...

BY Michael
March 19, 2015
4 Comments