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Stanford Psychology Podcast — 184 episodes
183 - William Damon: How to Live a Purposeful Life
182 - Bill Burnett: How to Design a Meaningful Life
181 - Nomisha Kurian: Critical Hope for the Future of Children & AI
180 - Andrew Lampinen: Translating Cognitive Psychology to AI
179 - Cynthia Osborne: Translating Evidence Into Early Childhood Policy
178 - Julia Nolte: Why We Avoid Difficult Decisions
177 - Alison Gopnik: How Can Understanding Childhood Help Us Build Better AI? (REAIR)
176 - Elizabeth Bonawitz: How to Have Fun While Studying How Children Learn so Much From so Little
175 - Nicholas Epley: A Little More Social
174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR)
173 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude (REAIR)
172 - Julia Chatain: Embodied Learning and Educational Technology in Mathematics and Beyond (REAIR)
171 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed? (REAIR)
170 - Marginalia Episode: Erica Bailey on Authenticity (REAIR)
169 - Tamar Kushnir: The Power of Imagination
168 - Robin Dunbar: How Many People Can You Be Friends With? (REAIR)
167 - Nicky Sullivan: Bridging the Gap Between Academic Research and Real-World Impact
166 - Steve Rathje: The Psychology of Virality
165 – Ying Wong: From Cultural Psychology to Global Business
164 - Susan Engel: Do We Become Less Curious As We Grow Older?
163 - Roger Levy: The Science of Language in the Era of AI
162 - Adam Benforado: How prioritizing kids benefits us all
161 - Yuan Chang (YC) Leong: Emotional arousal & dynamic brain connectivity
160 - Jennifer Hu: From Human Minds to Artificial Minds
159 - Dawn Finzi: From Vision Neuroscience to ML Engineering (Psychologist in the Wild Series)
158 - David Almeida: Can Stress Be Good For You?
157 - Diyi Yang: Socially Aware Large Language Models
156 - Katy Milkman: The Art and Science of Lasting Behavior Change
155 - Julian Jara Ettinger: How we understand other minds
154 - Judith Fan: The wonders of playing with blocks (REAIR)
153 - Mike North: Too old, too young—Is ageism the last acceptable bias?
152 - Laura Schulz: The journey of becoming a cognitive scientist and what babies and children have taught us about their cognition (REAIR)
151 - Robert Hawkins: Language, Collaboration, and Social Reasoning
150 - Kendrick Kay: Large-scale fMRI Datasets and What to Consider
149 - Jenna Wells: How Micro-Moments of Connection Shape Health and Happiness
148 - Dorsa Amir: How Culture Shapes Cognition
147 - Geoff Hinton & Jay McClelland: Two AI Pioneers in Conversation
146 - Alex Shaw: The Price of Neutrality
145 - Marginalia Episode: Erica Bailey on Authenticity
144 - Sandra Matz: AI, Social Media, And Data Privacy
143 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed?
142 - Meet the Hosts: Kate Petrova
141 - Michael Schwalbe and Geoff Cohen: When Politics Trumps Truths
140 - Julia Chatain: Embodied Learning and Educational Technology in Mathematics and Beyond
139 - Susan Carey: Becoming a Cognitive Scientist
138 - Hal Hershfield: Connecting with Your Future Self for a Better Tomorrow
137 - Kelsey Lucca: Unpacking the Development of Exploration and Exploitation
136 - Meet the Hosts: Bella Fascendini
135 - Jake Quilty-Dunn: The Language of Thought Hypothesis in Cognitive Science
134 - Lisa Damour: Inside Out 2 and the Science Of Teenage Emotions
133 - Nicholas Shea: Concepts in Humans, Animals and Machines
132 - Nilam Ram: Learning from The Human Screenome Project
131 - Johannes Eichstaedt: Is Social Media to Blame for Mental Illness? (REAIR)
130 - Laura Gwilliams: The Needles that Unraveled the Brain’s Language and What We Can Learn from Them
129 - Paul van Lange: Trust, Cooperation, And Climate Change (REAIR)
128 – Halie Olson: How our Brains Care About our Personal Interests
127 - Guilherme Lichand: Remote Learning Repercussions
126 - Michele Gelfand: Culture and Conflict
125 - Marginalia Episode: Cristina Salvador on Cultural Psychology in Latin America
124 - Oriel FeldmanHall: Punishment, Forgiveness, and Predicting Emotions
123 - Jacqueline Gottlieb: Are You Curious About Curiosity?
122 - Michal Kosinski: Studying Theory of Mind and Reasoning in LLMs.
121 - Joshua Hartshorne: Does a Similar Native Tongue Speed Up English Learning for Kids?
120 - Steve Fleming and Nadine Dijkstra: Distinguishing Imagination from Reality
119 - Bryan Brown: Virtual Reality for Science Education
118 - Josh Jackson: Morality, Culture, and Social Media
117 - Sho Tsuji: A blueprint for modeling how babies acquire language
116 - George Mashour: How Psychedelics Can Shed Light on Consciousness
115 - Matt Abrahams: Think Faster, Talk Smarter
114 REAIR SUMMER - Gillian Sandstrom: Talking to Strangers
113 REAIR SUMMER - Jon Jachimowicz: Should You Follow Your Passion?
112 REAIR SUMMER - Dacher Keltner: The Science of Awe
111 REAIR SUMMER - Jay Van Bavel: The Power of Us
110 REAIR SUMMER - James Gross: Building Emotion Regulation Skills During the Pandemic and Beyond
109 REAIR SUMMER - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude
108 REAIR SUMMER - Abigail Marsh: Surprising Predictors of Everyday Kindness
107 REAIR SUMMER - Josh Greene: Cooperation, Charity, and Effective Giving
106 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media
105 - Meet the Hosts: Eric Neumann on Podcasting and Studying Trust
104 - Special Episode: Marginalia Science
103 - Neil Lewis, Jr.: What Counts As Good Science?
102 - Meet the Hosts: Joseph Outa's Journey Into Science Communication
101 - Natasha Chaku: 100 Days of Adolescence
100 - Paul Bloom: The Psychology of Everything
99 - Deon Benton: What a Computational Model Can Tell Us About Babies' Inner (Moral) Life? (REAIR)
98 - Shinobu Kitayama: A Cultural Psychology for the Whole World
97 - Ovul Sezer: The Case for Sharing Good News (REAIR)
96 - Jon Freeman: Reading Faces
95 - Meet the Hosts: Anjie Cao and Her Path to Science Communication
94 - Josh Greene: Cooperation, Charity, and Effective Giving
93 - Moshe Hoffman: Altruism, irrationality, and the psychology of aesthetics
92 - Paul van Lange: Trust, Cooperation, And Climate Change
91 - Casey Lew-Williams: From Infant-directed Speech to Infant-directed Communication
90 - Elliot Aronson: Cognitive Dissonance, Cooperation, And Juicy Stories About the History of Psychology
89 - Edouard Machery: What Is a Replication? (REAIR)
88 - Christina Barbieri: Do examples help students learn math?
87 - Marilynn Brewer: Social Identity and Intergroup Conflict
86 - Cameron Ellis: Using fMRI to study what it is like to be an infant
85 - Wayne Wu: Attention, from a philosophical point of view
84 - Martha Nussbaum: Justice for Animals
83 - Dacher Keltner: The Science of Awe
82 - Kimberly Chiew: How Do People Remember Election Night 2016?
81 - Sa-Kiera Hudson: Social Dominance, Empathy, and Schadenfreude
80 - Hu Chuan-Peng: Building Open Science in China
79 - Delroy Paulhus: Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Sadism (WITH TRANSCRIPT)
78 - Laura Schulz: The journey of becoming a cognitive scientist and what babies and children have taught us about their cognition
77 - Melissa Kibbe: How do infants represent objects and agents?
76 - Robert Cialdini: A Life of Influence
75 - Russ Poldrack: What can neuroimaging research tell us about the brain and why is reproducible neuroscience important?
74 - Johannes Eichstaedt: Is Social Media to Blame for Mental Illness?
73 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude
72 - Maria Arredondo: When babies need to learn two languages
71 - Tessa West: Dealing with Toxic Coworkers
70 - Julia Leonard: Young children's effort allocation and persistence in learning
69 - Robin Dunbar: How Many People Can You Be Friends With?
68 - Special Episode: Join the BTS Conference! (Big Team Science, not the K-pop band.)
67 - Special Episode: Behind the Scenes of Paths to PhD
66 - Shai Davidai: Pursuing Status in a Zero-Sum World
65 - Viridiana Benitez: The Power of Predictability
64 - Claude Steele: How Trust Reduces Stereotype Threat
63 - Anne Scheel: Why Most Psychological Research Findings Are Not Even Wrong
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62 - Carol Dweck & Matt Dixon: The Neuroscience of Intelligent Decisions
61 - Chaz Firestone: Melting Ice With Your Mind
60 - Robb Willer: Why Your Political Enemy Is Not as Violent as You Think
59 - Kevin Binning: How to Foster Equity in College Science Courses
58 - Susan Fiske: A Life of Studying Diversity and Stereotyping
57 - Moira Dillon: Commonsense Psychology in Human Infants and Machines
56 - Daniel Gilbert: Stumbling Into Psychology
55 - Jordan Starck: How University Diversity Rationales Inform Student Preferences and Outcomes
54 - Mina Cikara: Hate Crimes Against Minorities
53 - Mimi Liljeholm: The Neuroscience of Agency, Learning, and How It Helps Us Understand AI
52 - Jay Van Bavel: The Power of Us
51 - Elika Bergelson: How Babies Learn Words
50 - Michael Kraus: The US Is More Unequal Than You Think
49 - Kurt Gray: Understanding Moral Disagreement
48 - Nicholas Coles: Asking Big Question with Big-team Science
47 - David Dunning: The Psychology of Trust and Unwarranted Cynicism
46 - Marlone Henderson: The Burden and Benefits of Scheduling Time for Charity
45 - Tiffany Brannon: Moving Toward More Inclusive Institutions through "Pride and Prejudice"
44 - Lasana Harris: Moving Beyond Stereotypes When Encountering Strangers
43 - Henrike Moll: The Nuances of Theory of Mind - How Young Children Understand Others' Perspectives and Beliefs
42 - Anuj Shah: Knowledge of Strangers and Community Policing
41 - Vanessa Bohns: You Have More Influence Than You Think
40 - Ashley Thomas: How Children Use Saliva Sharing to Infer Close Relationships
39 - Robert Rosenthal: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies And The Pygmalion Effect
38 - Angie Johnston: How Studying Dogs (!) Helps Us Understand Human Social Learning
37 - Molly Crockett: Moral Outrage, Trust During Covid, And Incentives in Academia
36 - Gillian Sandstrom: Talking to Strangers
35 - Diego Gambetta: Trust, Distrust, and Cynicism
34 - Fiery Cushman: The Possibility of Violence
33 - Jon Jachimowicz: Should You Follow Your Passion?
32 - Ethan Kross: Why We Talk to Ourselves and How to Make Our Inner Voices Work in Our Favor
31 - Tom Gilovich: Judging Individuals, Judging Groups
30 - Claudia Haase: Emotion Regulation in Couples
29 - Axel Cleeremans: The Study of Consciousness, Cognition, and Decision-Making
28 - Kateri McRae: How Emotions are Generated
27 - David Lagnado: How Causal Reasoning Can Help Us Make Better Judgments and Solve Criminal Cases
26 - Richard Wilkinson: Inequality, Health, and Positive Psychology
25 - Brian Nosek: The Pursuit of Open and Reproducible Science
24 - Paul Rozin: Improving Psychology
23 - Special Episode: What Is It Like to Get (Paid) Summer Research Experience at CSLI?
22 - Kelly McGonigal: Communicating Psychology
21 - James Gross: Building Emotion Regulation Skills During the Pandemic and Beyond
20 - Jillian Jordan: Victimhood and Morality
19 - Michal Strahilevitz: Teaching Happiness
18 - Abigail Marsh: Surprising Predictors of Everyday Kindness
17 - Scott Barry Kaufman: The Light Triad - A Psychology of Everyday Saints
16 - Erin Westgate: Why People Would Rather Shock Themselves Than Sit Alone with Their Thoughts
15 - Robert Sapolsky: Why Society Would Be Fairer If We Stopped Believing in Free Will
14 - Alison Gopnik: How Can Understanding Childhood Help Us Build Better AI?
13 - Wade Davis: A More Tolerant And Compassionate Mindset For Everyday Life
12 - Tobias Gerstenberg: Whose Fault Is It? Causal Judgments in Everyday Life
11 - Special Episode: The Past, Present and Future of the Paths to Ph.D. Event
10 - Hyowon Gweon: What Makes Us So Good at Learning from Each Other?
09 - Alan Fiske: The Problems with Labeling Emotions, And the Case for a New Emotion
08 - Judith Fan: The Wonders of Playing With Blocks
07 - Ovul Sezer: The Case for Sharing Good News
06 - Deon Benton: What a Computational Model Can Tell Us About Babies' Inner (Moral) Life?
05 - Linda Skitka: Moral Convictions
04 - Edouard Machery: What Is A Replication?
03 - Thomas Talhelm: Is Our Understanding of Collectivism Wrong? A New Theory of Responsibilism
02 - Michael Frank: The Universals and Variations of Children's Early Language Learning
01 - Jamil Zaki: Cynicism and Market Cognition