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163 | Can You Feel Yourself Being Watched?

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162 | Why Do We Dream?

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161 | Board Games

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160 | Why Do We Kiss Each Other?

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159 | Masturbation: The Original DIY

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158 | Distracted Driving

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157 | Motivated Reasoning

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156 | Why? Our 3-Year Anniversary With Special Guests!

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155 | Addicted to Social Media Part 2

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154 | Addicted to Social Media Part 1

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153 | Triage: The Best Idea Ever?

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152 | Why and How We Grieve

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151 | Montessori Schooling (Part 2)

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150 | Montessori Schooling (Part 1)

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149 | Understanding Dyslexia

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148 | False Memories: The Mandela Effect

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147 | Criminal Profiling

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146 | Right and Left Brain Personality

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145 | Imposter Syndrome

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144 | Default Mode Network of the Brain

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143 | How to Tell if Someone is Flirting With You | Why We Do What We Do

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142 | Altruism | Why We Do What We Do

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141 | Are Kids Losing Their Attention Span? | Why We Do What We Do

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140 | Sensory Integration Therapy | Why We Do What We Do

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139 | Berserkers | Why We Do What We Do

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138 | Why People Do Stupid Things (Part 2) | Why We Do What We Do

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137 | Why People Do Stupid Things (Part 1) | Why We Do What We Do

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136 | Psychedelics in Therapy With Stu Law (Part 3) | Why We Do What We Do

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135 | Psychedelics in Therapy With Stu Law (Part 2) | Why We Do What We Do

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134 | Psychedelics in Therapy With Stu Law (Part 1) | Why We Do What We Do

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133 | Prion Diseases | Why We Do What We Do

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132 | The Ghosts of Limbs Past: Phantom Limb Pain | Why We Do What We Do

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131 | Lead Poisoning Our Brains | Why We Do What We Do

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130 | The Psychology of Humor (Our Funniest Episode Ever!) | Why We Do What We Do

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129 | Tapping Meridian Points | Why We Do What We Do

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128 | Zombie Bugs | Why We Do What We Do

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127 | Sleep Paralysis: Demons and Ghosts in the Night | Why We Do What We Do

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126 | Where Our Superstitions Come From | Why We Do What We Do

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125 | Why People Like Horror Movies | Why We Do What We Do

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124 | Crying Wolf: Clinical Lycanthropy | Why We Do What We Do

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123 | Seizure Disorders | Why We Do What We Do

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122 | Brain Food | Why We Do What We Do

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121 | A Brief Introduction to Punishment | Why We Do What We Do

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120 | Sign Language With Primates | Why We Do What We Do

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119 | Twin Studies | Why We Do What We Do

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118 | Positive and Negative Reinforcement in Schools | Why We Do What We Do

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117 | Who Still Uses Behavior Modification? | Why We Do What We Do

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116 | Why Are Some People Picky Eaters? | Why We Do What We Do

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115 | Leaning Over the Edge: The Call of the Void | Why We Do What We Do

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114 | A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock 'N Roll: The Psychology of Music Preference | Why We Do What We Do

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113 | You Know Less Than You Think: The Dunning-Kruger Effect | Why We Do What We Do

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112 | Expelled: Racial Inequality in School Discipline With Dr. Kent McIntosh | Why We Do What We Do

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111 | Too Many Choices! Option Paralysis | Why We Do What We Do

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110 | Diagnosing Mental Health Disorders | Why We Do What We Do

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109 | The Downfall of Mental Hospitals | Why We Do What We Do

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108 | How to Study | Why We Do What We Do

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107 | Child Development Part 2: Birth Through the First Two Years | Why We Do What We Do

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106 | Child Development Part 1: Pregnancy | Why We Do What We Do

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105 | What's Going On With Weighted Vests? | Why We Do What We Do

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104 | Why We Do What We Do Turns 2! | Why We Do What We Do

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103 | Bullying in Schools with Dr. Scott Ross and Brooke Wagner | Why We Do What We Do

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102 | Did Behaviorism Kill Research on Emotions? | Why We Do What We Do

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101 | Multi-Tasking is Hard | Why We Do What We Do

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100 | Fad Treatments for Autism | Why We Do What We Do

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099 | How We Know What We Know | Why We Do What We Do

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098 | Homeopathy Treatment for Mental Health | Why We Do What We Do

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097 | I'm So Sorry! Why We Apologize | Why We Do What We Do

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096 | The Mozart Effect | Why We Do What We Do

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095 | How Alcohol Makes Us Feel Drunk | Why We Do What We Do

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094 | False Confessions | Why We Do What We Do

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093 | Animal Aggression Part 2 With Hannah Branigan & Ryan Cartlidge | Why We Do What We Do

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BONUS | Join the Team! | Why We Do What We Do

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092 | Animal Aggression Part 1 With Hannah Branigan & Ryan Cartlidge | Why We Do What We Do

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091 | Synesthesia (The Sun Smells Too Loud) | Why We Do What We Do

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090 | Gestalt (Gesundheit) | Why We Do What We Do

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089 | Chelation Therapy For Autism: A Dangerous Myth | Why We Do What We Do

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088 | Lobotomies as Psychotherapy │ Why We Do What We Do

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087 | Super Color Vision: Human Tetrachromats │ Why We Do What We Do

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086 | A Horse that Could Math!│ Why We Do What We Do

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085 | 5:1 is the Magic Number│ Why We Do What We Do

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084 | The Psychology of ASMR│ Why We Do What We Do

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083 | Dog Breeds & Personalities │ Why We Do What We Do

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082 | How Much Can Sommeliers Sense? │ Why We Do What We Do

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081 | Why is Fluency Important? Part 2: An Interview With Dr. Donny Newsome │ Why We Do What We Do

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080 | Why is Fluency Important? Part 1 │ Why We Do What We Do

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079 | Parsimony │ Why We Do What We Do

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078 | Creativity │ Why We Do What We Do

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077 │ Do Babies Recognize Good & Evil? │ Why We Do What We Do

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076 │What is an EEG? │ Why We Do What We Do

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075 │ Perceiving the World Through Hearing Part 3: Tinnitus and Auditory Processing Disorder │ Why We Do What We Do

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074 │ Perceiving the World Through Hearing Part 2: Treating Hearing Loss │ Why We Do What We Do

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073 │ Perceiving the World Through Hearing Part 1│ Why We Do What We Do

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072 | Circular Reasoning: Redux | Why We Do What We Do

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071 │ Tolman's Cognitive Maps: A False Sense of Direction │ Why We Do What We Do

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070 │ Spare The Rod: Corporal Punishment │ Why We Do What We Do

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069 │ Thorndike’s Cat in a Box: The Learning Curve? │ Why We Do What We Do

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068 │ Phenomenology is a Phunny Word │ Why We Do What We Do

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067 │ A Hierarchy of Needs Part 2│ Why We Do What We Do

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066 │ A Hierarchy of Needs Part 1│ Why We Do What We Do

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065 │ The Whole Story of Little Albert│ Why We Do What We Do