How to Calm Your Anxiety, From a Neuroscientist
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyMental HealthNeuroscienceWhat if you could transform your anxiety into something you can actually use during your work day? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares two evidence-based activities -- breathing and movement -- that can soothe your nervous system and fuel creativity and connection.
How Smart Are Crows Actually?
AdultsAnimalsLifePsychologyScienceHave you seen that adorable clip of a raven sledding down a snowy roof? We have, so we took a deep dive into how crows and other corvids exhibit tool use, intelligence, and maybe even consciousness.
3 Steps To Help Kids Process Traumatic Events
AdultsHow-toHumanPsychologyEducationParentingMental HealthWhat do we say to kids when intensely traumatic events interrupt everyday life? Whether you're a teacher, parent or community builder, educator Kristen Nguyen provides three research-backed steps for navigating these difficult conversations, restoring a sense of safety and facilitating collective healing.
When are you actually an adult? - Shannon Odell
AdultsHistoryHumanLifePsychologyExplore how scientists define adulthood, and find out if there’s a specific age at which we reach maturity.
Cute Aggression
YouthAnimalsFactsSciencePsychologyMental HealthSelfExplore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.
How to deal with rejection
AdultsHumanPsychologyScienceMental HealthSelfDig into the psychology of why rejection causes us pain, and explore strategies to cope with this common experience.
Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality | Brian Little
AdultsHumanPsychologySelfWhat makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are.
How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyMental HealthSelfYou're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion.
Why do you want to squeeze cute things?
AdultsHumanPsychologyScienceExplore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.
What's The Smartest Age?
YouthEducationSciencePsychologyAt what age are you smartest? Dig into how your brain development affects your skills at different stages of your life.
Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox
AdultsEducationHumanSciencePsychologyDig into the slippery slope fallacy, which assumes that one step will lead to a series of events that lead to an extreme— often bad— scenario.
Among Us Science - When Does Lying Go Too Far? ft. TheAmaazing
AdultsGamingPsychologyScienceRelationshipsGaslighting in Among Us? Probably okay. Gaslighting in a real relationship. Not so much!
Can you solve the dragon jousting riddle? - Alex Gendler
AdultsListeningPsychologyWritingFunGamesCreativityAfter years of war, the world’s kingdoms have come to an agreement. Every five years, teams representing the elves, goblins, and treefolk will compete in a grand tournament of dragon jousting...
An Antidote to Dissatisfaction
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What Happens To Your Body During Stage Fright?
AdultsHumanLifePsychologyHealthWhat does stage fright really do to us? Why do our nerves get the best of us when performing?
Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages?
AdultsEducationHumanPsychologyLanguageLearning a new language as an adult is harder than doing so as a child because adults usually aren’t as invested and often use the wrong strategies.
Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior?
AdultsHumanPsychologyScienceMathSolve this classic game theory challenge: given integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to ⅔ of the average of all numbers guessed be?
Is The Joker Legally Insane?
AdultsFilmMental HealthPsychologyHumorIf any supervillain is criminally insane, it has to be The Joker right? But would any real lawyer want him to plead insanity? Kyle puts the Clown Prince of Crime on Trial.