How should we measure intelligence? | Mary-Helen Immordino Yang
AdultsHumanPsychologySocietyEducationOur society has an obsession with quantifying everything, often applying measurements and numerical values where they aren't necessary.
These Illusions Fool Almost Everyone
AdultsEducationMusicSciencePsychologyA big thank you to Titus Grenyer over at Pep Organ for showing us around the Sydney Town Hall Organ, to Dr. Diana Deutsch for providing her illusions and insight into the field, to Casey Connor for advice on building sound illusions, and to Dr. Michael Bach for providing the motion-bounce illusion.
12 traits emotionally intelligent people share
AdultsHumanLifePsychologySelfSure, IQ is important, but is it as impactful as emotional intelligence? Renowned psychologist and author Daniel Goleman explains.
Do You Have a Free Will?
AdultsPsychologyScienceSelfPhilosophyTake control over what occupies your mind with Ground News.
Why People Prefer More Pain
AdultsBiologyPsychologyScienceHealthWe experimented to see how much pain our volunteers could handle.
Jewel: Clear perception is the way to psychological strength
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyMental HealthSelf‪@jewel‬ says denying the truth cost her years of her life. This is how she shifted her perception to see truth more clearly and regain her strength.
Why Reality is a “Controlled Hallucination”
AdultsEducationScienceTechnologyNeurosciencePsychologyThere have always been hints that the brain wasn’t evolved to track objective reality, but a new, incredibly popular theory in neuroscience takes everything one step further. Not only is your brain not built for reality, you’ve never even experienced it. Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains “predictive processing.”
Why People Prefer More Pain
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyScienceA massive thank you to Rayner Moss for recreating the experiment equipment and making this shoot happen.
The Science of Emotions with Tony Hale
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyScienceMental HealthEducationEmotions, please take center stage 🌟 Our friend Tony Hale is in our signature National Geographic yellow chair to chat with Dr. Lisa Damour about the science of emotions.
You have no free will at all | Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky
AdultsBiologyHumanPsychologyScienceHow your biology and environment make your decisions for you, according to Dr. Robert Sapolsky.
Why Steve-O risked his life over, and over, and over again
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyMental HealthLifeEntertainmentYou know Steve-O. Now meet Steve Glover, as the professional stuntman talks to us about pain, insecurity, and never finding contentment.
Psychiatrists Can't Agree About This New Disorder
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyMental HealthProlonged grief disorder recently debuted in both of the two manuals that clinicians use to diagnose psychological conditions. But the DSM and the ICD don't completely agree on what it is.
How to know if you're being selfish (and whether or not that's bad) - Mark Hopwood
AdultsHumanPsychologySelfPhilosophyExplore a classic philosophical debate and decide: is it human nature to be selfish? And if so, is it possible to overcome it?
Can you trust your memory? This neuroscientist isn’t so sure | André Fenton
AdultsBiologyHealthPsychologyNeuroscienceThere are three kinds of memory that all work together to shape your reality. Neuroscientist André Fenton explains.
Keep Calm And Recover From Surgery Faster
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyCan keeping calm before a surgery reduce negative outcomes? More than one study says "Yes."
What The Prisoner's Dilemma Reveals About Life, The Universe, and Everything
AdultsEducationPsychologyScienceGamesPhilosophyThis is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma.
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Red-Headed League - Alex Rosenthal
AdultsCreativityHumanPsychologyBooksHistoryOne day in the fall, you called upon your friend, Sherlock Holmes, and found him in conversation with Jabez Wilson. Wilson had been working for the mysterious League of Red-Headed Men.