How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed
AdultsHealthHumanPsychology...You'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.
The Best Way To Apologize
YouthHow-toHumanRelationships...Explore what to do— and not to do— in order to deliver an authentic apology and make amends in a variety of situations.
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 makes a poem … a poem? - Melissa Kovacs
AdultsHistoryHumanSelf...What exactly makes a poem … a poem? Poets themselves have struggled with this question, often using metaphors to approximate a definition. Is a poem a little machine? A firework? An echo? A dream? Melissa Kovacs shares three recognizable characteristics of most poetry.
You Don’t Actually Know What Your Future Self Wants | Shankar Vedantam | TED
AdultsEducationHumanPsychology..."You are constantly becoming a new person," says journalist Shankar Vendantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the "illusion of continuity" -- the belief that our future selves will share the same views, perspectives and hopes as our current selves -- and shows how we can more proactively craft the people we are to become.
Why you procrastinate even when it feels bad
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyExplore what happens in the brain to trigger procrastination, and what strategies you can use to break the cycle of this harmful practice.
Becoming An Artist: Petrit Halilaj
YouthArtHumanCreativityMeet Petrit Halilaj, the artist who makes colourful worlds all about imagination, his childhood memories and his dreams for the future.
The Boltzmann Paradox
YouthHumanPhilosophyPhysics...How do you know you’re a person rather than a just-formed brain full of artificial memories?