You have no free will at all | Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky
AdultsBiologyHumanPsychology...How your biology and environment make your decisions for you, according to Dr. Robert Sapolsky.
How to increase your happiness
AdultsHealthHumanPsychology...Dig into the benefits of practicing gratitude in your everyday life, and discover how being thankful can impact your happiness.
Why Steve-O risked his life over, and over, and over again
AdultsHealthHumanPsychology...You 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
AdultsHealthHumanPsychology...Prolonged 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
AdultsHumanPsychologySelf...Explore 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
AdultsBiologyHealthPsychology...There 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
AdultsEducationPsychologyScience...This is a video about the most famous problem in Game Theory, the Prisoner’s Dilemma.
Critical Thinking Skills
YouthHow-toLifePsychology...Critical thinking relies on several factors—such as knowledge, analysis, and evaluation—to figure things out.
Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Red-Headed League - Alex Rosenthal
AdultsCreativityHumanPsychology...One 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.
The Power of Unconventional Thinking | David McWilliams | TED
AdultsCreativityHumanPsychology...From World War II to the 2008 economic collapse and beyond, history shows that economists don’t always see the future as clearly as they think they do, says David McWilliams.
How to overcome your mistakes
AdultsHumanPsychologySelf...Explore what prevents us from learning from our failures, and how to become more resilient through cultivating a growth mindset.
How to Make Learning as Addictive as Social Media | Luis Von Ahn | TED
AdultsEducationHumanTechnology...When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok?
The Single Most Important Parenting Strategy
AdultsHumanLifePsychology...Everyone loses their temper from time to time — but the stakes are dizzyingly high when the focus of your fury is your own child.
Amazing Things Happen!
YouthEducationPsychologyWorld...Introduction to autism that aims to raise awareness among young non-autistic audiences.
The Weight of “Nothing” Could Mean Everything (to Physics)
AdultsLifePsychologyScience...Deep in a Sardinian mine, researchers are constructing an experiment that hopes to solve what's known as The Worst Prediction In The History of Physics, and pin down the true identity of dark energy.
Can Laughter Reduce Pain?
YouthHumanPsychologyHealth...Can laughter actually reduce the pain you experience? Tune in and watch this incredible experiment to find out!
Why is it so hard to break a bad habit?
YouthHumanPsychologyMental Health...Explore the psychology behind how good and bad habits are formed, and get tips on how to manage these behaviors.
What Does IQ Actually Measure?
AdultsEducationSciencePsychologyA huge thank you to Emeritus Professor Cecil R. Reynolds and Dr. Stuart J. Ritchie for their expertise and time.