"... Have you ever looked at the front of a car and seen a face? Or an electrical outlet and seen a face? You definitely have. We all see faces everywhere we look thanks to a fun quirk of the human brain... continue reading

posted by ant 4 months 3 weeks ago • 48 views

Dr. Matthew Walker and Dr. Andrew Huberman discuss how marijuana affects sleep. Dr. Matthew Walker is a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and is the... continue reading

posted by eric3579 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 21 views • 9:40

We are going to be explaining 12 cognitive biases in this video and presenting them in a format that you can easily understand to help you make better decision in your life. Cognitive biases are flaws... continue reading

posted by enoch 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 320 views • 10:09

When Dr. John Reid, Chairman of the Trimontium Trust, contacted us and asked for our help in order to shed some light on an ancient mystery, we immediately agreed! Dr. Reid and his team did some excavations... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 344 views • 29:38

YouTube description: "Freemium" games can end up gaming gamers.

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 5 months ago • 487 views • 4:39

YouTube: As denizens of the internet, most of us are familiar with the trolls. In this episode of SciShow, learn a little about how social scientists think trolls came to be, and how online communities... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 166 views • 8:56

YouTube description: View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-psychology-behind-irrational-decisions-sara-garofalo Often people make decisions that are not “rational” from a purely economical... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 7 months 1 week ago • 144 views • 4:39

I am plagued with these daily. YouTube: Why do songs get stuck in our heads? And what can we do to get rid of them!?

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 weeks ago • 686 views • 8:28

What's in a Placebo? Who knows.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month ago • 191 views • 7:14

Welcome to the middle.

posted by brycewi19 9 years 7 months ago • 60 views • 9:18

Greed is good. War is inevitable. Whether in political theory or popular culture, human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry. UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner challenges this notion... continue reading

posted by enoch 9 years 12 months ago • 2,027 views • 4:37

From YT: An encouragement to be aware of the manipulative power of stories. -- Studies mentioned: Green, M.C. and Brock, T. (2000) The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives.... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 9 years 12 months ago • 365 views • 18:01

YouTube: In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank tackles some difficult topics dealing with prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 month ago • 592 views • 9:54

YouTube: Why do people sometimes do bad things just because someone else told them to? And what does the term Groupthink mean? In today's episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank talks about the ideas... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 1 month 1 week ago • 167 views • 10:08

YouTube: What exactly are Personality Disorders? How can they be diagnosed? Can we prevent some of them? In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank gives us the down low on things like Ego-Dystonic... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 2 months 1 week ago • 325 views • 10:58

Man, I love the psychology of death and the macabre.

posted by brycewi19 1 decade 2 months 1 week ago • 201 views • 13:51

YouTube: In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank walks us through the troubling world of Eating and Body Dysmorphic disorders. There's a lot going on here and, even though we still have a lot... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 2 months 2 weeks ago • 123 views • 10:12

Addiction is less prevalent and problematic than we have been led to believe, and drugs have been scapegoated for problems related to poverty and race. Carl Hart, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and... continue reading

posted by cricket 1 decade 2 months 4 weeks ago • 683 views • 21:17

YouTube: So, what do Batman and J.R.R. Tolkien have in common? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It used to be called "Shellshock" and it can be really really really destructive. In this episode of Crash... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 3 months ago • 269 views • 10:51