psychology

#1214 Paul Eastwick: The Science of Love and Connection

Feb 12, 2026

Dr. Paul Eastwick is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Eastwick’s research investigates how people initiate romantic relationships and the psychological mechanisms that help romantic partners to remain committed and attached. One of his research programs examines how the qualities that people say are critically important to them in a romantic partner—their ideal partner preferences—direct romantic partner selection and retention. He is the author of Bonded by Evolution: The New Science of Love and Connection. More»
#1207 Alberto Acerbi: Digital Media, Between Reasonable Caution and Unjustified Fears

Jan 26, 2026

Dr. Alberto Acerbi is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Trento. He is a cognitive/evolutionary anthropologist with a particular interest in computational science. He is the author of “Tecnopanico. Media digitali, tra ragionevoli cautele e paure ingiustificate” (“Technopanic: Digital Media, Between Reasonable Caution and Unjustified Fears”). More»
#1203 Nicole Karlis: Your Brain on Altruism

Jan 16, 2026

Nicole Karlis is a health and science journalist. Her work has been published in Salon, The New York Times, Marie Claire, and The Bold Italic. She is the author of Your Brain on Altruism: The Power of Connection and Community during Times of Crisis. More»
#1199 Jason Clarke - Constructing Experience: Expectation and Attention in Perception

Jan 8, 2026

Dr. Jason Clarke is Lecturer in Psychology in the School of Human and Social Sciences at the University of West London. He is a cognitive scientist whose research focuses on revealing the psychological and neural processes underlying visual perception, memory, and consciousness. He is the author of Constructing Experience: Expectation and Attention in Perception. More»
#1188 Ashley Randall: Sexual Minority and Gender-Diverse Individuals in Romantic Relationships

Dec 12, 2025

Dr. Ashley Randall is a Professor in the School of Counseling and Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University. She studies couples’ interpersonal emotion regulation. Although stressful experiences can have deleterious effects on individual well-being in a variety relationships and settings, romantic partners are in a unique position to regulate each other’s emotions during times of distress. More»
#1182 Dries Bostyn: How People Respond to Trolley Dilemmas

Nov 28, 2025

Dr. Dries Bostyn is a social psychologist, statistician and philosopher currently doing a BOF senior postdoctoral fellowship at the Social Psychology Lab at Ghent Unversity. His primary research focus is the study of moral psychology. More»
#1181 Shinobu Kitayama - Cultural Differences in Psychological Traits: The Self, Emotions, and More

Nov 27, 2025

Dr. Shinobu Kitayama is Robert B. Zajonc Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Culture & Cognition Program at the University of Michigan. His research revolves around cultural differences and similarities in a variety of mental processes such as self, emotion and cognition. He has focused on comparing people from Asian countries such as Japan, the Philippines and China with Americans. More»
#1176 Justin Lehmiller: The Science of Desire, and The Most Common Sexual Fantasies

Nov 14, 2025

Dr. Justin Lehmiller is a Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute and an internationally recognized sex educator. He conducts research on sexual fantasies, casual sex, and sexual health and has published a sexuality textbook that is used in college classrooms around the world. In addition, he runs a popular blog, Sex and Psychology, and has been published in Playboy, VICE, USA Today, Politico, Men's Health, and New York Magazine. He is the author of Tell Me What You Want: The Science of Sexual Desire and How It Can Help You Improve Your Sex Life. More»
#1158 Vibeke Ottesen: The Psychology of Political Violence

Oct 3, 2025

Dr. Vibeke Ottesen is a Norwegian criminologist with an interest in how nature and nurture combined create human behavior. She has a popular science blog – Biosocial - where she comments on news, scientific findings and literature relevant to her subject – more often than not with an evolutionary informed approach to understanding the subject matter. She has held numerous lectures on the benefits of an evolutionary informed approach to understanding the cross-cultural sex and age differences in anti-social and criminal behavior. More»
#1156 Eric Sprankle: The History and Science of Masturbation and Pornography

Sep 29, 2025

Dr. Eric Sprankle is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Minnesota State University, Mankato. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist and AASECT-certified sex therapist affiliated with the Minnesota Sexual Health Institute. He is the author of DIY: The Wonderfully Weird History and Science of Masturbation. More»