psychology

#74 Christopher Chabris: The Invisible Gorilla, and Other Cognitive Illusions

Sep 20, 2018

Dr. Christopher Chabris is a Professor at Geisinger, an integrated healthcare system in Pennsylvania, and a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, France. He has taught at Union College and Harvard University. He received his Ph.D. in psychology and A.B. in computer science from Harvard. His research focuses on attention, intelligence (individual, collective, and social), behavior genetics, and decision-making. His work has been published in leading journals including Science, Nature, PNAS, Psychological Science, Perception, and Cognitive Science. Chris is also co-author of the bestselling book The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us, published in 20 languages. More»
#73 Richard Nisbett: What Social Psychology Tells Us About Cognition

Sep 17, 2018

Dr. Richard Nisbett is the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished Professor of social psychology and co-director of the Culture and Cognition program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was the recipient of the Donald T. Campbell Award from the American Psychological Association in 1982, and he’s a Guggenheim fellow. He’s also the author of several books, including Culture of Honor, The Geography of Thought, and Mindware. More»
#72 Randy Thornhill: Why Men Rape, and How to Prevent It With Science

Sep 14, 2018

Dr. Randy Thornhill is an American entomologist and evolutionary biologist. He is a professor of biology at the University of New Mexico, and was president of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society from 2011 to 2013. He is known for his evolutionary explanation of rape as well as his work on insect mating systems and the parasite-stress theory. He’s the author of several books, including A Natural History of Rape, and The Parasite-Stress Theory of Values and Sociality. More»
#62 Lewis Goldberg: The Development and Scientific Relevance of the BIG FIVE

Aug 23, 2018

Dr. Lewis Goldberg is an American personality psychologist and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon. He is closely associated with the lexical hypothesis, that says that any culturally important personality characteristic will be represented in the language of the particular culture. This hypothesis led to the discovery of a five-factor structure of personality trait adjectives (which he dubbed the Big Five). More»
#58 April Bleske-Rechek: The Psychology of Friendship, Mate Selection, Modern Psychology

Aug 13, 2018

Dr. April Bleske-Rechek is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. As a researcher, she focuses on human mating, friendship, cognitive abilities and intellectual giftedness, and science literacy. More»
#54 Robin Hanson: The Elephant in the Brain, Selfishness and Prosociality, Social Progress

Aug 2, 2018

Dr. Robin Hanson is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He’s also the author of books like The Age of Em, and The Elephant in the Brain. More»
#52 Eric Turkheimer: Four Laws of Behavior Genetics, Gene-Environment Dynamics, IQ

Jul 26, 2018

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#51 James Flynn: Intelligence and IQ, the Flynn effect, group comparisons

Jul 23, 2018

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#50 Nancy Segal: Accidental Brothers, Twin Studies, Nature and Nurture, Epigenetics & More

Jul 20, 2018

Dr. Nancy Segal is Professor of Developmental Psychology and Director of the Twin Studies Center, at California State University, Fullerton. She’s been the recipient of many awards and distinctions. She served as Assistant Director of the Minnesota Center for Twin and Adoption Research, in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota, from 1985 to 1991. She’s also the author of many books, including Entwined Lives, Indivisible by Two, Someone Else's Twin, Born Together-Reared Apart, and, the latest one, Accidental Brothers: The Story of Twins Exchanged at Birth and the Power of Nature and Nurture. More»
#48 Susan Pinker: The Sexual Paradox and The Village Effect

Jul 16, 2018

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