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The Studies Show is a weekly podcast about psychology and neuroscience in plain English. Each episode tells the story of a single research study, the fascinating (and sometimes frightening) results, and what it teaches us about ourselves and each other.
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The season finale of The Studies Show. I think I saved the best for last. But that could change at any moment.
Something lives inside your brain. We just have no idea what it is. However, it seems to keep “popping up”.
A psychological mystery involving factory workers, bright lights, a few thousand cyclists, and of course…cockroaches.
There’s a science behind subconscious mind control? Quite a bit, actually. Links: Huffington Post article about the Top Ten Influence Experts of 2016 Dr. Robert Cialdini’s book, Pre-Suasion
Baby-in-a-box, electric floors, radicalism, and of course, some psychology thrown in. Here’s a baby in a box:
Did you know that over 60,000 Americans were sterilized BY LAW in 27 states? In his book, War Against the Weak, Edwin Black documents how American corporate philanthropies launched a national campaign of ethnic cleansing in the United States and helped found and fund the Nazi eugenics of Hitler. Not our country’s proudest moment. Along … Continue reading "018 – Two Fake Monkeys"
Here’s an unethical study that punished animals for not having perfect pitch. They became so afraid of the experimenter that they quivered, urinated, defecated, and experienced something he dubbed, “Experimental Neurosis”. It’s also one of the most influential studies of the nineteenth century. It still affects how psychologists conduct experiments and how they think about … Continue reading "017 – The World’s Most Famous Drool"
Stanford University psychologist, Carol Dweck has conducted a series of studies that bring this episode on a journey from a New York City middle school, to the World Memory Championships, to the winding streets of London. The nature vs. nurture debate gets settled once and for all and we discover a one-word mindset shift that … Continue reading "016 – Without this Word, No Other Word Matters"
For decades, people have been misquoting poor Albert Mehrabian. His study was released in 1967 and ever since then, his findings have been abused. Today, we set it right. LINKS: The Magic Pose – New Discoveries in Body Language Do you ever wonder what people think about you? Have you ever accidentally given the wrong … Continue reading "015 – The Truth About Body Language"
Divorce can be predicted after observing any married couple for just a few minutes. The four marriage killers are powerful, but they are also tiny. There are two interesting things about this week’s study. The first is the near certainty of the four marriage killers. When they are present, the marriage has an over 90% … Continue reading "014 – The 4 Marriage Killers"
Another super-famous psychological study from Stanford. Links: Get the first seven chapters of Tim David’s upcoming book, True Influence Special nod this week to JamesClear.com Mischel’s follow up studies: 1988 1989 And just for fun…
“I watched marvelous, cooperative, wonderful, thoughtful children turn into nasty, vicious, discriminating little third graders in the space of fifteen minutes.” – Jane Elliot Today we look at Jane Elliot’s groundbreaking 1968 classroom exercise that ignited a rash of studies on the psychology of in-groups vs. out-groups and raises the question, “Is racism natural or … Continue reading "012 – Racism and the Brain"
Are self-fulfilling prophesies real? This famous 1967 study sheds some light on the possibilities.
The last episode covered The Seven Ways Trump Influenced Voters’ Brains, this time we’ll look at the two psychological biases that tipped the scales in the 2016 Presidential election. Links: Here is an article I wrote about the Invisible Gender Bias Here is an article I wrote about the ballot order effect.
182 days before the election, I predicted a Trump victory. The pundits had Hillary Clinton winning with as much as 99% certainty. Behavioral psychology is a better predictor than polls. We take a break from our series on the top 20 psychological studies of all time in order to answer the question…how the heck did … Continue reading "010 – Seven Ways Trump Influenced Voters’ Brains"
Which one wins out, a good person or a bad situation? In 1971, Philip Zimbardo from Stanford University put good people into a bad situation (a mock prison) and discovered that the devil is “on the inside”. For more on this experiment, visit prisonexp.org/
Possibly the most famous psychological study outside the world of psychology. Move over David Copperfield. This experiment, conducted by Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris, found that it is indeed possible to actually make a guy in a gorilla suit invisible even though he is “right before your very eyes”. Here is Daniel Simons presenting “The … Continue reading "008 – The Gorilla Suit Stuffed with Cash"
We continue to explore the results of the $20M Harvard Grant study that followed 268 men through 80+ years of their lives. Topics covered are how to live into your 90s, the number one most significant factor in your success, and the ins and outs of alcoholism.
After being edited out of episodes 6 and 7 for the purposes of time, Erik Erikson’s “stages of adult development” found its way back into the podcast via this bonus episode. The developmental tasks as described by George Vaillant in his book, Triumphs of Experience are as follows: Identity – Separation and individualization from your … Continue reading "006a – I’m More Mature than U, Nya nya"
After a brief history of the eighty-year, $20 million dollar Harvard Grant Study (the most comprehensive longitudinal study in human history) you’ll learn about what science has discovered about what it takes to live a long, happy, and successful life. Here is the list of contacts and data collected at key points throughout the study:
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