Tag: experiment

• Cheaters, Liars, and Ignoble Prize Winners

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  October 2, 2020Episodes

• Psych Warn

  The Stanford Prison Experiment, one of the most famous and compelling psychological studies of all time, told us a tantalizingly simple story about human nature. This experiment has been included in many, many introductory psychology textbooks and is often cited …

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  June 25, 2018Episodes

• Call Made By Your Name

  What’s in a name? A lot, apparently. New research suggests that your first name shapes the way other people perceive your age, personality, and how good you are at your job – and the findings could mean some classic psychology …

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  June 8, 2018Episodes

• Loch Screen

  A global team of scientists plans to scour the icy depths of Loch Ness next month using environmental DNA (eDNA) in an experiment that may discover whether Scotland’s fabled monster really does, or did, exist. Whenever a creature moves through …

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  June 4, 2018Episodes

• Jolt of Personality

  Trans-cranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) – the process of directly electrocuting parts of the brain to accelerate learning – causes Anthony and Jeff to debate the possibility of the human soul.  If we are just a series of electrical impulses, …

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  July 23, 2014Episodes