Health Psychology and Human Nature

Interested in improving your life? In todays Episode Massimo tells us about how to practice stoicism, a practical philosophy of life; how to improve upon yourself; How to Exercise the Dichotomy of Control which is the main concept in Stoicism; How to start our practice and a lot more.

Professor Massimo Pigliucci is known for popularizing Stoicism with e.g. his TEDx talk viewed more than 400 000 times, his short TEDed video with more than 4 million views and a lot of presentations and books. Two of his books are: How to Be a Stoic and A Handbook for New Stoics.

To see more of Massimos work go to: https://massimopigliucci.com/massimo-central/

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Does brain training work? What can you do to improve your cognition and why do we have consciousness? In todays episode we get into all of this good stuff.

Adjunct Research Professor Bobby Stojanoski is highly interested in both how the brain works and our experience and studies things like memory, attention and perception. He use advanced techniques like fMRI and EEG to measure what is going on in the brain

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Does brain training work? What can you do to improve your cognition and why do we have consciousness? In todays episode we get into all of this good stuff.

Adjunct Research Professor Bobby Stojanoski is highly interested in both how the brain works and our experience and studies things like memory, attention and perception. He use advanced techniques like fMRI and EEG to measure what is going on in the brain

For more episodes, tips and inspiration follow me at @healthpsychologyandhumannature on Instagram and FB.

Have a terrific day.

Learn a ton about Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) for children and adults. What it is, how you know if you or someone else have the diagnosis, what treatment options exist, how to get an evaluation, the stigma around it and so much more.

Dr. Roberto Olivardia is a Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer in Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Lexington where he does work regarding ADHD, OCD, eating disorders and body image issues in boys and men.

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Have a terrific day and please enjoy. 

Only Tuesdays, no more Fridays. Once a week, not twice a week. 

The golden days of two episodes per week is up, at least for now. It was lovely, nice and fantastic, but some times some good things must come to an end, and that time is now for two episodes per week. From now on Health Psychology and Human Nature will only be released once a week on Tuesdays. But I will of course continue to create new great episodes about interesting topics with some of the best scientists each and every Tuesday.

Friends, take care and I’ll see you in the next episode.

How do species change over time and why are we attracted to certain things? Today I and Professor Richard Prum get into Natural Selection, Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Beauty. We also get into sexual stuff like why the penis is the way it is and orgasms. 

Richard is an evolutionary ornithologist, meaning he really know his birds and evolution. He has written the book The Evolution of Beauty in which he argues for Darwin’s long-neglected theory of sexual selection, in which the act of choosing a mate for purely aesthetic reasons – for the mere pleasure of it – is an independent engine of evolutionary change.

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Have a terrific day.

Only Tuesdays, no more Fridays. Once a week, not twice a week. 

The golden days of two episodes per week are up, at least for now. It was lovely, nice and fantastic, but some times some good things must come to an end, and that time is now for two episodes per week. But I will of course continue to create new great episodes about interesting topics with some of the best scientists each and every Tuesday.

Friends, take care and I’ll see you in the next episode.

How did we get our brain and how is it different from other brains? The answer to those questions are given in todays episode by Associate Professor Suzana Herculano-Houzel. We also get into how many neurons we have, how many neurons we have in our cerebral cortex, how our brain compares to other brains, how we got our brain and how much energy our brain use.

Suzana Herculano-Houzel is an Associate Professor of the Departments of Psychology and Biological Sciences at Vanderbilt University. Her TED talk “What is so special about the human brain” has been seen almost 500 000 times on YouTube alone. She has written many books, one of which is The Human Advantage.

Friends I really hope you will enjoy today's episode

How does videogames affect our wellbeing? In todays episode Rachel Ph.D. tells us about how Video Games (on computer, console, phone etc.) affect our wellbeing and mental health; how it teaches us a variety of skills; how it gives us a pause from our problems and so much more. We also get into addiction; playing as a child and if if playing makes us more aggressive.

Rachel Kowert is a gamer herself with a Ph.D. from the University of New York who’s research focus on games. She has written and edited numerous scientific articles and books. Two of which are a parents guide to video games and Video Games and Well-being. The latter is the first book ever to be published of the positive effects of gaming.

For more episodes, tips and inspiration follow me at @healthpsychologyandhumannature on Instagram and FB.

Friends, hope you enjoy the episode. 

How does videogames affect our wellbeing? In todays episode Rachel Ph.D. tells us about how Video Games (on computer, console, phone etc.) affect our wellbeing and mental health; how it teaches us a variety of skills; how it gives us a pause from our problems and so much more. We also get into addiction; playing as a child and if if playing makes us more aggressive.

Rachel Kowert is a gamer herself with a Ph.D. from the University of New York who’s research focus on games. She has written and edited numerous scientific articles and books. Two of which are a parents guide to video games and Video Games and Well-being. The latter is the first book ever to be published of the positive effects of gaming.

For more episodes, tips and inspiration follow me at @healthpsychologyandhumannature on Instagram and FB.

Friends, hope you enjoy the episode.