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Who are you, really? The puzzle of personality | Brian Little

AdultsHumanPsychologySelf
What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are.

How to stay calm when you know you'll be stressed

AdultsHealthHumanPsychology...
You're not at your best when you're stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release cortisol in stressful situations, inhibiting rational, logical thinking but potentially helping you survive, say, being attacked by a lion.

Why do you want to squeeze cute things?

AdultsHumanPsychologyScience
Explore the psychology of the phenomenon known as cute aggression, which is the urge to squeeze, bite or pinch something cute.

Truth Decay

AdultsHistoryHumanPsychology...
Trust is eroding, in part, due to the over-abundance of opinion-based content; we must all develop better tools and habits for consuming information to regain a shared understanding of what is true.

Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox

AdultsEducationHumanScience...
Dig into the slippery slope fallacy, which assumes that one step will lead to a series of events that lead to an extreme— often bad— scenario.

Among Us Science - When Does Lying Go Too Far? ft. TheAmaazing

AdultsGamingPsychologyScience...
Gaslighting in Among Us? Probably okay. Gaslighting in a real relationship. Not so much!

Can you solve the dragon jousting riddle? - Alex Gendler

AdultsListeningPsychologyWriting...
After years of war, the world’s kingdoms have come to an agreement. Every five years, teams representing the elves, goblins, and treefolk will compete in a grand tournament of dragon jousting...

An Antidote to Dissatisfaction

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What Happens To Your Body During Stage Fright?

AdultsHumanLifePsychology...
What does stage fright really do to us? Why do our nerves get the best of us when performing?

Game theory challenge: Can you predict human behavior?

AdultsHumanPsychologyScience...
Solve this classic game theory challenge: given integers from 0 to 100, what would the whole number closest to ⅔ of the average of all numbers guessed be?

Why Are Adults Bad At New Languages?

AdultsEducationHumanPsychology...
Learning a new language as an adult is harder than doing so as a child because adults usually aren’t as invested and often use the wrong strategies.

Is The Joker Legally Insane?

AdultsFilmMental HealthPsychology...
If any supervillain is criminally insane, it has to be The Joker right? But would any real lawyer want him to plead insanity? Kyle puts the Clown Prince of Crime on Trial.

Why Do We Cringe?

AdultsBiologyHumanPsychology...
I posted cringe, but it's educational!

A brief history of cannibalism

AdultsHealthHistoryHuman...
Human cannibalism is a lot more common than you might think. Dive into its complex history and see its uses in medicine, cultural rituals and in times of survival.

Why Do We Talk In Our Sleep?

AdultsBiologyHumanScience...
Sleepy time!

The mysterious science of pain

AdultsBiologyHealthScience...
Explore the biological and psychological factors that influence how we experience pain and how our nervous system reactions to harmful stimuli.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

AdultsCultureHumanPsychology...
The Dunning-Kruger Effect was first described in a 1999 paper by David Dunning and Justin Kruger.

Why We Pick Difficult Partners

AdultsPsychologyRelationshipsSociety
In theory, we're nowadays allowed to get together with pretty much anyone we like. And yet, at a psychological level, we aren't free to love just any suitable person. We have a type - and strangely and awkwardly, these types are often not those who stand a chance of making us maximally happy.