Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
The Lure of Bette Davis Eyes
05 May 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Two scientists from the University of Bremen have found that groups of brain cells within the tempor...
In Negotiations, If You Feel Your Opponents' Pain, It May Be Their Gain
28 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Crucial in any successful negotiation is an accurate understanding of each side's motivations and ne...
Stock Market Winners Get Big Payoff--In Testosterone
21 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
A study of male traders in London reveals an interesting correlation between testosterone levels and...
World Wide Suicide: A Self-Termination Community Grows on the Web
14 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
An investigation published in the 'British Medical Journal' reveals that Web searches for informatio...
Brain Images Make Inaccurate Science News Trustworthy
07 Apr 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Research published in the April issue of the journal Cognition shows that the colorful brain images ...
Learn to Be Kind
28 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
New research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds that we can acquire a greater capacity f...
Mind the Alzheimer's Switch
14 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Neuroscientists recently made a startling discovery--young brains may experience memory loss due to ...
Experimenting With Drugs
03 Mar 2008
Contributed by Lukas
While at Stanford in the mid-1960s, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest author Ken Kesey started adding ...
Debunking Animal Autism
22 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Animal behaviorist Temple Grandin believes extraordinary animals think much like autistic geniuses. ...
If You Like It, It Must Be Rare
15 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
A study out of the business school INSEAD reveals that we tend to invert the economic axiom of short...
Fear Raises Self Esteem in Iraqi Teens
07 Feb 2008
Contributed by Lukas
A survey of 1,000 Iraqi teens reveals a surprising effect of living in a war torn country. Seems tha...
The "Me" Generation Isn't So "Me"
31 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Contrary to the media hype that today's teens are more self-absorbed than generations past, Canadian...
Lookin' Crazy in Love
24 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Psychologist Steven Pinker describes why passionate infatuation, typically associated with unhealthy...
Bisexuality is a Distinct Sexual Orientation
17 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Results from a 10-year study show that bisexuality in women is not a transitional phase enroute to l...
You're so Psychic, Bet You Know This Podcast is About You
10 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
Two Harvard psychologists use neuroimaging to provide what some call the best evidence yet that extr...
Race, IQ and Flynn
03 Jan 2008
Contributed by Lukas
James Flynn, who noticed that IQ scores have risen by three points every decade (a trend called the ...
Sibling Conflict Around the Holidays
20 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
As much as parents try to craft equal gifts for each child around the holidays, siblings still seem ...
The Slow Down of Time in Crisis
13 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Recent research from the Baylor College of Medicine tackles the fascinating experience we have of ti...
Fear Gets Us to the Gym
06 Dec 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Research from the University of Bath reveals that the kind of messaging that persuades us to get to ...
See Your Doc to Stop Smoking
29 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Two researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health published a review in the November 2...
When the Virtual You Changes the Real You
22 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a future where a digital you is influencing the real you; where a communicating clone can co...
Laughing in the Face of Adversity
15 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A poster presented at the Society of Neuroscience meeting reveals that empathy isn't always about ma...
The General Gist of False Memories
08 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Duke University neuroscientists have found a distinction between memories for specifics versus memor...
How We Can Hear Without Sound
01 Nov 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Research published in Nature describes how spontaneous activity in a developing ear creates the mech...
Sexual Orientation Controlled in the Brains of Worms
25 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Biologists are able to turn on a gene in the brain of nematode worms that leads them to desire same-...
Clock Genes Might Control the Sleep We Need
18 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Clock genes, long known to regulate our circadian rhythms, also give clues to what makes sleep so pe...
God in the Brain?
11 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
As neuroscientists search for brain circuits that lead to religious experiences, they're touching on...
New Head Protection for Footballers
04 Oct 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A new high-tech helmet allows coaches and sideline doctors to spot concussions and other dangerous i...
More Stress Means Less Eating
27 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Recent studies on a hormone receptor in the brain called CRF2 brought new hope for a solution to obe...
Neurons for Good and Bad Surprises
20 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A recent study with monkeys finds that the amygdala, the emotional center of the brain, has neurons ...
Fetal Neurons Found in Adult Brain
13 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Special cells that control the wiring of a fetus' brain were thought to die off shortly after birth....
Toddlers Beat the Great Apes at Social Learning
06 Sep 2007
Contributed by Lukas
New research in Science reveals that children and apes are on par when it comes to straight numerica...
Going Under Hypnosis Before Going into Surgery
30 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
Turns out that hypnosis, once thought to be a hocus-pocus parlor trick, may now be considered a legi...
Women Really do Prefer Pink
23 Aug 2007
Contributed by Lukas
A study has shown that women are more attracted to reddish hues, than to greens, yellows and the uni...