Psychology
by Yale School of Medicine
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Description
Yale Faculty and distinguished guests speak on psychology research and latest studies happening at Yale.
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Food on the Brain | Ralph DiLeone discusses how our brains can make losing weight very difficult. | 18 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hot Coffee, Warm heart | John A Bargh discusses research into origins of interpersonal warmth from a Yale study in which Yale researchers find touching a warm beverage leads to warm feelings towards others. | 24 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lack of Sleep Leads to Health Problems Like Obesity | We spend fewer hours sleeping than our ancestors. Drs. Tamas Horvath and Xiao-Bing Gao, professors in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences explore health problems linked to lack of sleep, such as obesity. | 6 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Building Self Control to Fight Addiction | Dr. Roy Baumeister discusses self-control, the factors that deplete it, and the ways we can increase it. | 3 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Teen Brains Wired to Take Risks | Teenagers are hard wired to experiment and seek out excitement. Dr. Linda Mayes discusses the state of the science on adolescent brain development and ways that adults can encourage good decision making. | 3 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Strategies for the Hardest Cases of Depression | Gerard Sanacora, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale Depression Program, studies how the neurotransmitter systems in the brain contribute to depression and other mood disorders. | 3 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stress and Addiction: Breaking the Cycle | Rajita Sinha, professor of psychiatry and director of the Yale School of Medicine consortium on stress and addiction, explains how stress puts people at risk for addiction. | 4 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fast Tracking Lab Discoveries to Help Alcoholics | John Krystal, M.D., the Robert L. McNeil Jr. Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, explains current research on alcohol dependence. Dr. Krystal leads a major effort at Yale to help turn research findings about alcoholism into treatment for patients. | 29 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nicotine and the Teenage Brain | Leslie Jacobsen, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, explains how exposure to nicotine in the womb, or in the teen years, is associated with neurological changes—none of them for the better. | 14 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Some Soldiers Thrive Under Extreme Stress | Andy Morgan, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry, talks about his research with the military examining why some soldiers thrive under extremely adverse circumstances. | 24 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Racism's Shades of Gray | Yale's John Dovidio finds that people tolerate racism more than they say they will. | 13 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Monkey Economics: Hard-Wired Consuming Behavior | Laurie Santos, associate professor of psychology, talks about her research testing fundamental economic principles in laboratory capuchin monkeys. | 15 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 12 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
More like an intriguing breakfast radio show!
Curious minds would love this variety-filled collection of intriguing topics of limited standard psychology lore.
If one is hoping for a well-rounded introduction to psychology from an ivy-league university - this is not it.
I found it to be a snapshot of the wide variety of amazing people and progressive research present at Yale University and the high quality endeavours that they have worked on in the past decade. This course will provide a glimpse of the excitement that must occur at this fascinating facility.
