Psychology
The Why Factor. Confidence: Why it misleads us. Audio, 23 minutes
There is little overlap between how good people think they are and how good they are
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Health Check. Cancer screening referrals and time of doctor visit. Audio, 27 minutes
Why twice as many patients are routinely referred at the start of the day than at the end
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- Posted19 April 2019
The Why Factor. Separating the art from the artist. Audio, 23 minutes
Why does what we know about an artist affect how we see their work?
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Curious Cases. Series 13, The Mesmerist. Audio, 35 minutes
Is hypnotism real? Drs Rutherford and Fry find out by visiting a hypnotist
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Witness History. EMDR: the eye-movement therapy. Audio, 9 minutes
A therapy which seems to work for post-traumatic stress was developed in the late 1980s
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The Well of Random. Hallucination: Through the Doors of Perception. Audio, 28 minutes
Geoff Watts explores the science of hallucination.
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CrowdScience. Why do we like some animals and hate others? Audio, 31 minutes
What makes us fawn over a puppy, but run away from rats?
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- Posted13 March 2019
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CrowdScience. Why am I shy? Audio, 32 minutes
Is shyness written in our genes, or more to do with our upbringing?
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- Posted7 March 2019
The Life Scientific. Gwen Adshead on treating the minds of violent offenders. Audio, 28 minutes
Gwen Adshead tells Jim Al-Khalili how she treats the minds of violent offenders.
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Brainwaves. Series 6, Understanding conflict. Audio, 28 minutes
Pennie Latin explores how to better understand and resolve the conflict in our lives.
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Analysis. Conspiracy Politics. Audio, 28 minutes
Are we living in a golden age of political conspiracy theories?
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The Why Factor. Blame. Audio, 23 minutes
Why are we so quick to point the finger of blame?
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- Posted25 January 2019
Health Check. Happy Birthday to the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist! Audio, 27 minutes
Looking back at 10 years of the intervention that saves lives in the operating theatre
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The Why Factor. Giving Presents. Audio, 23 minutes
Giving a gift - simple pleasure or risky business?
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- Posted3 January 2019
The Why Factor. Musical Instruments. Audio, 23 minutes
Why is there a hierarchy of musical instruments?
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Don’t Tell Me The Score. Rebecca Symes: Identity. Audio, 42 minutes
Simon explores what makes up our identity and coping with retirement with Rebecca Symes
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Thought Cages. The Art of Self-Deception. Audio, 14 minutes
Exploding society’s received wisdom. Do we deceive ourselves… to better fool others?
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The Why Factor. Truth. Audio, 23 minutes
Why is it so difficult to decide what is true in a world riddled with alternative facts?
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Analysis. The Replication Crisis. Audio, 28 minutes
Many key findings of psychological research are under question. What's going on?
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