Psychology
The Digital Human. Series 15, Harm. Audio, 28 minutes
Why do we sometimes remain silent when others need help? Aleks explores why we hold back.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
CrowdScience. What’s The Point of Laughter? Audio, 27 minutes
All of us laugh, and it may seem obvious why we do, but what does the science say?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted18 September 2018
CrowdScience. Why Do Drivers Zone Out? Audio, 27 minutes
How can your brain handle driving at 70mph while your mind is busy wandering?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Morality in the 21st Century. Episode 2: Jordan Peterson. Audio, 31 minutes
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explores what morality means in the 21st century.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Why boredom is interesting. Audio, 23 minutes
Why boredom can be quite interesting
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Big Idea. The teenage brain. Audio, 9 minutes
Why can’t teenagers get out of bed in the morning?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Health Check. Does the Treatment for Cardiac Arrest Need to Change? Audio, 27 minutes
Evidence that the use of adrenaline nearly doubles survivors’ risk of severe brain damage
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
CrowdScience. Why Does History Repeat Itself? Audio, 31 minutes
Why do we often ignore our parents’ advice?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Silence and the Scream. Audio, 28 minutes
Garrett Carr on the radical commune which broke the silence of rural Donegal in the 1970s.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Louis Theroux: Docs That Made Me. Video, 17 minutes
Louis Theroux reveals his favourite documentaries.
- AttributionBBC
- Unavailable
- Attribution
- Posted12 July 2018
The Big Idea. Are we all racist? Audio, 9 minutes
Are we all racist? Mahzarin Banaji puts this to the test with Implicit Association Test
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted21 June 2018
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- Posted10 June 2018
The Big Idea. Memory wars. Audio, 9 minutes
Should you trust your memory?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Curious Cases. Rutherford and Fry, The Déjà Vu. Audio, 26 minutes
Why do we get déjà vu?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted28 May 2018
The Big Idea. Outrage and moral conscience. Audio, 9 minutes
Why is there so much outrage on social media?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted25 May 2018
Arts & Ideas. Jordan B Peterson. Audio, 44 minutes
Self help and identity politics are on the agenda as Philip Dodd meets the YouTube star.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Unavailable
FutureProofing. Mental Health. Audio, 43 minutes
FutureProofing discovers how we can protect and improve our mental health in future.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Big Idea. Baby boffins. Audio, 9 minutes
Babies are much smarter than their parents might realise
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Bearing Grudges. Audio, 28 minutes
Why do many of us hold grudges, what sustains them in our lives and can we overcome them?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
