Psychology
Brainwaves. Series 3, The Psychology of Cheating. Audio, 28 minutes
Pennie Latin explores what drives people to deceive, dupe and defraud.
- AttributionBBC Radio Scotland
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Why Do we Want or Need Heroes? Audio, 18 minutes
Angie Hobbs asks why do we want or need heroes?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Will They Always Hate Us? Audio, 30 minutes
Can psychology help opposing groups overcome conflict situations? David Edmonds finds out.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Digital Human. Series 8, Body. Audio, 30 minutes
Aleks Krotoski asks what the advent of digital technologies has meant for the human body.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. On Being Ignored. Audio, 15 minutes
John Osborne discusses what it means to be ignored.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Life Scientific. Robert Plomin on the genetics of intelligence. Audio, 28 minutes
Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Why Does Commuting Make us the Way we Are? Audio, 18 minutes
Why does commuting make us the people we are and how?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 September 2015
Serendipity. Lacrimosa. Audio, 28 minutes
Proinsias O'Coinn goes in search of a piece of art that has the power to make him cry.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Why do we travel? Audio, 18 minutes
Mike Williams asks why do we leave the comfort of our homes to go travel?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Past Imperfect. Audio, 28 minutes
How false memories can be artificially generated and used to change future behaviour.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Why do Top Sportsmen and Women Choke? Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we lose the ability to do routine tasks under pressure?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Questioning Success. Audio, 15 minutes
Jennifer Kavanagh questions the value of success.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Why do we Draw? Audio, 18 minutes
What makes us draw, how do we get good at it and what do we reveal through our drawings?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Daydreaming. Audio, 18 minutes
Does everyone’s mind wander? And why do we do it?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Suicide. Audio, 18 minutes
Every year, across the world, around a million people take their own lives. But why?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Fear Itself, Matthew Sweet. Audio, 15 minutes
Matthew Sweet reflects on an experiment designed to induce fear in a toddler.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Food Chain. Dinner for One. Audio, 27 minutes
Do you take a hit to your wallet, your social life and even your health by dining alone?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Word of Mouth. Prof Tanya Byron on the language parents use to talk to their children. Audio, 28 minutes
Tanya Byron and Michael Rosen discuss the language parents use to talk to their children.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Best of Four Thought. Audio, 43 minutes
Kamin Mohammadi presents three of the best recent episodes of Four Thought.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. Sharing. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do we share? And, what happens inside our brains when we do?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Analysis. Precedents or Principles? Audio, 30 minutes
How far are we influenced by precedent in reaching decisions and how much by principles?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Four Thought. Series 4, In Defence of Anger. Audio, 15 minutes
Philosopher Amia Srinivasan makes the case for anger.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
