We’re taking a holiday break, so we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from this past year. Back in the spring we talked to University of Florida psychologist Erin Westgate about the surprisingly fascinating topic of boredom. What is boredom? Is it always bad to be bored? What can we do to infuse even boring times with meaning?
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Erin Westgate, PhD
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"Emotional Piano" by tictac9 via freesound.org.
Why we procrastinate and what to do about it, with Fuschia Sirois, PhD
How to stop mass shootings, with Jillian Peterson, PhD
The psychology of political messaging, with Drew Westen, PhD
Reading minds using brain scans, with Kenneth Norman, PhD
How the need to belong drives human behavior, with Geoffrey L. Cohen, PhD
How to spend your time more wisely, with Cassie Holmes, PhD
How job loss and economic stress affect workers and their families, with Anna Gassman-Pines, PhD
Understanding the teenage brain, with Eva Telzer, PhD
Can you be addicted to food? With Ashley Gearhardt, PhD
Encore - How to overcome feeling like an imposter, with Lisa Orbé-Austin, PhD, and Kevin Cokley, PhD
Encore - Tasty words, colorful sounds - How people with synesthesia experience the world, with Julia Simner, PhD
What is borderline personality disorder? With Carla Sharp, PhD
The truth about why kids lie, with Victoria Talwar, PhD
Can we unlearn implicit biases? With Mahzarin Banaji, PhD
Perfectionism: When good is never good enough, with Gordon Flett, PhD, and Bonnie Zucker, PsyD
Revealing the Hidden Brain, with Shankar Vedantam
Why can some people speak dozens of languages? with Ev Fedorenko, PhD
Abortion and mental health, with Antonia Biggs, PhD
How living with secrets can harm you, with Michael Slepian, PhD
Can an app improve your health? With Gary Bennett, PhD
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