85-Year-Old Granny Sprints for Gold
[2:08] An 85-year-old grandmother is hoping to prove she still has a spring in her step, as she trains to compete in her la…
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Susan Greenfield: Human Mind and Society
[11:31] Society is composed of human minds working collectively. By appreciating consciousness can we understand so…
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Peter Singer: The why and how of effective altruism
[17:19] If you’re lucky enough to live without want, it’s a natural impulse to help others in need. But, as…
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Good and Bad Childhoods
[3:08] The quality of one’s childhood has an overwhelming effect on the course of adult life. It’s good to be fully a…
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Charles Duhigg: Build Mental Models to Enhance Your Focus
[6:51] According to Pulitzer winner Charles Duhigg, the art of focus is training your mind to know what it can safely ign…
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Susan David: This Brain Hack Can Improve Your Willpower
[2:21] Psychologist Susan David, author of the book “Emotional Agility,” explains how we can enhance ou…
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The Cognitive Science Behind Repeating Mistakes
[3:03] Being constantly late, losing your phone, spending too much money, dating the same inadvisable people—thes…
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Maria Konnikova: Unclutter Your Brain Attic Like Sherlock Holmes
[4:50] How can we train our brains to think like Sherlock Holmes? This question occupies Konnikova’s book, R…
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How to Replace the 10 Commandments
[5:13] The decline in belief in the Biblical 10 commandments doesn’t mean that all rules of conduct are necessarily s…
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Claudia Hammond: The Psychology of Money
[23:32] The Psychology of Money with Claudia Hammond. Why don’t money and friendship mix? Can money buy happiness? W…
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