Psychology

In this second Together at Home conversation, Derek Handley talks to Dr Shefali Tsabary about a parenting in lockdown and suggests a new and game-changing perspective. Audio

How does our brain dictate the way we see the world? And how can we hack this process in the quest to design better, smarter technology? Anil Seth has devoted his career to studying questions like… Audio

Heading into the third week of lockdown, New Zealanders are really doing the hard yards, says psychologist and disaster mental health specialist Sarb Johal. To normalise what many people are… Video, Audio

Professor Steven Taylor is an Australian academic who's been living in Canada since 1988. On the 1st December 2019, just a few weeks before the full scale of the novel coronavirus outbreak became… Audio

Official advice in an earthquake quake is to 'drop, cover, hold.' But is this what we actually do? And what happens if we do something else? Audio

Sonia Sly is in search of psychopaths. Are they born or are they made? What are the traits that a psychopath exhibits? And is everyone a psychopath to some extent? Audio

We're a mostly secular country with low rates of church attendance, so what do we believe in and how do we find meaning in times of major distress? Audio

Healthy relationships are essential to a happy life, but many of us are not taught how to foster them, says Auckland psychology professor Nickola Overall. She talks with Kathryn Ryan about what she's… Audio

The likes of ABBA, Queen and Coldplay should now be put on the same pedestal of the world's greatest classical composers according to a new study published in the Psychomusicology: Music, Mind, and… Audio

People who are more willing to admit that their own knowledge and views might not be correct, are often more knowledgeable than people who brag about their intellect. Psychologist Elizabeth… Audio

Kākā and kea are well-known for being intelligent, and PhD student Daniel Donoghue is interested in how they learn new things. Audio

Psychologist Eve Blouin-Hudon is an expert on creativity and imagination at Carleton University in Ottawa and has studied daydreams at length. Audio

University of Otago psychology professor Ted Ruffman says ageing brains means older men become less able to recognise emotions in other people. Audio

Ian Telfer reviews Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell, which is published by Penguin Random House. Gladwell links up psychological experiments, court cases and historical episodes to build a… Audio

Yale University psychology professor Laurie Santos teaches the university's renowned happiness course. She offers up a few small things that can help bring more happiness to our everyday lives.  Video, Audio

Raphael Rowe spent 12 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, and now he's heading back to prison in his role as the host of Inside the World's Toughest Prisons. Video, Audio

Dr Alex Pang is the author of the best-selling book Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less. He explains why Darwin was a slacker and you probably should be too.  Audio

Dr. Merrie Brucks is one of the team of consumer experts who have delved into the buying habits of adults and found a link between their choices and the advertising they saw before they turned 13. Audio