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The 10% Brain Myth and Other Lies Your Intuition Tells You
1. The Hook: Our Intuition vs. Reality You are driving down a familiar freeway, lost in thought, when you suddenly realize you’ve traveled ten miles without a single conscious memory…
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Your Mind is a Cultural Artifact: 6 Surprising Ways Your Environment Rewrites Your Reality
Introduction: The “Universal” Delusion Most of us walk through life under the comfortable delusion that our thoughts, moral compasses, and even our basic sensory perceptions are the “biological defaults” of…
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Are You a Machine or a Ghost? 5 Mind-Bending Insights into the Human Condition
Have you ever felt like your thoughts were something entirely separate from your physical body—a “ghost” inhabiting a biological machine? Or do you suspect that your “self” is nothing more…
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Beyond “Just Say No”: 5 Surprising Truths About Why We Get Prevention Wrong
For decades, the dominant social narrative surrounding substance abuse has been built on a single, simplistic pillar: willpower. We were told that if individuals simply understood the dangers of drugs,…
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Trying To Encourage People To Do Good? Getting A Streak Going May Help | SPSP
Why joining a “collective streak” of charitable donors can be surprisingly motivating. Source: Trying To Encourage People To Do Good? Getting A Streak Going May Help | SPSP
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Being Happy by Doing Happy | SPSP
Happy people don’t just feel differently than unhappy people—they often behave differently. Source: Being Happy by Doing Happy | SPSP
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Psychology Explained:Nature VS Nurture (ep.01)
The series hopes to open the door to explore the world of psychology defined at the scientific study of behavior and mental processes. Episode One: Nature Versus Nurture The 2,400-Year-Old…
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Beyond Willpower: The Hidden Architecture of Our Choices
Imagine a lone individual standing under a stark, clinical spotlight. In our cultural imagination, this is where “choice” happens. We see a person faced with a substance, making a binary…
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Podcast Episode: Mind, Aging, And Grief
NOTE: This podcast is AI created, however the content has been reviewed by Dr. Curtis Peterson who is responsible for all content, I hope you enjoy and learning something about…
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The Architecture of Loss: Six Surprising Truths About How We Heal
Loss is one of the few truly universal human experiences, yet it frequently leaves us in a state of profound psychological disorientation. We often speak of grief as if it…