Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the researchers themselves.

Parsing Science: The unpublished stories behind the world’s most compelling science, as told by the researchers themselves.

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  • Defying Unjust Authorities – Phil Zimbardo
    Phil Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus from Stanford University and author of Stanford Prison Experiment, talks with us about his new research into how social modeling influences the likelihood of disobeying unjust authority.  For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    31 min
  • How Misinformation Spreads Online – Soroush Vosoughi
    By now, we're all familiar with the idea that social media can - and has - been used to spread untruths. But why does this work? Soroush Vosoughi from MIT's Laboratory for Social Machines and Harvard's Berkman Klein Center talks with us in episode 20 about his research into how false news disseminates differently than true news on Twitter.
    29 min
  • Stroke Recovery with Light – Anna-Sophia Wahl
    Anna-Sophia Wahl from the Brain Research Institute at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in Zurich, talks with us about using optogenetics to help restore motor controls after suffering a stroke. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    27 min
  • Empathic Accuracy – Michael Kraus
    Michael Kraus from Yale University's School of Management talks with us about his research that examines the role of the voice in our capacity to accurately estimate the emotions of others. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    24 min
  • Universals in Song – Sam Mehr & Manvir Singh
    Sam Mehr and Manvir Singh, from Harvard's Music Lab talk with us about how they used songs from the Natural History of Song database to find out if form-function associations in vocal music are detectable by listeners worldwide. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    35 min
  • Universals in Songs – Sam Mehr and Manvir Singh
    Sam Mehr and Manvir Singh, from Harvard's Music Lab talk with us about how they used songs from the Natural History of Song database to find out if form-function associations in vocal music are detectable by listeners worldwide. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    35 min
  • Universals in Songs – Sam Mehr and Manvir Singh
    Sam Mehr and Manvir Singh, from Harvard's Music Lab talk with us about how they used songs from the Natural History of Song database to find out if form-function associations in vocal music are detectable by listeners worldwide. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    35 min
  • Creating Deceptive Performance – Niki den Nieuwenboer
    Niki den Nieuwenboer from the University of Kansas' School of Business talks with us about her research on how middle-managers can manipulate organizational  structures to coerce their staff into unethical behaviors to inflate performance. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    31 min
  • Deciding to Move – Bill Clark
    Bill Clark from the University of California Los Angeles discusses his research applying the endowment effect of Prospect Theory to decisions of why people move from, or stay in, their homes. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    28 min
  • Deciding to Move – Bill Clark
    Bill Clark from the University of California Los Angeles discusses his research applying the endowment effect of Prospect Theory to decisions of why people move from, or stay in, their homes. For more information, including materials discussed during this episode, visit ParsingScience.org. Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS.
    28 min

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On Parsing Science researchers share the unpublished stories behind their recent research and share the background that led to their scientific discoveries. In the show we explore what doesn’t makes…