Psychological Science

Psychological Science

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Psychological Science episodes

  • Calorie Restriction
    Assoc Professor Stephen Kent (Psychology, La Trobe University) and his team have studying calorie restrictions and how this can alter the immune response.
    Restricting calories and changing the diet can alter behaviour, but his study has found that restricting your calories as little as 25% can greatly decrease the duration of a fever. While it has significant effects on your health his studies have been focusing on neurological benefits.
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    19 min
  • Stress
    Assoc Professor Stephen Kent (Psychology, La Trobe University) explains the cause of stress, the problem of stress, and what you can do to help it.
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    5 min
  • The Illusions of Memory
    Professor Elizabeth Loftus (School of Social Ecology, University of California) speaks about how memories can be distorted by other ideas and suggestions.
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    59 min
  • Why do we Need Pets?
    Assoc Professor Pauleen Bennett (Psychological Sciences, La Trobe University) on the positive power of owning a pet.
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    15 min
  • People, Pets and Positive Psychology
    Pets are present in 63% of Australian homes, and most Australians have lived with a pet at some point during their life. With a growing recognition that pets add something profoundly important and positive to human lives, there is the opportunity to improve the quality of life of many Australians, the aged, the unwell and socially disadvantaged.
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    15 min
  • Child Body Image Development
    Emma Spiel (School of Psychological Sciences, La Trobe University) on how children develop a perception of body image.
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    10 min
  • Right-brain Thinking is Half-witted
    Dr Annukka Lindell (School of Psychological Sciences, La Trobe University) on right-brain left-brain thinking, a neuromyth that was debunked thirty years ago but still used as a basis for teaching.
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    7 min
  • How Australians use Hypocoristics
    Dr Evan Kidd (School of Psychological Sciences, La Trobe University) on the Australian use of language, particularly hypocoristics, which is the practice of shortening a word with vowels at the end.
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    12 min
  • How Australians use Hypocoristics
    Dr Evan Kidd (School of Psychological Sciences, La Trobe University) on the Australian use of language, particularly hypocoristics, which is the practice of shortening a word with vowels at the end.
    Copyright 2011 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.
    12 min
  • The Nature of Conciousness
    Neuroscientist Jason Mattingley discusses the nature of human consciousness.
    Professor Jason Mattingley is a Neuroscientist and clinical neuropsychologist, from the Queensland Brain Institute & School of Psychology at University of Queensland.
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    17 min

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Podcasts specialising in the scientific study of human behaviour, including fields such as cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, social psychology, and behavioural neuroscience.