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Commentary, Research and News covering all aspects of Human Behavior, from the workings of the brain, to relationships and the larger cultural forces that influence our decisions. Listen to Judy Rubino read you her personal selections.
| Title | Podcast Description | Author/Reader | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Minute Memoir - Apr 2021 | My brother saved my life. A cancer diagnosis led me to find my estranged brother and reassess our relationship. By Susan Keller | Judy Rubino | 00:10:36 |
| Yes, You Matter Part 3 - Feb 2021 | Everyone craves validation. Yet validation starts within. Can you accept yourself for who you are? Part 3 of 3, by various authors | Judy Rubino | 00:05:27 |
| Yes, You Matter Part 2 - Feb 2021 | Everyone craves validation. Yet validation starts within. Can you accept yourself for who you are? By various authors | Judy Rubino | 00:07:47 |
| Yes, You Matter Part 1 - Feb 2021 | Everyone craves validation. Yet validation starts within. Can you accept yourself for who you are? By various authors | Judy Rubino | 00:10:02 |
| Liars of Kindergarten - Jan 2021 | A Two Minute Memoir. How Michael Leviton diverged from his family's extreme view of dishonesty. | Judy Rubino | 00:11:13 |
| Personality in the Wild - Nov, 2020 | Scientists are connecting personality traits to everything from word choice to sneeze frequency. By Alexander Danvers | Judy Rubino | 00:08:18 |
| Five Messages Oct 2020 | 5 Messages for My Autistic Self. What two women wish they had known growing up with undiagnosed autism. By Abby Sesterka | Judy Rubino | 00:05:59 |
| Answering the Call - Oct 2020 | How Shannon Sovndal and his fellow first responders have processed COVID-19. By Abigail Fagan. | Judy Rubino | 00:06:51 |
| Elder Statesmen - Sep 2020 | This election has the oldest presidential candidates ever. Here's what you need to know about the risk of cognitive decline. | Judy Rubino | 00:21:44 |
| Together Again - Aug 2020 | Kids homebound due to Covid make families face new pressures. To succeed, prioritize and offer understanding and hope. Part 4 of 4 | Judy Rubino | 00:08:11 |
| Together Again - Aug 2020 | Kids homebound due to Covid make families face new pressures. To succeed, prioritize and offer understanding and hope. Part 3 of 4 | Judy Rubino | 00:07:10 |
| Together Again - Aug 2020 | Kids homebound due to Covid make families face new pressures. To succeed, prioritize and offer understanding and hope. Part 2 of 4 | Judy Rubino | 00:07:37 |
| Together Again - Aug 2020 | Kids homebound due to Covid make families face new pressures. To succeed, prioritize and offer understanding and hope. Part 1 of 4 | Judy Rubino | 00:11:35 |
| Hard to Accept Kindness - Jun 2020 | Why Is It Hard To Accept Kindness? Giving is easy, but receiving is another thing. You can change that. By John Amodeo | Judy Rubino | 00:07:28 |
| Wrestling with Wealth - Jun, 2020 | An unexpected fortune forced Jennifer Risher to recalibrate her beliefs about money and morality. By Jennifer Risher | Judy Rubino | 00:12:58 |
| The Nonlinear Life - May, 2020 | We all go through major life disruptions. How we handle the transitions is key. By Bruce Feiler. Part 2 of 2 | Judy Rubino | 00:08:50 |
| The Nonlinear Life - May, 2020 | We all go through major life disruptions. How we handle the transitions is key. By Bruce Feiler. Part 1 of 2 | Judy Rubino | 00:15:40 |
| Kids' Depression - Apr, 2020 | Why Kids' Depression Goes Unnoticed. Parents can miss signs of depression in their child. By Alison Escalante. | Judy Rubino | 00:09:52 |
| The Pain Paradox - Apr, 2020 | Most people go out of their way to avoid physical harm, but for many teens deliberate damage becomes a form of emotion regulation... | Judy Rubino | 00:11:36 |
| Pursuit of Perffection - Feb 2020 | Immersed in Perfection. The pursuit of perfection. By Abigail Fagan. | Judy Rubino | 00:12:22 |
| The Death Scholar - Mar, 2020 | John Troyer dissects the dead body as a means of grappling with the minds of the living. By Matt Huston. | Judy Rubino | 00:09:52 |
| Animal Minds, How Smart is Your Dog? - Mar/Apr, 2020 | Ethologists respect the minds of animals, and you should, too. By David Parash, PhD | Judy Rubino | 00:09:30 |
| The End of Sex - Feb 2020 | Can we be "woke" about sexuality and still enjoy our powerful primal instincts? By Marianne Brandon and James Simon | Judy Rubino | 00:11:52 |
| The Simplicity Project - Mar/Apr, 2020 | Exercises in elective deprivation -- by Wendy Paris | Judy Rubino | 00:11:45 |
| Your Life As a Number - Aug 2019 | Social credit systems may soon rate our personal worth. By Jayne Williamson-Lee. | Judy Rubino | 00:29:10 |
| Emotional Contagion -Aug, 2019 | Whether face-to-face or on-line, guarding against the negative emotions of others is hard to do. By Carlin Flora. | Judy Rubino | 00:22:13 |
| Your Best Side - Oct, 2019 | The quirks of being a rightie or a leftie -- by Sebastian Ocklenburg | Judy Rubino | 00:09:52 |
| Shw Woke Up With A French Accent - Oct, 2019 | The odd neurologic disorder of foreign accent syndrome. By Sam Kean | Judy Rubino | 00:24:26 |
| Why You Lie to a Therapist - Jun, 2019 | Patients spend money, time, and energy going to therapy, yet often withhold vital information. By Ryan Howes. | Judy Rubino | 00:11:09 |
| 2 Minute Memoir -- Jun, 2019 | A psychologist turns to the animal kingdom to process a past assault. By Rebecca Heiss | Judy Rubino | 00:07:59 |
| Science of Sleep Part 2 - Nov, 2019 | Modern stress taxes our ability to get a good nite's sleep. Researchers gain new insight in restoring it. Part 2 of 2. By Molly Pevesner. | Judy Rubino | 00:14:01 |
| Science of Sleep - Nov, 2019 | Modern stress taxes our ability to get a good nite's sleep. Researchers gain new insight in restoring it. By Molly Pevesner. | Judy Rubino | 00:14:05 |
| Solutions for the Solitary - Jul, 2017 | Loneliness requires courage and altered perception to escape, but it is possible. By Guy Winch. | Reader: Lynda Kluck | 00:08:26 |
| The Real Narcissists - Sep, 2016 | The label is everywhere, but it's widely misused to describe anyone who offends us. The truth? A little narcissism is good for you. By Rebecca Webber | Reader: David Beach | 00:21:01 |
| Beyond Happiness: The Upside Of Feeling Down - Feb, 2015 | Negative emotions do us a great favor - they save us from ourselves. They're signals urging us to change what we are doing. By Matthew Hutson | Reader: David Beach | 00:25:56 |
| Hopeful Currents - Feb, 2015 | Zapping the brain with electricity to address mood disorders to low sexual desire. Is a new treatment modality on the horizon? | Reader: David Beach | 00:11:51 |
| Are these rules worth breaking? - Dec, 2014 | We all fudge the rules now and then, yet what makes us break rules under some conditions and not others? Here's a look at the science. | Reader: David Beach | 00:22:02 |
| A "Normal" Day - Oct, 2014 | A mother's struggle with a son's mental illness makes her think the unthinkable and exposes flaws in the mental health system. By Liza Long | Reader: David Beach | 00:13:04 |
| Super Survival of the Fittest - Aug, 2014 | People are not powerless in the face of tragedy and suffering; many bounce back with resilience. By David B. Feldman, PH.D, Lee Daniel Kravetz | Reader: David Beach | 00:20:07 |
| Various articles - Jul/Aug, 2014 | Why Pursuing Your Passion Can Backfire, By Marty Nemko PhD; When Love is a Foreign Concept, Ming Canady as told to Carlin Flora | Reader: David Beach | 00:13:59 |
| Dreams of Glory - Mar / Apr, 2014 | An activity considered a lapse in attention can bring about benefits believed to result only from strict cognitive control. By Scott Barry Kaufman | Reader: David Beach | 00:23:16 |
| Go Forth In Anger - Mar, 2014 | It's a forceful motivator and has such a strong impact on others it may actually deter fist-first aggression. By Joann Ellison Rogers | Reader: David Beach | 00:14:13 |
| Reinvent Yourself - May, 2014 | Major life changes are never easy ... Learn to focus on your future self, you’ll be surprised at what you can achieve. By Rebecca Weber | Reader: David Beach | 00:22:52 |
| Tactics & Misconceptions - Mar, 2014 | Seven Sneaky Tactics That Sway. By Adam Grant; Misconceptions about 12-step programs may interfere with real recovery. By David Sack. | Reader: David Beach | 00:11:50 |
| Know Thyself - Mar, 2014 | Personal intelligence opens a privileged window into our minds as well as into the byzantine motivations of others. By John D. Mayer | Reader: David Beach | 00:17:56 |
| Chasing Slumber - Sep / Oct, 2013 | Sleep deprivation affects us on a molecular level and causes cognitive impairments that lead to disasters in nearly every occupation. by Mark Wolverton | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:19:20 |
| When Virtue Becomes Vice - Sep / Oct, 2013 | In a world in which disruptive change is a near constant, all assumptions about what traits are beneficial must be regularly re-examined. by Mary Loftus | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:27:34 |
| Kings And Queens of Chaos - Sep / Oct, 2013 | How to handle borderline personality disorder. by Elizabeth Svaboda | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:20:01 |
| What Happy People Do Differently - Jul / Aug, 2013 | "#1 They seek risk, not reward." by Todd Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:23:08 |
| The Against All Odds Club - Apr, 2013 | "Shark attacks and lightning strikes are vanishingly rare. What becomes of the survivors of such one-in-a-million events?" by Brooke Lea Foster | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:13:36 |
| The You In Me - Apr, 2013 | "Cells from our mothers, children, and siblings can persist in our bodies for decades. But what exactly are these genetic interlopers doing inside us?" by Sam Kean | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:20:41 |
| Smooth Encounters - Apr, 2013 | "From giving criticism to knowing how to complain or apologize, everyday life present myriad moments we could all handle better." by Mary Loftus | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:19:32 |
| Louder Than Words - Apr, 2013 | "Touch is a language of its own, and even tiny gestures have the power to enhance interactions and bond people more closely." by Rick Chillot | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:23:40 |
| The Spice of Life - Nov, 2012 | "Herbs and spices often sit at the back of the kitchen cabinet, but at the forefront of research." by Hara Estroff Marano. | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:08:55 |
| A Death in the Desert - Nov, 2012 | "The promise of enlightenment is so powerful that some are willing to offer complete devotion in exchange." by Jesse Hyde | Reader: Brian Monk | 00:28:08 |
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