Episodes

  • “Dad brain”: How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD

    “Dad brain”: How becoming a parent changes the brain, with Darby Saxbe, PhD
    Jun 11 2025
    Becoming a parent is a huge life transition. Now, researchers are finding evidence that parenthood actually changes the brain – and these changes happen to fathers as well as to mothers. Darby Saxbe, PhD, talks about the hormonal and brain shifts that occur in new moms and dads; the advantages and risks these changes confer; why paternity leave matters; and how to support people as they become parents. Take our listener survey at https://at.apa.org/SoPsurvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Attachment bonds: Understanding our closest relationships, with Ximena Arriaga, PhD

    Attachment bonds: Understanding our closest relationships, with Ximena Arriaga, PhD
    Jun 4 2025
    What makes us feel secure, safe and supported in our relationships with partners, friends and family? Ximena Arriaga, PhD, talks about how early and ongoing life experiences shape our bonds with others, why our “attachment style” isn’t fixed but can always change, and how partners can help each other thrive in their close relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Time going too fast? How to slow it down, with Ruth Ogden, PhD

    Time going too fast? How to slow it down, with Ruth Ogden, PhD
    May 28 2025
    Why does time fly when you’re having fun – and slow to a crawl when you’re not? Ruth Ogden, PhD, talks about how our experiences and emotions influence our sense of time, why time seems to go by faster as we get older, why changing to daylight saving time feels so disruptive and why the COVID-19 pandemic did strange things to many people’s sense of time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD

    Building resilience in the face of adversity, with George Bonanno, PhD
    May 21 2025
    No one gets through life without encountering adversity. But many people survive terrible things without lasting trauma. George Bonanno, PhD, talks about how humans cope with extreme life events, the factors that lead to resilience in the face of adversity, and how cultivating cognitive flexibility can help us handle difficult times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 mins
  • Digging out: Can we help people with hoarding disorder? With Mary E. Dozier, PhD

    Digging out: Can we help people with hoarding disorder? With Mary E. Dozier, PhD
    May 14 2025
    Hoarding disorder affects about 2 percent of the population and is more common among older adults. Psychologist Mary E. Dozier, PhD, talks about the causes of hoarding disorder, its links to other mental health disorders, why many people who hoard are highly altruistic, and how a values-based intervention can help them – and others who struggle with clutter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 mins
  • How moms can help their daughters build a healthy body image, with Janet Boseovski, PhD, and Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD

    How moms can help their daughters build a healthy body image, with Janet Boseovski, PhD, and Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD
    May 7 2025
    Girls begin receiving messages that will shape their body image as young as preschool. Janet Boseovski, PhD, and Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD, author of “Beyond Body Positivity: A Mother's Science-Based Guide for Helping Girls Build a Healthy Body Image,” talk about how kids understand body image from early childhood through the tween years and why parents’ early influence is so important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • What drives people to extremism? With Arie Kruglanski, PhD, and Sophia Moskalenko, PhD

    What drives people to extremism? With Arie Kruglanski, PhD, and Sophia Moskalenko, PhD
    Apr 30 2025
    The word “extremist” might call up images of violence or terrorism. But extreme behaviors are all around us and can be a force for good as well as destruction. Arie Kruglanski, PhD, and Sophia Moskalenko, PhD, talk about what drives people to extreme behaviors, whether there’s an “extremist personality,” how social media drives extremism and whether the world is becoming more extreme. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • Why do we cry? With Lauren Bylsma, PhD

    Why do we cry? With Lauren Bylsma, PhD
    Apr 23 2025
    Pain, sadness, joy, awe – under the right circumstances, any of these emotions can bring on tears. Lauren Bylsma, PhD, talks about why crying evolved, the psychological and social purposes of tears, why some people cry more easily than others, and whether having a good cry can make you feel better when you’re sad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 mins
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