Dec 09 Watch 7:59 Living with stress for too long may be giving kids asthma By PBS News Hour The number of Americans diagnosed with asthma has grown dramatically, with high-crime cities being hit especially hard. In a joint report with The Detroit News, special correspondent Indira Lakshmanan examines emerging research that indicates stress, abuse and violence may play… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 6:42 Witness to the Paris attacks embraces his ‘survivor’s obligation’ By PBS News Hour How does one recover from the trauma of being caught in the middle of a terrorist attack? Psychotherapist Mark Colclough, who was in one of the Paris cafes when it was attacked by gunmen two weeks ago, offers some special… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 6:47 How do we improve dialogue about race relations? By PBS News Hour Discussions of race can cause anxiety and tension, but that doesn’t mean we should stop trying to engage in productive dialogue. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks to Linda Tropp of the University of Massachusetts Amherst about how we can improve… Continue watching
Oct 01 Psychological studies can’t always be reproduced, and that’s OK By Denise Cummins Science proceeds by fits and starts, and replication failures don’t necessarily spell doom for a scientific endeavor. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch 5:59 Kindergarteners with good social skills turn into successful adults, study finds By PBS News Hour In a report released today, researchers found that kindergarteners’ social skills, like cooperation, listening to others and helping classmates, provided strong predictors of how those children would fare two decades later. Judy Woodruff speaks to Damon Jones of Pennsylvania State… Continue watching
Mar 06 Why Americans are obsessed with telling their own stories By Qi Wang, OZY We Americans are obsessed with telling our life stories. And it’s not just politicians and celebrities (Did you know that former President Jimmy Carter wrote eight memoirs?). Stories aren’t just for the famous; there are memoirs written by ordinary… Continue reading
Feb 09 Abra Cadabra! The science of how magicians influence decision-making By Justin Scuiletti Pick a card, any card, says the magician. Though seemingly offered a choice to pick whichever card you want, in a majority of the cases your brain has already fallen right into the magician's trap. Continue reading
Dec 01 Researchers find power in seeing the ‘silver lining’ of negative personality traits By Anna Sillers Associating one's own negative trait with a related positive characteristic can increase productivity in that area, according to a New York University study. Continue reading
Oct 28 How cocoa traders make money on the Ebola scare By David Martin Days before Halloween, the price of cocoa, and therefore chocolate bars, is up. But Ebola isn't actually threatening the cocoa supply in West Africa, says commodities trader David Martin. Instead, the market is reacting to human fears, and for traders… Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch In ‘Invisible Front,’ military family’s losses propel battle against mental health stigma By PBS News Hour Continue watching