Good Boss, Bad Boss - A Peek Inside the Minds of the Best and Worst
Explore the traits of effective and ineffective leaders, learning strategies to become a better boss or manage difficult superiors through research-backed insights and real-world examples.
Maternal Trauma History and DNA Methylation in Infants - PHIND Seminar 2021
Explore the impact of maternal trauma, attachment, and depression on infant DNA methylation in this seminar by Dr. Thalia Robakis, revealing insights into early-life epigenetic changes.
Parenting at a Challenging Time - Help for Parents with Cancer
Guidance for parents with cancer on communicating with children, addressing developmental needs, and promoting resilience. Offers strategies for open dialogue and supporting children's coping mechanisms.
Sleep and Cognition - Bedmates in Cancer
Explore the crucial link between sleep, cognition, and cancer, including common sleep disorders, their impact on patients, and strategies for improving sleep quality and cognitive function.
Living Your Life with Intention
Techniques for cancer patients to increase self-awareness, manage anxiety and depression, develop coping strategies, and set goals. Learn mindfulness, acceptance, and values-based approaches.
Diagnosing Complex and Mystery Conditions - Stanford's Consultative Medicine Approach
Stanford doctors discuss diagnosing complex medical conditions, highlighting their team-based approach at the Consultative Clinic. They explore diagnostic challenges, cognitive biases, and strategies to help patients with unexplained symptoms pursue accu…
Healthy Change: Make it Fun, Easy, and Personal
Evidence-based strategies for implementing and sustaining healthy lifestyle changes, focusing on making them enjoyable, accessible, and personalized to individual needs and preferences.
The Human Factors of Formal Methods - Stanford Seminar
Exploring human-centered approaches to improve formal methods' usability in software development, addressing cognitive challenges and misconceptions to enhance adoption by non-experts.
Reducing Misinformation Sharing at Scale Using Digital Accuracy Prompt Ads - Stanford Seminar
Exploring content-neutral interventions to reduce misinformation sharing through large-scale experiments on Facebook and Twitter, demonstrating the potential of accuracy prompts in digital ads.
Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2011
Introduction to Psychology is a survey of the scientific study of human nature, including how the mind works, and how the brain supports the mind.
Psychology and Economics, Spring 2020
Explore the intersection of psychology and economics, covering topics like time and risk preferences, social behavior, attention, beliefs, and policy implications for real-world decision-making.
Behavioral Finance and the Role of Psychology in Financial Markets - Lecture 11
Explore behavioral finance, prospect theory, and psychological factors influencing financial decisions. Gain insights into human behavior, cognitive biases, and their impact on markets and decision-making processes.
Flourishing and Attachment in Human Nature - Philosophy and Science
Explores the impact of social proximity on moral behavior and the crucial role of attachment and social relationships in human development and well-being, drawing from psychological studies and cross-cultural research.
Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature - Introduction
Interdisciplinary exploration of human nature, examining happiness, morality, and political philosophy through philosophy, psychology, economics, and literature. Includes thought-provoking examples and unique insights.
Measuring Emotion - Experts in Emotion Series with Iris Mauss - Lecture 2.3
Explore emotion measurement with Dr. Iris Mauss as she discusses her research, future directions, and advice for aspiring emotion scientists in this insightful interview.
W.H. Auden's Poetry: Art, Suffering, and Society - Lecture 23
Explore Auden's poetry through key works, examining themes of art's role in society, suffering, and secular paradise. Gain insights into his literary techniques and philosophical perspectives.
Paradise XXIV-XXVI: Dante's Examination on Theological Virtues
Explore Dante's examination on faith, hope, and love in Paradise, analyzing theological virtues through apostolic encounters and their relevance to personal growth and societal reform.
Nash Equilibrium - Location, Segregation and Randomization in Game Theory
Explore game theory concepts like Nash equilibrium, segregation, and mixed strategies through candidate-voter models, Schelling's location game, and rock-paper-scissors, revealing how individual choices impact societal outcomes.
Selfishness and Altruism in Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior - Lecture 36
Explore evolutionary explanations for altruism, including kin selection and ecological constraints, challenging the idea that self-sacrifice contradicts natural selection.
The Impact of Evolutionary Thought on the Social Sciences - Lecture 22
Explore evolutionary transitions in human society, examining conflicts between individual and group selection, and their impact on cooperation, aggression, and cultural norms.
Freud on Sexuality and Civilization - Foundations of Modern Social Thought
Exploración de las teorías de Freud sobre sexualidad, psicoanálisis y civilización, examinando conceptos clave como id, ego y superego, y su aplicación a la sociedad en obras como "Civilization and Its Discontents".