Neuroimaging
Experimental psychologist and author Elizabeth Loftus talks about the use of neuroimaging and other techniques which she believes will increasingly be utilized to show which aspects of the brain are activated during memory processes.
Psychology Media Suite - Part 3
The Psychology Media Suite will add a dynamic new dimension to any college, Advanced Placement, or high school psychology course. Comprising more than 120 video clips and other media, the Suite is a blend of documentary segments illustrating foundat...
Tower
August 1st 1966 was the day our innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. TOWE...
What a Girl Wants
In girls' own voices, What a Girl Wants presents a glimpse into the powerful - and often destructive - influence commercial culture has on the formation of young girls' identities. A diverse group of eleven girls speaks honestly and openly about th...
Market Experiments
Nobel Prize winning professor of psychology Daniel Kahneman talks about one of his market experiments, which he explains comes from prospect theory. As an example, Dr. Kahneman describes an experiment in which participants can choose between getting...
Into the Mind: Emotions
Where do emotions come from, and why do we experience them? Is there a connection between reason and emotion? In this program, host Michael Mosley uses vintage footage and his own willingness to be a test subject to review classic and sometimes dist...
Spin the bottle: sex, lies & alcohol
With refreshing candor, Spin the Bottle examines how cultural messages about alcohol affect the lives of young people. Media critics Jackson Katz and Jean Kilbourne decode the glamorized stories media tell about drinking, while college students spe...