Welcome to Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science. Dietary researcher Dr. Jeff Volek lays out the science behind why you should declare your independence from dietary carbohydrates—sugar, flour, starchy vegetables like potatoes, apple juice—that cause the insulin secretion that puts on fat. Not only that, […]
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Nature vs. Nurture
Welcome to Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science. Twins research unlocks the answers to numerous questions we all have about human nature: •How much do our genes determine who we are? •Can we shift our environment to make the best of the genes we have? […]
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The Upside Of “Dark Side” Emotions with Dr. Todd Kashdan
Welcome to Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science. This is a show on how the negative can be positive—on how we actually need the emotions that make us uncomfortable. They make us whole, balancing the “positive” emotions. Dr. Todd Kashdan will lay out the science […]
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Dr. Jonathan Gottschall on why men fight and why we like to watch
Welcome to Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science. On this show, Dr. Jonathan Gottschall talks about his foray from bummed out adjunct English professor to the Mixed Marshall Arts world and his big cage fight — along with the psychology driving violence and the fight […]
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Grieving and Recovery—Myth-Busting Science from Dr. George A. Bonanno
On “HumanLab: The Science Between Us,” Amy Alkon interviews the luminaries of behavioral science on how their research can help us have the lives we want. My guest tonight on Advice Goddess Radio is clinical psychologist and emotions expert Dr. George A. Bonanno, with an actually uplifting show on which he’ll smash all the widely […]
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Flirt Science: Amy Alkon & Dr. Jennifer Verdolin on How to Flirt like a Master
Science-based advice columnist and author Amy Alkon and animal behaviorist and author Dr. Jennifer Verdolin lay out science news you can use to solve your relationship problems or just improve your relationships and have a better life. Join us tonight for an enlightening show on flirting. It turns out that flirting is anything but frivolous. […]
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Maria Konnikova: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes
On “HumanLab: The Science Between Us,” Amy Alkon interviews the luminaries of behavioral science on how their research can help us have the lives we want. This is a fascinating show on the difference between seeing and actually observing, and many of the other habits and practices of Sherlock Holmes. Science writer and psychologist Dr. […]
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Getting The Girl — The Evolutionary Psych Approach, with Dr. Geoffrey Miller
On “HumanLab: The Science Between Us,” Amy Alkon interviews the luminaries of behavioral science on how their research can help us have the lives we want. On this show is evolutionary psychologist Dr. Geoffrey Miller, who lays out the realities from science of what women really want and how even a regular guy can measure […]
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Therapist Dr. Brandy Engler on Men’s and Women’s Unspoken Desires
Welcome to Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science. What do men want? In bed and out? What do women want? How does this all tie together? (And who’s getting tied up?) These are just a few of the questions I’ll be asking and sex therapist […]
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Using “Mindful Anger” To Improve Every Area Of Your Life, with Dr. Andrea Brandt
Welcome to Amy Alkon’s HumanLab: The Science Between Us, a weekly show with the luminaries of behavioral science. Whether you’re an anger venter or an anger withholder (or something in between), this is a show for you. My guest tonight, therapist Dr. Andrea Brandt, writes that “our culture has a built-in phobia of negative emotions,” […]