How video games can help kids learn and grow,...

Why does seafood taste better at the beach? Why are so many snacks crunchy? Can the color of a room or the music in the background change the way we experience what we eat and drink? Charles Spence, PhD, head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the University of Oxford, disc ...  Show more

For many adults, midlife is a time of competing responsibilities: raising children, helping parents and managing careers, all while confronting their own aging. Yet psychologists increasingly see these years not as a period of crisis or decline but one of growth and opportunity. ...  Show more

It's not all fun and games! Dr. Debi Gilboa (AKA Dr. G) explains how playing games together creates family bonds and lifelong memories — plus so much more you might not even know. In this episode, we talk about... Different types of games and how they strengthen developing brains ...  Show more

Apart of Me is a computer game that has been designed to help young people process grief. It’s part of a movement that’s bringing together psychology and gaming. Whilst many parents worry about the distraction of games consoles and smart phones, some psychologists believe they ca ...  Show more

Muchos padres nos preguntamos cómo impacta en el cerebro de nuestros hijos el uso de pantallas digitales. ¿Se puede establecer un uso adecuado de los videojuegos? En su charla en TEDxEixample la doctora en neurociencias Eva Forcadell nos muestra cómo los juegos digitales afectan ...  Show more

Psychologists’ advice is that play is beneficial for children developmentally and socially. In this Christmas episode of All in the Mind Claudia visits the Play Well exhibition at Wellcome Collection which looks at the significance of play in childhood and across society as a way ...  Show more