Under the Cortex

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Green Actions, Brighter Lives: Enhancing Well-Being Through Environmental Action

Can environmentally friendly actions boost personal well-being? Tune in to discover how a sustainable lifestyle offers profound benefits. In this episode, APS's Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum speaks with Michael Prinzing from Baylor University. Prinzing shares findings from a recent ... Show more

. 22min 45sec

A New Approach to Understanding Psychopathology: Insights from the HiTOP Model

Are traditional mental health diagnoses missing the bigger picture? How can a new model help us better understand and treat mental disorders? What does recent research say about how we categorize psychopathology in youth? In this episode, APS's Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum intervi ... Show more

. 22min 16sec

Navigating Divisive Conversations: Why We Underestimate the Benefits

Why do we shy away from discussing divisive topics like politics and religion? Are our fears of negative reactions justified or off-base? In this episode, APS's Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum speaks with Kristina Wald from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Wal ... Show more

. 16min 19sec

Friendship and Diversity: A Path to Stronger Communities?

Why do we gravitate towards friends who share our background and identity? How does this affect our sense of community and well-being? In this episode, APS's Özge Gürcanlı Fischer Baum speaks with Miguel Ramos from the University of Birmingham to discuss his recent study on soci ... Show more

. 19min 15sec

What Type of Templates Do We Use for Visual Processing? Caricatures Might Be the Answer

In this episode, Zekun Sun and Chaz Firestone from Johns Hopkins University join Under the Cortex to discuss their new paper in Psychological Science titled “Caricaturing Shapes in Visual Memory.” The conversation with APS’s Özge G. Fischer Baum reviews how our visual system uses ... Show more

. 18min 9sec