Psychology Yale School of Medicine

Yale's John Dovidio finds that people tolerate racism more than they say they will.

Ralph DiLeone discusses how our brains can make losing weight very difficult.

John A Bargh discusses research into origins of interpersonal warmth from a Yale study in which Yale researchers find touching a warm beverage leads to warm feelings towards others.

We spend fewer hours sleeping than our ancestors. Drs. Tamas Horvath and Xiao-Bing Gao, professors in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences explore health problems linked to lack of sleep, such as obesity.

Dr. Roy Baumeister discusses self-control, the factors that deplete it, and the ways we can increase it.

Teenagers are hard wired to experiment and seek out excitement. Dr. Linda Mayes discusses the state of the science on adolescent brain development and ways that adults can encourage good decision making.