Stanford Psychology Podcast

Stanford Psychology
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The student-led Stanford Psychology Podcast invites leading psychologists to talk about what’s on their mind lately. Join Eric Neumann, Anjie Cao, Kate Petrova, Bella Fascendini,  Joseph Outa and Julia Rathmann-Bloch as they chat with their guests about their latest exciting work. Every week, an episode will bring you new findings from psychological science and how they can be applied to everyday life. The opinions and views expressed in this podcast represent those of the speaker and not necessarily Stanford's. Subscribe at stanfordpsypod.substack.com. Let us hear your thoughts at stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @StanfordPsyPod. Visit our website https://stanfordpsychologypodcast.com. Soundtrack: Corey Zhou (UCSD). Logo: Sarah Wu (Stanford)

  1. 176 - Elizabeth Bonawitz: How to Have Fun While Studying How Children Learn so Much From so Little

    4d ago

    176 - Elizabeth Bonawitz: How to Have Fun While Studying How Children Learn so Much From so Little

    Adani chats with Elizabeth Bonawitz, Professor of Learning Sciences at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Elizabeth’s work focuses on basic theories of learning with the broader goal of informing educational practice. She uses computational, behavioral, and neural methods to study a broad variety of things within cognitive development, from children’s curiosity and belief revision to their exploration and play. We discuss Elizabeth’s view of cognitive development research and, most importantly, the secret formula behind her great academic paper titles and funny talks. Elizabeth also tells us about her path into science and what she’s most excited for next! Elizabeth’s lab page: https://ccdlab.hsites.harvard.edu/people/elizabeth-bonawitz Elizabeth’s publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MA7j1gkAAAAJ Susan Carey’s paper, ‘Science Education as Conceptual Change’: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0193-3973(99)00046-5 Adani’s website: https://www.adaniabutto.com Adani’s Bluesky @adani Podcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPod Podcast Substack https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/ Let us know what you thought of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

    46 min
  2. 175 - Nicholas Epley: A Little More Social

    May 14

    175 - Nicholas Epley: A Little More Social

    Nick Epley is the John Templeton Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He studies social cognition—how thinking people think about other thinking people—to understand why smart people so routinely misunderstand each other. Nick is one of the “World’s Best 40 under 40 Business School Professors” by Poets and Quants. He just published his second book for a popular audience called "A Little More Social." In this episode, Eric and Nick talk about "undersociality," the key idea in his latest book. Are we being less social than is good for us? How can we learn to connect, especially when it feels effortful? Can we be too social as well? How can we learn more about ourselves when we connect with others? What are the methodological limitations of Nick's work? Book: https://sites.prh.com/a-little-more-social Nick's Website: https://www.nicholasepley.com/ Podcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPod Podcast Substack https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/ Let us know what you think of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

    56 min
  3. 174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR)

    Apr 17

    174 - Amit Goldenberg: Collective Emotions and Social Media (REAIR)

    In this reair episode from 2023, Eric chats with Amit Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Amit studies emotions in social interactions, for example in political contexts and on social media. He was a journalist and author before becoming an academic. In this episode, Eric and Amit talk about how emotions operate in groups. Do crowds easily go “mad”? What emotions spread faster in groups? Why are we drawn to people more politically extreme than us? How is social media shaping our emotions and political behavior? Finally, Amit shares his journey from being a journalist to being a psychologist at a business school. JOIN OUR SUBSTACK! Stay up to date with the pod and become part of the ever-growing community :) https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/ If you found this episode interesting at all, consider leaving us a good rating! It just takes a second but will allow us to reach more people and make them excited about psychology. Links: Amit's paper on collective emotions Amit's paper on why we are attracted to morally extreme individuals Amit's website Eric's website Eric's Twitter @EricNeumannPsy Podcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPod Podcast Substack https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/ Let us know what you think of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

    48 min
  4. 173 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude (REAIR)

    Apr 3

    173 - Juliana Schroeder: Mistakenly Seeking Solitude (REAIR)

    In this reair episode, Eric chats with Juliana Schroeder, Associate Professor in the Management of Organizations at Berkeley Haas. She studies how people think about the minds of other people, and how they are often wrong trying to understand what others are up to. Her work has been discussed in outlets ranging from Vice to The Atlantic and Forbes. Eric and Juliana review her exciting recent work on “undersociality.” Talking to other people is often meaningful, not just for extraverts, and yet we hesitate to talk to others, making overly pessimistic predictions about how awkward and unpleasant such interactions would be. This leads us to “mistakenly seek solitude.” Juliana discusses what we can do to motivate ourselves to talk to others more, why that is so beneficial, and why she herself struggles to do it. Links: Juliana's review paper on undersociality: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364661322000432?casa_token=KI1Vjeg9NKUAAAAA:aTAEDP2eF1ay3I0rGI74FHNW21s83r_KvXCQMvr5auCxaVnhEah82tbASwjzwfc-68D54q8Kc2E  Juliana's key empirical paper: https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037/a0037323  Juliana's Twitter Eric's website Eric's Twitter @EricNeumannPsy Podcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPod Podcast Substack https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/ Let us know what you think of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

    47 min
  5. 172 - Julia Chatain: Embodied Learning and Educational Technology in Mathematics and Beyond (REAIR)

    Mar 20

    172 - Julia Chatain: Embodied Learning and Educational Technology in Mathematics and Beyond (REAIR)

    Adani chats with Dr. Julia Chatain, Senior Scientist at the Singapore-ETH Centre of ETH Zürich. Julia is a computer scientist and learning scientist responsible for building a new research program, “Future Embodied Learning Technologies” (FELT), focusing on exploring AI-powered embodied learning interventions to support low-progress learners and learners with special needs, both at the cognitive and the affective levels. Before that, she led the EduTech group at ETH Zürich, conducting Research and Development of educational technology through co-design with lecturers and students, with a focus on XR, AI-supported learning, and accessibility. In this episode, Adani and Julia discuss Julia’s recent work on embodied learning in mathematics, much of which was part of her doctoral research at ETH Zürich conducted with her advisors Prof. Manu Kapur and Prof. Robert Sumner. They also dive into her journey that led her to where she is now, and discuss what she is currently working on at the Singapore-ETH Centre and beyond! If you found this episode interesting at all, subscribe on our Substack and consider leaving us a good rating! It just takes a second but will allow us to reach more people and make them excited about psychology. Julia’s website: https://juliachatain.com/ Julia’s paper on Grounding Graph Theory in Embodied Concreteness with VR: https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000583039 Singapore-ETH Centre’s website: https://sec.ethz.ch/ Julia’s Twitter @JuliaChatain Adani’s website: https://www.adaniabutto.com/ Adani’s Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/adani.bsky.social Podcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPod Podcast Substack https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/ Let us know what you thought of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

    38 min
  6. 171 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed? (REAIR)

    Mar 6

    171 - Casey Kenyon Brown: Can Your Relationships Make You Depressed? (REAIR)

    This week, Enna chats with Dr. Casey Kenyon Brown, Professor at Georgetown University in the Department of Psychology and the Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience. She has received numerous honors and awards, including the prestigious Pathway to Independence Award from the National Institute on Aging and the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science. Casey’s research examines how we share, understand, and influence one another’s emotions. She’s interested in how these interpersonal emotional processes are beneficial for healthy aging, and how these processes may go awry and contribute to depression.  In this episode, Casey shares her journey in psychology, talks about her research on emotion and relationships, and provides advice on how we can build strong connections with people we love.  Please join our substack (https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/) to stay connected with our community of listeners from all over the world! If you found this episode interesting, please consider leaving us a good rating. It just takes a minute but will allow us to reach more listeners to share our love for psychology.  Casey’s Lab Website: https://careslab.facultysite.georgetown.edu/  Casey’s Lab Twitter: @CARESlab_GU Casey’s paper on empathy and shared depression: https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026221141852  Enna’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ennayuxuanchen/  Enna’s Twitter: @EnnaYuxuanChen Podcast Contact: stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com  Podcast Twitter: @StanfordPsyPod

    40 min
  7. 170 - Marginalia Episode: Erica Bailey on Authenticity (REAIR)

    Feb 20

    170 - Marginalia Episode: Erica Bailey on Authenticity (REAIR)

    Marginalia Episodes are in collaboration with Marginalia Science! Marginalia Science is a community committed to promoting the work of scholars who are traditionally underrepresented in academia. In each Marginalia Episode, we feature a guest who has been featured in the Marginalia Science Monthly Newsletter. In this re-air episode from 2025, Enna chats with Professor Erica Bailey at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Erica broadly studies the construct of authenticity, asking questions like, how do we know who we are? When do we feel the most like ourselves? Why do we often fail, despite our best efforts, to share our inner world with others? In this episode, we discuss her recent paper on how self-perceptions influence subjective authenticity. To learn more about Erica, you can read the Marginalia Science Newsletter below. Episode on Marginalia Science: https://www.stanfordpsychologypodcast.com/episodes/episode/7927b876/104-special-episode-marginalia-science Marginalia Newsletter featuring Erica: https://substack.com/home/post/p-153969383    Erica’s Paper: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/9tc27  Erica’s Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ericarbailey  Erica’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-bailey-ph-d-22038172/  Erica’s Twitter: @ericarbailey   Enna’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ennayuxuanchen/  Enna’s Twitter: @EnnaYuxuanChen   Podcast Twitter: @StanfordPsyPod Podcast Substack: https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/  Podcast Contact: stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

    50 min
  8. 169 - Tamar Kushnir: The Power of Imagination

    Feb 6

    169 - Tamar Kushnir: The Power of Imagination

    Adani chats with Tamar Kushnir, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. Tamar’s research spans pretty much everything you can imagine: Cognitive development, causal learning, social cognition, moral cognition, cultural psychology, free will, imagination, counterfactual thinking, self-control, and more! In this conversation, we discuss Tamar’s fascinating review on imagination and social cognition in childhood alongside many fun tangents about superheroes, the Wright Brothers, and collective social change. Tamar also shares what she most enjoys about research in the first place, and what she’s excited for next! Tamar’s faculty webpage: https://dibs.duke.edu/profile/tamar-kushnir/ Tamar’s lab website: https://ecclabduke.com/  Tamar’s paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1603 Adani’s website: https://www.adaniabutto.com  Adani’s Bluesky: @adani Podcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPod Podcast Substack https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/ Let us know what you thought of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

    47 min
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The student-led Stanford Psychology Podcast invites leading psychologists to talk about what’s on their mind lately. Join Eric Neumann, Anjie Cao, Kate Petrova, Bella Fascendini,  Joseph Outa and Julia Rathmann-Bloch as they chat with their guests about their latest exciting work. Every week, an episode will bring you new findings from psychological science and how they can be applied to everyday life. The opinions and views expressed in this podcast represent those of the speaker and not necessarily Stanford's. Subscribe at stanfordpsypod.substack.com. Let us hear your thoughts at stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @StanfordPsyPod. Visit our website https://stanfordpsychologypodcast.com. Soundtrack: Corey Zhou (UCSD). Logo: Sarah Wu (Stanford)

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  • Creator
    Stanford Psychology
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    177
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    © 2026 Stanford Psychology Podcast
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