Category Archives: Research Psych

experimental design, major research findings, lab results, etc.

#302 Exploring Mindful Dreaming with Rubin Naiman PhD

#300 On The Neuroscience of Dreaming with Robert Hoss

the upcoming 29th annual conference of the International Association for The Study of Dreams “Sailing on the Sea of Dreams” at the Berkeley Marina Doubletree, June 22 – 26m 2012, and you are invited to attend!

#298 The Relationship Between Positive Psychology and Health Outcomes with Lisa Aspinwall, PhD

Lisa G. Aspinwall Ph.D., is associate professor of psychology at the University of Utah, US, and a member of the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Her research program examines self-regulatory processes and future-oriented thinking (proactive coping, optimism, prevention) as people seek to anticipate, prevent, understand, and manage important negative outcomes, especially in the domain of health. She [...]

#296 Critiquing Positive Psychology as Cancer Treatment with James Coyne, PhD

link to a CBS news television story in which he appears along with Barbara Erenreich and Lance Armstrong. Dr. Coyne and his behavioral science research team work on understanding the coping process in cancer patients and testing the effectiveness of interventions in enhancing the patient’s well being. Major depression and anxiety disorders tend to be [...]

#294 – The Dark Side of Seligman’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness with Stephen Soldz PhD

Stephen Soldz, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, professor, and anti-war activist. In this interview we discuss

#277 – At The 2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology: Part 2 with Dr. Ed Diener & Others

click here). You’ll definitely get more out of this by viewing those as you listen. Also, included in this episode, are a few of the interviews I conducted with other presenters and attendees. I hope these will help convey the diversity and excitement of the event.

#276 – At The Second World Congress on Positive Psychology: Part 1 with Dr. Martin Seligman & Others

#274 – The Secret Lives of The Brain with David Eagleman, PhD

David Eagleman PhD holds joint appointments in the Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Eagleman’s areas of research include time perception, vision, synesthesia, and the intersection of neuroscience with the legal system. He directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action, and is the Founder and Director of [...]

#270 – Unlocking Psychological Wealth with Robert Biswas-Diener, PhD

#265 – The Polyvagal Theory with Stephen Porges, Ph.D.

#259 – The Slippery Slope of Reality (2) with Jerry Trumbule

Jerry Tumbule, M.S, ABD and I have yet another one of our wide ranging conversations. This is the second of three recent conversations. This time we focus on the work of Stuart Hameroff, M.D. and Robert Lanza, M.D. Robert Lanza, M.D. is considered one of the leading scientists in the world. He is currently Chief [...]

#257 – The Slippery Slope of Reality (1) with Jerry Trumbule

Jerry Tumbule, M.S, ABD and I have another one of our wide ranging conversations. As usual, it is both personal and psychological. Among the topics we discuss in this first episode of a three-part series is an article that appeared in the December 13, 2010 issue of The New Yorker, titled

#253 – Creativity and The Brain with Shelly Carson, PhD

Shelley Carson, PhD is a researcher and instructor of creativity, psychopathology and resilience. She is the author of Your Creative Brain: Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity and Innovation in Your Life (Jossey-Bass/Wiley). Based on scientific findings from studies involving brain imaging, brain injury cases, neuropsychological testing and interviews with hundreds of highly creative individuals, [...]

#249 – Buddha’s Brain: The Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, & Wisdom with Rick Hanson

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA, he teaches at universities and meditation centers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His work has been featured on the BBC and in Consumer Reports Health, U.S. News and World Report, [...]

#248 – Sound Sleep, Sound Mind with Barry Krakow, MD

Barry Krakow, MD is a board certified internist and sleep disorders specialist who has spent over 30 years in medicine in the fields of internal, emergency, addiction and sleep medicine. He has conducted more than two decades of research in the treatment of chronic nightmares and disturbing dreams at the University of New Mexico School [...]

#246 – Exploring Savant Syndrome with Darold Treffert, MD

Darold Treffert, M.D., a Wisconsin psychiatrist, has been studying Savant Syndrome for over 40 years. His most recent publication, Islands of Genius: The Bountiful Mind of the Autistic, Acquired and Sudden Savant, was published by Jessica Kingsley, Inc. in April 2010 in both the United States and England. His earlier book, Extraordinary People, was the [...]

#245 – The Art of Choosing with Sheena Iyengar

Sheena Iyengar, Ph.D. is the inaugural S.T. Lee Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, with a joint appointment in the Department of Psychology, and the Research Director at the Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business. Sheena’s primary research interest is how people perceive and respond to choice, and for her research on this [...]

#243 – Exploring Behavioral Economics with Dan Ariely

Dan Ariely, Ph.D. is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University, where he holds appointments at the Fuqua School of Business, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, the School of Medicine, and the department of Economics. He is also a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. In addition, [...]

#240 – Unconscious Mental Factors in HIV Infection with Peter B. Todd

Peter B. Todd B.A. (Honors, Psychology), MAPS graduated from Sydney University in 1968, becoming a member of the Australian Psychological Society in 1975. He started to work as a post graduate research psychologist at the School of Surgery, St. George Hospital (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) after his undergraduate degree in 1973. This [...]

#236 – The Efficacy of Psychodynamic Therapies with Jonathan Shedler

Transcript Click here to go to his website! A psychology podcast by David Van Nuys, Ph.D.

#231 – The Meditating Brain with Richard Davidson

#228 – Positive Psychology Coaching with John Schinnerer

John Schinnerer, Ph.D. is in private practice helping individuals learn happiness by mitigating destructive emotions and fostering constructive emotions. Using positive psychology, he helps clients achieve happy, thriving, meaningful lives.

#225 – The Neuroscience of Meditation with Sara Lazar

#217 – Happiness and Health with Dacher Keltner

Dacher Keltner, Ph.D. received his BA in Psychology and Sociology from UC Santa Barbara in 1984 and his PhD in Social Psychology from Stanford University in 1989. After a post-doc at UCSF with Paul Ekman, in 1992 he took his first academic job, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and then returned to Berkeley’s Psychology Department [...]

#197 – Scientific Parapsychology with Dean Radin

Dean Radin, PhD, is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and has served as president of the American Parapsychological Association four times. A little over a year ago, he gave a presentation at Google, which can be found on YouTube, and it has become the most discussed talk of the 1,031 talks [...]