- The Trouble With Talking Toys, (1/11/2016)
- Word Choice A Key Factor In Health Care Debate, (7/22/2009)
- Military Contractor Blackwater Changes Its Name [satire], (2/16/2009)
- Linguist Reflects On 'Years Of Talking Dangerously', (6/3/2009)
- Political Semantics And The Art Of The Slogan, (6/1/2009)
- The Ghost Of Populism Walks Again — Again, (3/30/2009)
- The Parrot Who Said 'I Love You', (12/26/2008)
- Philosophy Talk (We've Been Framed: How Language Shapes Politics), (9/21/2009)
- Philosophy Talk (Politics and Cognitive Science), (4/13/2008)
- Why Kids Curse (3/27/2008)
- Philosophy Talk (Language and Thought), (10/22/2006)
- Chapter 7: Problem solving strategies and barriers to problem solving.
Radio Stories:
- At VA Hospitals, Training And Technology Reduce Nurses' Injuries, (2/25/2015) (this is part of a larger series as well)--mental sets and representative heuristic
- Hospitals Fail To Protect Nursing Staff From Becoming Patients, (2/4/2015)
- Why We Miss Creative Ideas That Are Right Under Our Noses, (2/26/2014)
- Do-It-Yourself Guru Makes Treasures From Trash, (8/16/2009)
- Philosophy Talk: Creativity (1/25/2009)
- Problem Solving (Radio Lab)
Friday, February 14
- Decision Making (heuristics)
- Decision Making (Decision Making Strategies and Why Unwarranted Beliefs Persist)
Radio Stories:
- Tech critic Nicholas Carr on why social media hurts more than it helps, (1/28/2025), (fast thinking)
- Frightening Crash At Daytona 500 Sets A Previous Fatal Crash In Perspective, (2/18/2020) (availability heuristic)
- How To Get Meat Eaters To Eat More Plant-Based Foods? Make Their Mouths Water (2/17/2019)
- How Dangerous is Divisive Political Rhetoric?, (10/29/2018)
- Researchers Examine When People Are More Susceptible To Fake News, (7/18/2017)
- Alcohol Is A Major Risk Factor For Breast Cancer. Why Don't More Women Know? (5/10/2018)
- Pennsylvania's New Voting Map Could Help Dems in 2018, (2/20/2018) (availablility heuristic)
- Bots and The Battle for American Democracy, (2/20/2018) (availability heuristic and representaitive heuristic)
- How The Bias Known as Gamlber's Fallacy Affects Our Lives, (12/29/2015)
- Why Women Don't Ask For More Money, (4/18/2014)
- Why We Care More About Losses Than Gains, (10/25/2013)
- Afghanistan and the Struggle to Walk Away, (5/20/2013) [sunk cost fallacy]
- Deciphering Hidden Biases During Interviews, (3/6/2013) [gambler's fallacy]
- Man Claims Self Defense in Fatal Shooting of Neighbor, (6/7/2012) [this is more about the distortion of reality]
- Gjelten: How Things Have Changed At The CIA, (5/24/2012)
- Psychology of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things, (5/1/2012)
- A Look Back at the Year in Disasters, (12/29/2010)
- The Year In Fear: Fright Or Fallacy? (12/29/2010)
- Madoff Whistleblower: SEC Failed To Do The Math, (3/2/2010)
- Belief In Climate Change Hinges On Worldview, (2/23/2010)
- It's not always good to create goals, (1/14/2010)
- Atul Gawande's 'Checklist' For Surgery Success, (1/5/2010)
- Decoding The Science Of Decision Making, (7/24/2009)
- Using Psychology To Save You From Yourself, (6/8/2009)
- Will Credit Card Law Alter Consumers' Behavior?, (5/22/2009)
- Why We Spend Coins Faster Than Bills, (5/12/2009)
- Putting Swine Flu worry into scope (5/5/2009)
- Researchers: To Save Money, Carry Big Bills, (3/22/2009)
- Jonah Lehrer: Passions Of The Brain, (3/2/2009)
- Credit cards often sell us on spending, (2/3/2008)
- Can Scientific Reasoning Be Taught? (1/30/2009)
- The Science of Gullibibility: Why We Get Duped, (1/9/2009)
- 'Here Comes Everybody': What's Next On The Web, (1/8/2009)
- Elderly Scammed By 'Relatives' Seeking Aid (11/25/2008)
- Bluefin Tuna On Edge Of Collapse, Scientists Say, (11/28/2008)
- NPR Ombudsman On Charges Of Election Bias, (11/12/2008)
- Philosophy Talk: Making Decisions, (11/5/2008)
- How wars end - part I: introduction, (10/6/2008)
- "Dead Zones" Multiplying in World's Oceans (8/15/2008)
- Study Shows Bias Toward Red-Clad Athletes (8/11/2008)
- 'Marketplace Report': Settling Suits Is Rewarding (8/8/2008)
- Minnesota Marks 1 Year Since Fatal Bridge Collapse (8/1/2008)
- FBI: Serial Killers Aren't All White Loners (7/10/2008)
- Engineers Report More U.S. Dams Deteriorating, (6/8/2008)
- America's Crumbling Infastructure, (6/1/2008)
- Power Lines: Words that Sell (with Steve Cone on Technation), (5/21/2008)
- Philosophy Talk: Mental Imagery, (2/4/2007)
- Drew Westen: Media often Fails to Distinguish Opinions from Facts (12/23/2004)
- Anthrax suspect (2/25/2002)
- Risk Assessment (10/20/2001)
- Risk Perception (10/18/2001)
- Rank and Yank (8/15/2001)
- Big lawsuit settlements (8/7/2001)
- RX drug costs (7/23/2001)
- The Media, Condit and Levy (7/16/2001)
- Indian chic (1/23/2001)
- Keith Devlin, the Math Guy (5/29/1999)
- Kids and Beadies (2/8/1999)
- Chapter 7: Measuring Intelligence and the Nature of Intelligence, the Lewis Terman Study?
Radio Story:
- Girls' Math Skill Equal to Boys', Study Finds (7/24/2008)
- Chapter 7: What is the evidence for the nature or nurture basis of intelligence?
- Chapter 7: Stereotype threat.
- Chapter 7: Why is learning about Thinking, Language and Intelligence Important?
Radio Stories:
- The 'Truth' About Why We Lie, Cheat And Steal, (6/4/2012)
- Psychology Of Fraud: Why Good People Do Bad Things, (5/1/2012)
- 'Gr8 Db8' Defends The Linguistics Of Texting, 12/2/2008
- Choice (Radio Lab), (11/14/2008)
- 'Alex & Me': The Hidden World Of Animal Minds, (11/12/2008)
- Confusion Mars Ohio Vote On Payday Lenders, (10/22/2008)
- What Facial Expressions Are Really Saying (6/19/2008)
