Dr. Dylan Selterman On In-Mind Magazine

In this episode of the psychological research stories segment, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Nicholas Epley from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. We focus on his article titled "The mind in the machine: Anthropomorphism incr

Dr. Nicholas Epley on "The mind in the machine: Anthropomorphism increases trust in an autonomous vehicle"

About a year ago I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Timo von Oertzen about the topic of Mathematical Psychology. At that time I was inspired by his passion and love for the field, and I strongly felt the desire to dive deeper into some of the techni

Dr. Kurt Taylor Gaubatz On "A Survivor's Guide To R"

Daniel Gilbert has a Ted Talk that brings up a point that I feel is extremely compelling.  Particularly as it challenges a few assumptions that many of us have in regards to our capacities in predicting our future emotions. I will share the quote here as

In this episode I talk to Dr. Alan Lambert about his article titled "How do you feel now?  On the perceptual distortion of extremely recent changes in anger."

A few months ago I was in the movie theater. When they began playing the previews, I was surprised by a claim made by a character being played by Morgan Freeman. He said “It is estimated that most human beings only use 10 percent of their brain’s capa

Do Most People Use Ten Percent Of Their Brain? Myth 1

Ideological polarization within political and religious discourse is extremely fascinating to me. I often see extreme and controversial positions which have the damaging potential to ruin relationships, and to also help halt the progress that many of us a