Social media drains our brains and impacts our decision making – podcast

New research shows that scrolling through Instagram can effect our processing and language capabilities. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Jusneel Mahal, Freelance editor, The Conversation • conversation
Dec. 21, 2023 ~4 min

Are rich people more intelligent? Here's what the science says

Education, contacts and luck can play a considerable role when it comes to building up wealth.

Fernand Gobet, Professorial Research Fellow of Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science • conversation
June 1, 2023 ~8 min


People vary a lot in how well they recognize, match or categorize the things they see – researchers attribute this skill to an ability they call 'o'

To achieve perceptual expertise, you may need more than smarts and hard work. Research suggests there’s a general ability that may help you succeed in jobs that depend on perceptual decisions.

Jason Chow, Ph.D. Student in Psychological Sciences, Vanderbilt University • conversation
June 30, 2022 ~8 min

Seagulls, songbirds and parrots: what new research tells us about their cognitive ability

Corvids and parrots might be the superstars of the bird world - but other species like gulls, geese and even chicken have shown some impressive skills too.

Claudia Wascher, Associate Professor in Behavioural Biology, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
Dec. 22, 2021 ~7 min

How brains do what they do is more complex than what anatomy on its own suggests

A bioengineer explains how a clearer picture of brain structure and function may fine-tune the ways brain surgery attempts to correct structure and medication tries to correct function.

Salvatore Domenic Morgera, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer, University of South Florida • conversation
July 16, 2020 ~11 min

Teens are wired to resent being stuck with parents and cut off from friends during coronavirus lockdown

Together the social and emotional 'jobs' of adolescence – developing intimate friendships and achieving autonomy – make teens uniquely resistant to calls for social distancing.

Catherine Bagwell, Professor of Psychology, Oxford College, Emory University • conversation
April 22, 2020 ~7 min

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