Health Psychology and Human Nature
A top international science-focused podcast about health, psychology, human nature and more with André Sturesson.
Listen to explore, learn and affect your life in a positive way.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
#12: The Wim Hof Method - Professor Emeritus Pierre Capel
Science of the Wim Hof Method. Everything you need to know about the science of the Wim Hof Method. Who Wim is, how his method of the breathing, cold and meditation work. Also how it affects you, you…
#11: The Good Life According to Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas - Professor Thomas Spalding
How ought one to live? What is human nature? Why are habits important? Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas was thinking about these topics thousands of years ago. In this episode Professor Thomas Spalding t…
#10: Why We're Wrong About Nearly Everything - Professor Bobby Duffy
In today's episode Professor Bobby Duffy explains why we are wrong about a lot of things like murder rate and the number of teenage moms. We talk about fascinating concepts like: emotional innumeracy…
#9: A Brain for Numbers - Professor Andreas Nieder
Are we born with an intuitive understanding of numbers or is it something we learn later in life? In today's fascinating episode we discuss the number instinct, what it is, how it’s traced back evolu…
#8: Aging, Rapamycin and Dogs - Professor Matt Kaeberlein
Can you influence how long you live and is there any molecules that extend lifespan? In today's episode Professor Matt Kaeberlein teach us about aging, how to affect aging and the interesting molecul…
#7: Evolutionary Psychology - Adjunct Professor Katja Valli
Have you ever wondered why we do what we do? E.g. Why we crave unhealthy food or tend for our young? In today's interesting episode we discussed what evolutionary psychology is. Evolutionary Psycholo…
#6: The Science of Friendships - Science Journalist Lydia Denworth
Friends. Friendships are essential and more important than we think. In today's episode Science Journalist Lydia explains how friendships affect our brainwaves, genomes, cardiovascular system, immune…
#5: The Delightful Vitamin D - Professor Michael F. Holick
Everything you need to know about Vitamin D: What it is, what to measure, various effects on: health, mental health, cognition, autoimmune disease, the brain, our genes etc. The optimal range of Vita…
#4: The Evolution of Gratitude - Associate Professor Debra Lieberman
Why are we nice to each other? Why do we show appreciation when someone is nice to us in evolutionary terms? A very interesting conversation about what gratitude is and an evolutionary explanation as…
#3: Personality: The Five Factor Model aka Big Five Personality - Associate Professor Petri Kajonius
Who are you? What is your personality? Over 100 years of research have been summarized in a model called the five factor model aka Big Five Personality. Openness to experience, Conscientiousness, Ext…
#2: Link Between Exercise and Depression - Assistant Professor Mats Hallgren
Can we change how we feel by moving? Today we discuss the very interesting effect of exercise on mental health. Exercise is as effective as both antidepressants and CBT for mild to moderate depressio…
#1: Podcast Information - Podcast Host André Sturesson
Health Psychology and Human Nature is a science-focused podcast containing interviews with leading scientists within their fields. Released every Tuesday and Friday. In today's episode you also learn…