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  • Relieving Stress: Research Helps Children and Adults Cope
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  • Watch scientists discuss work how stress affects productivity and "gets under the skin" to affect health, as well as positive ways to cope with these stressors, all taken from one the FABBS Foundation’s Science Cafés. Learning how to cope with both short- and long-term stressors will have positive physical and emotional benefits. These videos feature Ellen Galinsky (Families and Work Institute) and Shelley Taylor (University of California, Los Angeles).
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  • Will People Believe Anything? The Psychology of Gullibility
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  • Do you believe it is bad luck to call attention to success or to name a baby before it is born? Has a fad diet ever caught your attention, only to disappoint you when it doesn't work? Have you ever half-believed the phrase, "bad things come in 3's?" These are just a few instances where our all-too-human judgment and superstition infect our everyday lives.

    Watch Thomas Gilovich, PhD (Cornell University) present research on seeing order in randomness, superstition, and wishful thinking, as well as many other human frailties. Videos are taken from one the FABBS Foundation’s (formerly the Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral and Brain Sciences) Science Cafés.
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  • The Science of Countering Terrorism: Psychological Perspectives
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  • Watch scientists describe their research on the underpinnings of extremist behavior, taken from one the FABBS Foundation’s (formerly the Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral and Brain Sciences) Science Cafés.

    What are the psychological roots of terrorism? What social and psychological factors lead some people to commit violent terrorist acts? And importantly, are there opportunities to change human behavior to prevent these acts of violence? These videos feature Fathali Moghaddam, PhD (Georgetown University) and Ian McGregor, PhD (York University).
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  • Elections: How Voters Really Think and Feel
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  • Watch scientists discuss the ways in which gender, race, experience, and other factors influence voter preferences and decision making, taken from one the FABBS Foundation’s (formerly the Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral and Brain Sciences) Science Cafés.

    Do you think appearance matters to a candidate’s success? Despite the adage “don’t judge a book by its cover,” people rapidly and effortlessly form personality impressions from facial appearance. These videos feature Eugene Borgida, PhD (University of Minnesota) and Alexander Todorov, PhD (Princeton University).
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  • Unraveling the Mysteries of the Brain & Mind in the Aftermath of Terri Schiavo & Related Cases
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  • Watch scientists explain what consciousness is and how that relates to our understanding of a persistent vegetative state, taken from one the FABBS Foundation’s (formerly the Foundation for the Advancement of Behavioral and Brain Sciences) Science Cafés.

    When you look into someone's eyes, can you know what they are thinking or feeling if they cannot tell you? Current research offers much to help answer the question of how we can know the mind behind the eyes. These videos feature Nicholas Schiff, MD (Weill Cornell Medical College) and Daniel Wegner, PhD (Harvard University).
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