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March 9, 2023

The Psychology, Science and Performance of Play

By: Rebecca McInroy

Turns out that understanding the why and how of play in our everyday lives is a serious business, but still a lot of fun! Listen back as Rebecca McInroy, Art Markman and Bob Duke of Two Guys on Your Head join Alison Preston, Kirk Lynn, and Sarah Abraham for a special presentation at the Texas Science Festival on the psychology, science, and performance of play!


Episodes

November 19, 2015

How To Exit Converations

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about how to exit conversations, and keep group discussions from being co-opted.

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November 12, 2015

Reference Points

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about how we make value judgments based on reference points.

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November 5, 2015

Framing Effects

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about the why how we say something is as important, if not more important than, what we say.

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October 29, 2015

Gestalt Principles And Language Development

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about understanding the difference between Behaviorism and Gestalt Psychology by looking at theories of language development.

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October 22, 2015

Gestalt Principles

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about “gestalt principles.”

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October 8, 2015

Desire

In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about the psychology of desire.

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October 1, 2015

Why We Tell Ghost Stories

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke talk about how telling ghost stories can be good for us.

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September 24, 2015

Why We Tell Stories

In this edition of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and Dr. Bob Duke, talk about why our brains make sense of the world through stories, and what problems this can cause.

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