First Aired: February 27th, 2017
Status: Continuing
Network: YouTube
Summary: Twice a week, SciShow Psych digs into the science of...us! SciShow Psych is all about the human brain and how we humans interact with the world.
Hosts Hank Green and Brit Garner explain ground-breaking studies and contextualize psychology throughout history.
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Season 2017
Episode 11: You Don't Have as Much Control as You Think You Do
Air Date: April 10th, 2017
Summary: Like a scene from a horror film, you are in a elevator, you push the close button —Hurry! The murderer is coming at you! However, again you push the close button, the door won’t close! Psych! The button is fake. But why is that most of the elevators still have those buttons?
Episode 20: Why Does a Word Sometimes Lose All Meaning?
Air Date: May 11st, 2017
Summary: You may have experienced this before - When you repeat the same word over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over, the words suddenly sound foreign and lose all meaning, but why?
Episode 34: Harlow's Horrifying Monkey Experiments
Air Date: June 29th, 2017
Summary: Dr. Harry Harlow's rhesus monkey experiments in the 1950s contributed a great deal to psychologists' understanding of attachment theory. Unfortunately, his later experiments also contributed a great deal to the need for ethics regulations.
Episode 37: Why Colleges Used to Take Nude Photos of Their Students
Air Date: July 10th, 2017
Summary: The first week of school can be uncomfortable enough as you adjust to a new situation, but it was probably even worse back when schools made you strip down for a nude photo shoot—even if they thought they had a good reason for it.
Episode 44: Why Are We Attracted to People Who Look Like Us?
Air Date: August 3rd, 2017
Summary: It's always a little weird when a couple looks like they could be related, but Brit explains the science behind why it's not totally creepy! It involves percentages and kind of uncomfortable rating systems!
Episode 54: 4 Common Misconceptions About Antidepressants, Debunked
Air Date: September 7th, 2017
Summary: Mental health is incredibly complex, due in no small part to the complicated interactions of chemicals and neuroreceptors in our brains. Here are four common misconceptions about antidepressants, and what the science behind them actually shows.
Episode 63: What Makes Satisfying Videos Satisfying?
Air Date: October 9th, 2017
Summary: You might have stumbled onto those videos of people cutting sand for 10 minutes or of machines doing a repetitive task and felt an odd sense of satisfaction while watching them. Today, we look at the psychology behind those "oddly satisfying" videos.
Episode 67: What Causes Near-Death Experiences?
Air Date: October 23rd, 2017
Summary: The light at the end of the tunnel, the peacefulness, your life flashing before your eyes—it's all been documented thoroughly in pop culture. What usually gets left out, though, are the potential scientific explanations for what happens to your brain during a brush with death.
Episode 78: Why You Can't Win an Internet Argument
Air Date: November 30th, 2017
Summary: One of the internet's favorite pastimes is arguing, but very few of those arguments ever actually go anywhere. It can be frustrating to watch, but scientists have some ideas on why things play out the way they do.
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