Great series of podcasts about WW2:
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Interesting documentary about the NFL draft process:
WO DAYS IN APRIL is a 90-minute documentary about the NFL draft seen through the eyes of four star college athletes. With never-before-seen access to the draft process, viewers travel with the players as they navigate the intense training and nerve-wracking emotions of a rigorous training camp, the 2006 Senior Bowl, the NFL "Combine" and draft weekend. It provides a behind the scenes look into the secretive, fiercely competitive and often brutal process of creating NFL players." Join over 320,000…
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Beliefs Influence Recovery:
research team led by psychologist Meike Juergens of Philipps University in Marburg, Germany, surveyed 56 people who were set to undergo elective cardiac surgery: either coronary artery bypass grafting, a heart valve operation or a combination of the two. As part of the survey, the heart patients filled out an Illness Perception Questionnaire. Among other things, it measured their beliefs regarding personal control ("The course of my heart condition depends on me"), their expected time frame ("My heart condition…
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Our Troops Send Holiday Wishes For Peace, Goodwill, And Body Armor
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More Rewards = Less Motivation:
far, the research seems to suggest it's the exact opposite. More rewards = less motivation, and more rewards = poorer performance. Florida State University professor Roy Baumeister had college students play a videogame, and they did really well. Then a grad-student confederate would enter the room and give the players a compliment. Immediately, they lost the game. They stopped paying attention to the game; they were too focused on the person assessing their performance. Researchers have found…
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AJ Jacobs outsources his life (Podcast)
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The 12 Psychology Studies of Christmas
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Using Menu Psychology to Entice Diners
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