Podcast appearances and mentions of Bruce Hood

Are university students unhappy? We won't generalize, but many are, and this was something Bruce Hood noted. Being an experimental psychologist who teaches at the University of Bristol,  an opportunity presented itself. Why not start a course on the science of happiness, and while teaching it collect data from the students attending? The resulting course (created with advice from one his former students, Laurie Santos) proved popular, and Hood last year published a book, The Science of Happiness: Seven Lessons for Living Well. In this Social Science Bites podcast, Hood explains to interviewer David Edmonds the scientific basis of happiness, some details on how to measure it, and then some of those lessons for harvesting its benefits. Hood explains how scholarship has determined some genetic basis for happiness, how circumstances contribute to but don't dictate happiness, and how individuals focus more on the negative than the positive, which clearly not the most nurturing environment for happiness. There is a bias towards negativity, he says, “So that's why we know the negative things more quickly and more loudly than the positive.” That sounds bad (see – negative). But there's another bias at play, one that also favors optimism, that Hood attempts to harness. “So we tend to see the future as grim, and we have these distortions. But what's interesting, if you ask people, ‘Do you think to yourself individually you'll be better off in five years' time?' Then it seems to switch. People seem to say, ‘Yeah, I think I will be better.' So, it's a kind of interesting paradox that we think the world's going to hell in a basket. And yet, as individuals, we think things can get better.” Hood's research interests arose around the visual development of infants, and then evolved to include intuitive theories, self-identity, essentialism and the cognitive processes behind magical thinking in adults. It was in relation to those that Hood first appeared on Social Science Bites, addressing the human belief in the supernatural. You can listen to that podcast, and also enjoy a lovely Alex Cagan poster built around the episode.

This interview with Prof. Bruce Hood marks the first anniversary of his bestselling book, The Science of Happiness: Seven Lessons for Living Well (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024). In our lively (and happy) discussion we talk with Prof. Hood about what happiness is and how it is assessed scientifically, the importance of human connections and a sense of community. Prof. Hood shares some of the exercises that appear throughout the book, including the importance of keeping a diary. Bruce is the Director of the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre in the Experimental Psychology Department at the University of Bristol. He undertook his Ph.D. at Cambridge University followed by appointments at University College London, MIT and a faculty professor at Harvard. He is a highly regarded international lecturer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

This interview with Prof. Bruce Hood marks the first anniversary of his bestselling book, The Science of Happiness: Seven Lessons for Living Well (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024). In our lively (and happy) discussion we talk with Prof. Hood about what happiness is and how it is assessed scientifically, the importance of human connections and a sense of community. Prof. Hood shares some of the exercises that appear throughout the book, including the importance of keeping a diary. Bruce is the Director of the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre in the Experimental Psychology Department at the University of Bristol. He undertook his Ph.D. at Cambridge University followed by appointments at University College London, MIT and a faculty professor at Harvard. He is a highly regarded international lecturer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Las claves de la felicidad del psicólogo Bruce Hood: "la riqueza material, el sexo o la fama no garantiza que seamos felices" lo comentamos con los oyentes y opinantes. Supimos qué es verdad y mentira de la mano de José Luis Rodríguez. Música con el lobo como protagonista de la mano de Miguel Trevin. Hablamos de Planes tecnológicos con Héctor Lasheras para este fin de semana en Gijón. Rimbo, un perrín abandonado y que necesita ser operado, y ha sido recogido por la protectora del occidente asturi, inicia la última hora del programa. Los directos de La Radio es Mía reciben a Sara Cangas, cantautora gijonesa.

Las claves de la felicidad del psicólogo Bruce Hood: "la riqueza material, el sexo o la fama no garantiza que seamos felices" lo comentamos con los oyentes y opinantes. Supimos qué es verdad y mentira de la mano de José Luis Rodríguez. Música con el lobo como protagonista de la mano de Miguel Trevin. Hablamos de Planes tecnológicos con Héctor Lasheras para este fin de semana en Gijón. Rimbo, un perrín abandonado y que necesita ser operado, y ha sido recogido por la protectora del occidente asturi, inicia la última hora del programa. Los directos de La Radio es Mía reciben a Sara Cangas, cantautora gijonesa.

Join Jameela as she welcomes psychologist Professor Bruce Hood from the University of Bristol to talk through the positive psychology behind the evidence-informed roadmap to better wellbeing, what types of day to day interventions can work for your brain and how Bruce's long-term study into happiness has changed his own outlook on life. They talk about the effects of social media and loneliness further impacting our mental health, and the small consistent steps, along with reestablishing our own goals, we can take to improve the quality of our happiness. Find more about Bruce here: www.brucehood.com/ If you have a question for Jameela, email it to iweighpodcast@gmail.com, and we may ask it in a future episode!You can find transcripts from the show on the Earwolf websiteI Weigh has amazing merch – check it out at podswag.comSend what you 'weigh' to iweighpodcast@gmail.comJameela is on Instagram @jameelajamil and TikTok @jameelajamilAnd make sure to check out I Weigh's Instagram, Youtube and TikTok for more!

GUEST OVERVIEW - Professor Bruce Hood is a specialist in the Science of Happiness; Cognitive development from a neuroscience perspective. Inhibitory control of thoughts and actions. Spatial representation and action. Naïve theories. The origin of adult magical reasoning from children's natural intuitions.

Dr Bruce Hood, professor of the Science of Happiness course at the University of Bristol in England 

We all want to be happier, but our brains often get in the way. When we're too stuck in our heads we obsess over our inadequacies, compare ourselves with others and fail to see the good in our lives.In The Science of Happiness, world-leading psychologist and happiness expert Bruce Hood demonstrates that the key to happiness is not self-care but connection. He presents seven simple but life-changing lessons to break negative thought patterns and re-connect with the things that really matter.Bruce Hood is an award-winning Professor of Developmental Psychology at Bristol University and the author of several books including SuperSense, The Self Illusion, The Domesticated Brain and Possessed. His course, The Science of Happiness, is the most popular course at Bristol University. He has appeared extensively on TV and radio, including co-hosting the BBC podcast The Happiness Half Hour in 2021. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the British Psychological Society.The film Bruce and Adrienne discuss is Agent of Happiness. A 2024 documentary film that follows Bhutanese government officials, Amber Kumar Gurung and Guna Raj Kuikel, as they travel through the country to measure people's happiness levels, which are then used to calculate the Gross National Happiness score. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all want to be happier, but our brains often get in the way. When we're too stuck in our heads we obsess over our inadequacies, compare ourselves with others and fail to see the good in our lives. In The Science of Happiness, world-leading psychologist and happiness expert Bruce Hood demonstrates that the key to happiness is not self-care but connection. He presents seven simple but life-changing lessons to break negative thought patterns and re-connect with the things that really matter. Alter Your Ego Avoid Isolation Reject Negative Comparisons Become More Optimistic Control Your Attention Connect With Others Get Out of Your Own Head Grounded in decades of studies in neuroscience and developmental psychology, this book tells a radical new story about the roots of wellbeing and the obstacles that lie in our path. With clear, practical takeaways throughout, Professor Hood demonstrates how we can all harness the findings of this science to re-wire our thinking and transform our lives. Dr. Bruce Hood is an award-winning Professor of Developmental Psychology at Bristol University and the author of several books including SuperSense, The Self Illusion, The Domesticated Brain, and Possessed. His course, The Science of Happiness, is the most popular course at Bristol University. He has appeared extensively on TV and radio, including co-hosting the BBC podcast The Happiness Half Hour in 2021. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society, the Royal Institution of Great Britain and the British Psychological Society. Shermer and Hood discuss: psychedelic drugs • defining the “good life” or “happiness” • measuring emotions • happiness as social contagion • eudaimonia (the pursuit of meaning) versus hedonism (the pursuit of pleasure) • genetics and heritability • cultural components • WEIRD people • The Big Five (OCEAN) • marriage and health • exercise and stress reduction • what the ancient Greeks got right about living the good life • how failure may actually be a key to more happiness • how to live the life you want—not necessarily the life expected of you.

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Professor Bruce Hood is a specialist in the Science of Happiness; Cognitive development from a neuroscience perspective. Inhibitory control of thoughts and actions. Spatial representation and action. Naïve theories. The origin of adult magical reasoning from children's natural intuitions. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW:  Dr Peter Spencer is a former Chartered Health Psychologist. Peter had written about the madness of crowds some 20 years ago in the 'Psychologist' magazine "which, in hindsight seemed to predict the mass formation psychosis of the last few years".

Professor Bruce Hood is Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society at the University of Bristol in the UK. His research focuses on cognitive development in children, spatial representation and action, the origin of adult magical reasoning from children's natural intuitions and for the past several years has been running a course at Bristol called the Science of Happiness. Apart from his academic work, he is very well-known for his public communication of science and has appeared on various radio and tv programmes in the UK, presented the Royal Institutions Christmas Lectures and has written several popular science books including 'SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable', 'The Self Illusion: Why There Is No 'You' Inside Your Head' and 'Possessed: Why Do We Want More Than We Need?'https://brucehood.com/Bruce Hood's Faculty Page: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Bruce-Hood-6de6dd5c-4eb7-4d97-bb22-31aba1416ffc/'The Science Of Happiness' publisher's page: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Science-of-Happiness/Bruce-Hood/9781398526372Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Hood_(psychologist)Twitter: https://twitter.com/profbrucehoodAlumni blog post on Science of Happiness: https://alumni.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2019/10/11/the-science-of-happiness/The Cluster F Theory Podcast is edited by Julian Mayers at Yada Yada.Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-cluster-f-theory-podcast/id1736982916Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5V4bBn54hiImeoyDNmTcIr?si=729367e48b0940d9Thank you for reading The Cluster F Theory Podcast. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theclusterftheory.substack.com

To access our conference library of 200+ fascinating psychology talks and interviews (with certification), please visit: https://twumembers.com. Professor Bruce Hood is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Bristol and has been a research fellow at Cambridge University and UCL, a visiting scientist at MIT, and a faculty professor at Harvard. He is the author of several books, including: Possessed, The Self Illusion, Supersense, and most recently: The Science of Happiness, which this interview focuses on. Expect to learn: — How malleable our happiness is and the extent to which we can influence it in later life — The counterintuitive skills and habits of happiness, including striking up conversations with strangers — The self illusion and the distinction between the “I Self” and the “Me Self” — The role that altruism and secure attachment play in the happiness equation. And more.. Follow Bruce on Twitter at @profbrucehood and get a copy of the book at bit.ly/bruce-happiness --- Prof. Bruce Hood, PhD, is a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Bristol, known for his captivating engagement with the public. With diverse research interests spanning from the origins of supernatural beliefs to cognitive development, he founded Speakezee, the world's largest expert speaker network. Formerly a Royal Institution Christmas Lecturer, he's authored popular science books such as "SuperSense" and "The Self Illusion," and has received prestigious awards including an Alfred Sloan Fellowship and recognition from the Society of American Psychological Science. --- Interview Links: — Prof. Hood's Twitter - https://twitter.com/profbrucehood — Prof. Hood's book - https://t.co/WCnH1rDFIr

Professor of developmental psychology at the University of Bristol, Bruce Hood, reveals the secrets to happiness, but explains why it does take work. US House passes bill that could ban TikTok nationwide - as platform's CEO says the move would 'take billions of dollars out of the pockets of creators'.SpaceX to fire up world's biggest rocket in huge test of Mars ambitions.Also in this episode:Menopause ‘may explain why some female whales live decades longer than others'Scientists warn more research needed on effects of Wim Hof MethodWildlife trust plans a rebrand for slugs and snailsThe absolute worst time of day according to scienceFollow us on X or on Threads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most of us have had déjà vu – that feeling that what you are experiencing now, you have somehow experienced before. This episode begins with some interesting insight into what it is, why it happens and when it is most likely to occur. Source: Marie Jones author of The Déjà Vu Enigma (https://amzn.to/3xB94j3). Humans have the need to own things according to psychologist Bruce Hood, author of the book Possessed: Why We Want More Than We Need (https://amzn.to/3iRBpxv) Even when you were a child, you knew that your teddy bear or blanket belonged to you and only you. You owned it. As adults we not only like to own things, we like to own nice things and the more the better – which can sometimes get us in trouble. Listen as Bruce explains what it means to own something and why it feels good to be an owner. Does America have a cuisine? Sort of but it's really made up of foods from other cultures that we have adapted and incorporated into our culture to suit our tastes according to David Page, author of the book Food Americana (https://amzn.to/3xy0EZO). David, who is an Emmy-award winning producer of food television programs takes us on a journey to explore the origins of some of our most popular American foods including pizza, ice cream, barbecue – and why the reason there is likely a Mexican restaurant not too far from you is all because of Taco Bell. Some days you just know you look fantastic. And have you ever noticed that on those days, life tends to go better for you? Listen as I explain why you do better when you look good. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656610000279 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Keep American farming going by signing up at https://MoinkBox.com/SYSK  RIGHT NOW and listeners of this show get FREE filet mignon for a year! Now your ideas don't have to wait. Dell Technologies and Intel are creating technology that loves ideas, expanding your business & evolving your passions. Find out how to bring your ideas to life at https://Dell.com/welcometonow ! Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome. At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned! See terms and check it out for yourself at https://Discover.com/match Let's find “us” again by putting our phones down for five.  Five days, five hours, even five minutes. Join U.S. Cellular in the Phones Down For Five challenge! Find out more at https://USCellular.com/findus If you own a small business, you know the value of time. Innovation Refunds does too! They've made it easy to apply for the employee retention credit or ERC by going to https://getrefunds.com to see if your business qualifies in less than 8 minutes! Innovation Refunds has helped small businesses collect over $3 billion in payroll tax refunds! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jo Nadin is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Bristol University.  She is also an award winning author with a background as a political speechwriter.   In this episode Jo shares her experience of the PhD process - both the journey into it and the the challenges within it - from balancing working with researching to managing relationships.   We talk about taking circuitous routes into academia.   We talk about how undertaking a PhD may affect your relationship with your partner.   And we reflect on how you change and grow during your doctorate.   You can find out more about Jo and her work here:  https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/jo-nadin   A book Jo recommends on the creation of self is: ‘The Self Illusion' by Bruce Hood. If you would like a useful weekly email to support you on your PhD journey you can sign up for ‘Notes from the Life Raft' here:  https://mailchi.mp/f2dce91955c6/notes-from-the-life-raft

You may not believe it, but there is a link between our current political instability and your childhood attachment to teddy bears. There's also a reason why children in Asia are more likely to share than their western counterparts and why the poor spend more of their income on luxury goods than the rich. Or why your mother is more likely to leave her money to you than your father. What connects these things?The answer is our need for ownership. How does our urge to acquire control our behaviour, even the way we vote? And what can we do about it?Bruce Hood explores these questions in his latest book, “Possessed: Why We Want More Than We Need.” Bruce is currently Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society in the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol, with a diverse range of research interests including the origins of supernatural beliefs, intuitive theory formation, object representation, spatial cognition, inhibitory control and general cognitive development.He chats with Greg this episode about the concept of ownership, the psychological relationship we have with our possessions, Essentialism, and possessions vs experiences.Episode Quotes:The distinction between ownership and possession07:08: So there's a distinction between possession and ownership, which it's important to draw because ownership is a social convention. And I would argue you don't see any evidence of ownership in the animal kingdom, but plenty of evidence of territorialism and possessions.The principle of establishing ownership17:23: So when people take a piece of writing, or they take a tune and modify it and say, oh, it's different, then they gotta argue, well, to what extent does that constitute an original piece of effort?So it is actually quite nuanced even in the adult world, but the basic origin of it is yes. If you put effort into transforming, constructing, and creating something, that should default with you.On defining the essence21:27: Whenever we form an emotional attachment or have an emotional perspective on something, we imbue it with a metaphysical property of some unique feature which characterizes it. And that's called the essence.The importance of control for humans46:38: The perception of control is really important for humans to the extent that when they're uncertain or stressed, they'll look for patterns in the world to try regaining control. And that's where superstitions arise because we don't know what's controlling.Show Links:Recommended Resources:unSILOed: Ownership: What It Is, and What It Isn't feat. Michael Heller unSILOed:The Power of Social Pressure feat. Robert FrankGuest Profile:Faculty Profile at University of BristolContributor's Profile at Closer To TruthBruce Hood's WebsiteBruce Hood on TwitterBruce Hood on LinkedInBruce Hood on InstagramBruce Hood on Talks at GoogleBruce Hood on TedXSouthHamptonHis Work:Possessed: Why We Want More Than We NeedThe Self Illusion: How the Social Brain Creates IdentityThe Science of Superstition: How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural BeliefsSuperSense: How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs

Join Liam Jarvis and Katy Wheeler, with a contribution from Bruce Hood, in conversation with Jules Pretty on how new thinking on delivery of education and engagement of students is changing the lives of students for the better. Liam Jarvis is from the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies and Katy Wheeler is from the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, and Bruce Hood is from the University of Bristol.

It is with some trepidation that we approach today's topic. Nevertheless, given our throughline of the science of the mind in this podcast, the founders feel strongly that we need to address the pervasive cultural trend of psychotherapeutic practices. Psychotherapy is often taken for granted in many modern societies, and it's often incorrectly seen as synonymous with psychology. What's more, it's also infiltrating culture, technology and art. We imagine that even the most open-minded and skeptical listeners with the sharpest skills for intellectualizing may have a reflexive resistance to the thesis of this episode: [that] many of the foundations of talk therapy are either severely outdated, predominantly pseudoscientific, or simply incorrect. Just like we did with Dr. Bruce Hood in our conversation about self and identity, we're going to entertain the idea that certain concepts we take for granted are far from settled fact. We'll challenge our listeners to consider that psychotherapy is neither a legitimate science nor a medicinal practice validated with demonstrable success. In taking a deep dive into the history of psychology, we'll see that it began as something more at the intersection of armchair philosophy and modern shamanism rather than as a medical practice emerging from rigorous science. We'll cover the “speciation” of different approaches to the mind, ranging from therapeutic practices to empirical sciences, each with their own evolutionary trajectories. We'll look at the modern infrastructure supporting these disciplines, with their respective economics of knowledge production. And we'll discuss perverse incentives to medicalize otherwise normal travails of the human experience for the purposes of selling new drugs, building academic careers, or writing sensational, empty popular science articles in the era of clickbait journalism chasing programmatic ad revenue. This is going to be hard. The benefits of therapy are touted everywhere in modern culture. Therapy is presented to us as a normal part of life by our friends, popular TV shows, celebrities, esteemed news organizations such as the New York Times, and even our doctors. Yet, just as we wouldn't go in for a new experimental brain surgery without learning as much about it as we can, we shouldn't blindly adopt new therapies claiming to fix something as poorly understood as the “self” or the human mind without first thoroughly examining the claims, methods, and outcomes. If our goal in using psychotherapy is to be a good friend, family member, partner, lover, co-worker, and citizen, or if it's to generally improve our mental well-being, then we would argue that it is absolutely critical to understand what psychotherapy can and cannot do.To be clear, we aren't saying that mental health isn't important. In fact, we think it's very important, and that's why it's also important to understand the fact and fiction surrounding the most popular approaches to mental health. But we're going to go beyond just focusing on the ways in which psychology has gone wrong, and also suggest a revised framework for understanding ourselves in the modern world. This framework will build upon other related ideas we've discussed, including “The Science of the Self and Identity” with Dr. Bruce Hood and “Cognitive technologies for communication” with Dr. Judy Fan, and we'll continue to flesh it out across future interviews. Today we're talking with Dr. Maciej Zatonski. Dr. Zatonski is a surgeon and researcher known for debunking unscientific therapies and claims in clinical medicine. He is the founder of the Polish Skeptics Club and a leader in the public understanding of science in Poland. He has been honored by the Polish Academy of Sciences for his work to purge the medical curriculum of obsolete and bogus therapies. 

When Prized Possessions Gain Immortality By: Sudhamahi Regunathan Jan 06, 2022, 16:04 IST One of the side effects of the pandemic has been that every one, at some time or other, has ‘cleaned' their house. Looking at all the stuff they have collected they have asked almost innocently, ‘How did we manage to collect so much?' Suitcases and cupboards full of clothes and other things that one had not even seen for the past few years but could still not be thrown away. “Our desire to possess says a lot about us,” says psychologist Bruce Hood. “We own so many things that often the garage is full of stuff while the car is standing in the driveway.” Author of ‘Possessed', a book about possession and the madness to do so, Hood says in an interview, “There is a little demon inside us that is compelling us to go for more and more things. Our need to have more than we actually require is born out of a desire to control.” It is true that when a child goes to the park with a ball of his own, he becomes the leader to those who have not brought their playing balls. So this desire for the power of control is born rather young. And then we have memories attached to that ball…the first one my daughter played with or the one with which I won a game and so on. We never throw it away. Does our self-esteem come from these past glories that we need to preserve them all? Does our sense of identity suck in these material objects too? In the ‘Valmiki Ramayan', Ram and Sita were preparing to go to the forest on their fourteen-year exile and the first thing that Ram told Sita was, “Now that you have decided to come with me, give away all your belongings.” She began distributing all her jewellery instantly. Ram instructed Lakshman to collect all his possessions. They made a pretty pile with so much glitter and dazzle. Ram then began distributing them, carefully and with affection. Ram and Sita gave away not only their jewellery but also the livestock in their care, even their furniture. They looked for the right person for their things. To the young disciples of sages, Ram said enough should be given so that they could pay their guru's fees and would still be able to get married and manage a life thereafter. He gave to those who would be looking after his mother in his absence. He gave to young women who did not have adequate support and so on. A man called Trijata was very poor and could not feed his family. He came to meet Ram. His wife had suggested he go ask Ram for she had heard he was distributing his wealth. Ram zested with him by giving him a stick and saying that he would get as many cattle as would fall within the area where his stick fell. Trijata did cover quite a distance, but Ram gave him even more than what fell within that mark. There have always been many a Trijata around us, would we honour and give a longer life to our precious belongings, if we gave them away with joy in our hearts.

Is happiness a choice? Paris speaks to a Bhutanese travel blogger about why Bhutan values happiness higher than GDP and a Syrian cheese-maker who was forced to flee his home country in a traumatic way. Bruce Hood, who runs the Science of Happiness course at Bristol University, tells us what he knows about happiness. The Flipside is hosted by Paris Lees, and written by Hannah Varrall and Paris Lees. The Assistant Producer is Lucy Evans, The Production Manager is Emily Jarvis. Audio engineering is by Chris Carter and Nick Webb and it is mixed by Mau Loseto It's produced by Hannah Varrall and the Executive Producer is Rubina Pabani It's made by ITN Productions for BBC Radio 4

Wellington-Halton Hills, as a riding, was created in 2004 out of parts from four different ridings. In that first election, Conservative Michael Chong beat Liberal candidate Bruce Hood by a little over four points, but since then Chong has enjoyed double-digit victories including his 2011 general election victory with 63.7 per cent of the vote. So he's invulnerable, right? Not so fast. The demographics in Wellington-Halton Hills have been changing in recent years. Exurban areas like Georgetown, Acton, and perhaps even Fergus are seeing an influx of people from Toronto and the areas that immediately around Toronto, people who lean more small ‘L' liberal than voters in the rural areas of the riding, but is it enough to block Chong from his seventh straight victory? Melanie Lang hopes so. She's the Liberal candidate this time for Wellington-Halton Hills. Like Chong she's a Fergus resident, and like Chong she's spent years working in the business world but in marketing and consumer studies. Her consultancy business focuses on rural economic development and regional innovation systems, and she's also been a board member for the Centre Wellington Community Foundation, 4-H Ontario, and the Guelph Chamber of Commerce. Can she add MP to her CV? On this week's podcast, Lang will talk about why she will be a good fit for the area, and why she thinks Michael Chong is vulnerable in this election. She will also talk about her family's political past, and how the pandemic has changed the way she wanted to campaign. And finally, she will discuss the casual misogyny she's encountered on the campaign trail, the anger being directed at her and her party, and how she can defend a government she had no part in creating. So let's talk about Lang the Liberal on this this edition of the Wellington Halton-Hills Politicast! To learn more about Melanie Lang's campaign, you can visit his website here. NOTE: You will be able to hear interviews with all of the Federal election candidates running in Guelph every Monday on the podcast version of Open Sources Guelph, and every Thursday at 5 pm on CFRU 93.3 fm or cfru.ca! The host for the Guelph Politicast is Podbean. Find more episodes of the Politicast here, or download them on your favourite podcast app at Apple, Stitcher, Google, and Spotify. Also, when you subscribe to the Guelph Politicast channel and you will also get an episode of Open Sources Guelph every Monday, and an episode of End Credits every Friday. 

Episode Notes Would you wear a serial killer's cardigan? Would you move into a house where murders took place? And why do we believe in psychics, gods, ghosts, and horoscopes? Today's guest is Bruce Hood, and we chat about his book Supersense that dives deep into the psychology of why we have supernatural beliefs. Follow Bruce on Twitter @profbrucehood Get a copy of Supersense Get a copy of Posessed Get a copy of The Self Illusion For the interview transcript visit www.TheRewiredSoul.com/interviews Follow @TheRewiredSoul on Twitter and Instagram Support The Rewired Soul: Get books by Chris Support on Patreon Try BetterHelp Online Therapy (affiliate) Donate

Welcome to the OSCILLATIONS Podcast, where we invite you to participate in conversations at the intersection of art, culture, technology, and the science of the mind. There's often a lag between common knowledge and academic knowledge. Sometimes that lag can span decades or even centuries. What the average person might know about the latest ideas in politics. cognitive science, economics, or astrophysics, for example, may in fact be outdated by many years. The field of psychology is only about a century and a half old, but it's gone through some profound changes. The trajectory of our understanding of human thought and behavior has branched off into many disciplines, some of them more speculative and philosophical. Others more concerned with remedial mental health care and others still taking a scientific approach to understanding how the mind works. It's in this scientific approach where we've made the most progress. We now have mountains of evidence in cognitive science, neuroscience and certain areas of experimental psychology that collectively portray an increasingly nuanced understanding of how the human mind evolved, how it develops and how it constructs models of the world. We're beginning to make headway on exciting if still hotly debated questions surrounding consciousness selfhood, identity and agency. Most non scientists aren't aware of this progress. But in our modern world, it's nevertheless critically important to understand Keystone ideas of the science of the mind. These ideas have important implications for governance, progress, and many areas of our individual and collective lives. That's why we recently interviewed Dr. Bruce Hood, an experimental psychologist who makes a great effort to communicate these ideas to a broader audience. Dr. Hood is a professor of developmental psychology in society. His area of research, like Danielle's, focuses on cognitive development. He also participates in many conversations at the intersection of psychology, Technology and Society, including at conferences like Ted RSA and cipher at Google, as well as in interviews for NPR and other major media outlets. He's written several fantastic books for the public that elegantly tackle complex or counterintuitive scientific ideas. These include super sense why we believe the unbelievable the science of superstition, how the developing brain creates supernatural beliefs, the self delusion, how the social brain creates identity, the domesticated brain, and most recently possessed why we want more than we need.Dr. Hood's work has shaped Danielle's approach to AI research at Google, and her theories on the psychology of art. When she teaches undergraduate courses on cognitive science and developmental psychology, she has her students watch excerpts from his online lectures. The discussions that emerge, such as those on the nature of selfhood are consistently the most engaging topics for her students. Both Brendan and Danielle would also argue that they're among the most important. So with that, OSCILLATIONS brings you Dr. Bruce Hood."Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly SillsJoin the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share.subscribe: YouTube  / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon 

Have you ever had déjà vu - that feeling that what you are experiencing now, you have experienced before? Most people have. This episode begins with some interesting insight into what it is, why it occurs and when and where it is most likely to occur. Source: Marie Jones author of The Déjà Vu Enigma (https://amzn.to/3xB94j3). We all have the need to own something according to psychologist Bruce Hood, author of the book Possessed: Why We Want More Than We Need (https://amzn.to/3iRBpxv) From the time you were a child and you knew that your teddy bear or blanket belonged to you and only you, ownership became a part of your life. Today we not only like to own things, we like to own nice things, designer things and we like to own lots and lots of things - which can sometimes get us in trouble. Listen as Bruce explains what it does (and doesn't) mean to own something and why it is so important. What is American cuisine? It's really made up of foods from other cultures that we have adapted and incorporated into our culture to suit our tastes according to David Page, author of the book Food Americana (https://amzn.to/3xy0EZO). David, who is an Emmy-award winning producer of food television programs takes us on a journey to explore the origins of some of our most popular American foods including pizza, ice cream, barbecue - and why the reason there is likely a Mexican restaurant not too far from you is because of Taco Bell. Ever notice that some days you just look better than others? And have you ever noticed that on those days, life seems to go better for you? Listen as I reveal some interesting research that helps explain why when you look good - you do better. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656610000279 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Hims is helping guys be the best version of themselves with licensed medical providers and FDA approved products to help treat hair loss. Go to https://forhims.com/something Save time, money, and stress with Firstleaf – the wine club designed with you in mind! Join today and you'll get 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping! Just go to https://tryfirstleaf.com/SOMETHING Learn about investment products and more at https://Investor.gov, your unbiased resource for valuable investment information, tools and tips. Before You Invest, https://Investor.gov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In this episode, I share a few exercises and arguments for our sense of self being an illusion. A bit philosophilcal this one, but I think you'll like it. Let me know what you think!For more reading on this, I suggest Bruce Hood's The Self Illusion. Also noteworthy are Sam Harris' work in this area. A more thorough reading on the Buddisht argument would be Mark Siderit's book Buddhism as Philosophy. More on the ship of Theseus thought experiments is here.Website: sankalpgarud.orgListen on Spotify/iTunes/RSSSign up for the mailing list!Become a supporter of the showPlease share the podcast using the links below. If you wish to contact me for feedback/suggestions/comments, please get in touch using this contact form. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A sick book about brains and human development. Interesting look at the history of our species as well as projections about what modern tech will do to our heads.

Science journalist David Robson, author of the brilliant The Intelligence Trap - Why smart people make dumb mistakes, takes us on a wild ride through the stupid things smart people do, and why. We explore: * Why real life human vampires are more deserving of compassion than scorn * How the ancient study of wisdom (and how to live our best life) is having a resurgence and renewal through the lens of Evidence Based Wisdom * How intellectual intelligence is different to rationality intelligence, and how this can be measured * The frightening condition of DYSRATIONALIA - when smart people think and do dumb things * How mindfulness is a step towards diminishing this trap * Why we need to get analytical about intuition * The importance of developing an emotional compass - this includes emotional awareness, differentiation, and regulation of emotions * How Brexit is the perfect example of motivated reasoning by smart people that drives greater polarisation * Benjamin Franklin’s moral algebra and its ability to immunise a little bit against motivated reasoning * How finding common ground and assessing the quality of the evidence in someone’s argument is the best method to avoid being polarising * If you are susceptible to “Pseudo-Profound Bullshit” (statements that sound profound but are really vacuous), you might need to take the cognitive reflection test * Emotional intelligence can be a bridge between intelligence and avoiding some major biases * Key tips to help avoiding the intelligence traps: curiosity, humility, considering the opposite viewpoint through the lens of evidence * Maintain a child-like curiosity, wonder and awe at the world. *** Shownotes: http://www.zoerouth.com/podcast/davidrobson Books recommended by David: Cure - A journey into the science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant - https://www.amazon.com/Cure-Journey-into-Science-Mind/dp/0385348177 Possessed - Why we want more than we need by Bruce Hood - https://www.amazon.com.au/Possessed-Want-More-Than-Need-ebook/dp/B07R8FHTGX/ About David Robson: David is a senior journalist at BBC Feature. He writes in-depth features on medicine, psychology and neuroscience for the Atlantic, New Scientist, Mosaic, Aeon, and the Guardian. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, published by Hodder and Stoughton (UK)/ WW Norton (USA & Canada) in 2019. A popular science book in the style of Malcolm Gladwell and Charles Duhigg, The Intelligence Trap explores cutting-edge psychological research on intelligence and decision making, to explain why even highly educated people are prone to error - and the ways they can protect themselves from those mistakes. Translation rights have been sold in 12 languages. He has interviewed everyone from real-life vampires to the hyper-polyglots who have mastered more than 30 languages, and the scientists hunting for the elixir of life – in whale blubber. David’s website - http://www.davidrobson.me TWITTER: @d_a_robson *** About your host, Zoë Routh: Zoë Routh is one of Australia’s leading experts on people stuff - the stuff that gets in our way of producing results, and the stuff that lights us up. She works with the growers, makers, builders to make people stuff fun and practical. Zoë is the author of three books: 'Composure - How centered leaders make the biggest impact', 'Moments - Leadership when it matters most' and 'Loyalty - Stop unwanted stuff turnover, boost engagement, and build lifelong advocates." Zoë is also the producer of the Zoë Routh Leadership Podcast. www.zoerouth.com

Interview with Bruce Hood; 5-10 Year Follow Up: Fairy Circles; News Items: Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine; Electric Jet Engines; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Interview with Bruce Hood; 5-10 Year Follow Up: Fairy Circles; News Items: Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, Physics, and Medicine; Electric Jet Engines; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

I interview experimental psychologist Bruce M. Hood about his new book Possessed, which explores the evolutionary, psychological and cultural influences on how we look at material ownership. We interviewed Bruce before, way back in episode #57 about his book Supersense. Check it out! Theme music courtesy of Body Found. Follow American Freethought on the intertubes: Website: AmericanFreethought.com  Podcast Page: http://americanfreethought.libsyn.com  Twitter: @AMERFREETHOUGHT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/21523473365/ Libsyn Classic Feed: https://americanfreethought.libsyn.com/rss Find out how to support the show here and here. Contact: john@americanfreethought.com

You may not believe it, but there is a link between our current political instability and your childhood attachment to teddy bears. There’s also a reason why children in Asia are more likely to share than their western counterparts and why the poor spend more of their income on luxury goods than the rich. Or why your mother is more likely to leave her money to you than your father. What connects these things? The answer is our need for ownership. Award-winning University of Bristol psychologist Bruce Hood draws on research from his own lab and others around the world to explain why this uniquely human preoccupation governs our behavior from the cradle to the grave, even when it is often irrational, and destructive. What motivates us to buy more than we need? Is it innate, or cultural? How does our urge to acquire control our behaviour, even the way we vote? And what can we do about it? Possessed is the first book to explore how ownership has us enthralled in relentless pursuit of a false happiness, with damaging consequences for society and the planet — and how we can stop buying into it. Dr. Hood and Dr. Shermer also discuss: who owns your body and mind how the military draft, conscription, is a way of the state taking possession of your body suicide and bodily ownership: why states prohibit you from killing yourself organs and bodily ownership: why states prohibit you from selling your organs prostitution: why states prohibit people from selling their bodies for sex slavery: why historically states have legalized owning other people marriage & children: why historically states have sanctioned men owning women and children children’s sense of ownership income inequality objects vs. money vs. social capital as possessions money is not a possession so much as a means of getting possessions. jealousy as a form of possession xenophobia as a fear of loss of ownership who owns the land, air, water, minerals, etc.? intellectual Property: who owns your ideas? what wills and trusts tell us about the psychology of the transfer of ownership the tragedy of the commons and environmental protection through private ownership: Ducks Unlimited, game reserves, licenses for killing big game in Africa why original art is more valuable than fakes or duplicates, and the Arab-Israel conflict and what happens when God ordains ownership of a piece of land to two different peoples. Listen to Science Salon via iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and Soundcloud. You play a vital part in our commitment to promote science and reason. If you enjoy the Science Salon Podcast, please show your support by making a donation, or by becoming a patron.  

Most of us believe that we are unique and coherent individuals, but are we? The idea of a “Self” has existed ever since humans began to live in groups and become sociable. Those who embrace the self as an individual in the West, or a member of the group in the East, feel fulfilled and purposeful. This experience seems incredibly real, but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that this notion of the independent, coherent self is an illusion – it is not what it seems. In this talk, Professor Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges during childhood and how the architecture of the developing brain enables us to become social animals dependent on each other. You'll learn how the self is the product of our relationships and interactions with others, and it exists only in our brains. Prof Hood argues, however, that though the self is an illusion, it is one that humans cannot live without. Professor Bruce Hood is the Professor of Developmental Psychology in Society in the School of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol. He has been a research fellow at Cambridge University and University College London, a visiting scientist at MIT and a faculty professor at Harvard. He has been awarded an Alfred Sloan Fellowship in neuroscience, the Young Investigator Award from the International Society of Infancy Researchers, the Robert Fantz memorial award and voted to Fellowship status by the society of American Psychological Science. He is the founder of the world's largest expert speaker database Speakezee.org, and the bestselling author of ”Supersense”, ‘The Self Illusion”, and the ”Domesticated Brain.' His new book, “Possessed” is published by Allen Lane in 2019. Links: Get our latest psychology lectures emailed to your inbox: http://bit.ly/new-talks Check out our next event: http://theweekenduniversity.com/events/ Support this channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theweekenduniversity Follow Bruce on twitter: @profbrucehood Check out Bruce's books: https://amzn.to/2LPwuul For more information on Speakezee, please see: http://speakezee.org

The Communist Manifesto. Novelist Don DeLillo’s account of a big moment in baseball. Works by Wittgenstein and Focault. And a famous –and shocking – behavioral experiment.  These are a few of the supremely inspiring works which have influenced some of the leading social scientists at work today. During the recording of every Social Science Bites podcast, the guest has been asked the following: Which piece of social science research has most inspired or most influenced you? And now, in honor of the 50th Bites podcast to air, journalist and interviewer David Edmonds has compiled those responses into three separate montages of those answers. The second appears here, with answers – presented alphabetically – from Bites’ guests ranging from Sarah Franklin to Angela MacRobbie. Their answers are similarly diverse. Sociologist Franklin, for example, who studies reproductive technology, namechecked two greats – Marilyn Strethern and Donna Haraway -- who directly laid the foundation for Franklin’s own work. “I would hope,” she reflected, “that I could continue toward those ways of thinking about those issues now and in the future.” David Goldblatt meanwhile, who studies the sociology of football, picked influencers whose contributions are apparent in his work but less academically straightforward. He chose The Communist Manifesto (“the idea that history was structured and organized has never left me”) and the first 60 pages of American novelist Don DeLillo’s Underworld, which describes ‘the Shot Heard Round the World,” a famous home run from baseball’s 1951 World Series. Goldblatt terms it the “greatest piece of sports writing ever.” Other guests in this 15-munte podcast recall important studies that set the scene for their own work, or important figures that left them wanting to emulate their scholarship. And not everyone cited academics in their own fields. Witness Peter Lunt citing Ludwig Wittgenstein and MacRobbie Michel Focault, while Jennifer Hochschild named an historian, Edmund Sears Morgan. She called his American Slavery, American Freedom “a wonderful book, everyone should read it – including the footnotes.” The book’s thesis, that “you had to invent slavery in order to be able to invent liberalism,” sticks with her to this day. Other Bites interviewees in this podcast include Jonathan Haidt, Sarah Harper, Rom Harre, Bruce Hood, Daniel Kahneman, Sonia Livingstone, Anna Machin and Trevor Marchand. To hear the first montage, click HERE.  *** Social Science Bites is made in association with SAGE Publishing. For a complete listing of past Social Science Bites podcasts, click HERE. You can follow Bites on Twitter @socialscibites and David Edmonds @DavidEdmonds100

Interview with Bruce Hood; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose; News Items: AI Assistant, Cryotherapy; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Sciolism; Your Questions and E-mails: Valsalva Revisited, Non-Newtonian Fluids; Science or Fiction

Interview with Bruce Hood; Forgotten Superheroes of Science: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose; News Items: AI Assistant, Cryotherapy; Who's That Noisy; What's the Word: Sciolism; Your Questions and E-mails: Valsalva Revisited, Non-Newtonian Fluids; Science or Fiction

Is the person you believe to be the protagonist of your life story real or a fictional character? In other words, is your very self real or is it an illusion? According to psychologist Bruce Hood, the person at the center of your life isn't really there; it's all neurological smoke and mirrors. Sure, you have the sensation that you have a self, and that sensation is real, but the beliefs and ideas that spring from it are not. Learn all about it in this episode in which you'll hear some new material mixed with a rebroadcast of episode four's interview with the author of The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Skepticule 094: Question.Explore.Discover — QEDcon 2015, Manchester, UK — Special Episode 1 of 2 (inc. interview with Bruce Hood).Read more »

Remember the amazing, spoon-bending Uri Geller? Bruce Hood does. And while Geller is, well, to be kind, controversial, Hood is a quite recognized and reputable developmental psychologist at Bristol University. But he does share one trait with the self-described mystic who fascinated him as a boy -- an interest in the supernatural and how individuals process the potentially paranormal. Rather than collect ectoplasm, Hood focuses on why human beings, starting as children, offer supernatural explanations for natural occurrences. In this episode of the Social Science Bites podcast Hood discusses the subject via his study of essentialism, "the attribution of a hidden dimension to things giving them their true identity." By the broader definition, it not only includes mystical feats like Geller's but includes attaching sentimental value to an object, being superstitious, or even being religious. Social Science Bites is made in association with SAGE.

Recorded at the Royal Institution, Helen Czerski was joined by Marcus Brigstocke, Bruce Hood, Barry Smith and Felicity Mellor to discuss what scientists should know about the dark arts of persuasion, and whether they should ever use them.

Interview with Bruce Hood; This Day in Skepticism: Jonestown Massacre; News Items: Denver UFO, Math Hurts, Communicating with the Vegetative, Nearby Rogue Planet, Twisted Light; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Bicycle Physics; Science or Fiction

Interview with Bruce Hood; This Day in Skepticism: Jonestown Massacre; News Items: Denver UFO, Math Hurts, Communicating with the Vegetative, Nearby Rogue Planet, Twisted Light; Who's That Noisy; Your Questions and E-mails: Bicycle Physics; Science or Fiction

Host: Indre Viskontas The month of October is associated with falling leaves, autumn winds and hallowe'en. But for sports fans in the US, it also signals a high point in America's national pastime: baseball's postseason. After a long run of 162 games, the last weeks of October are ripe with matchups in which legends are made and broken. Any skeptic worth his or her salt, however, can't help but marvel at the diversity and frequency of ritualistic behaviors on display amongst these world class athletes. What is it about baseball that cause intelligent, highly-motivated, elite athletes to refrain from washing their underwear, to eat fried chicken or crunchy taco supremes, to put pennies in their supporters after every win, or chew the same piece of gum night after night, saving it under a baseball cap? The repertoire of routines that batters engage in while stepping into the box is often as choreographed as a ballet: with commentators going so far as calling Mike Hargrove the human rain delay because of his extended dance. To navigate this swamp of superstition, we talked to Bruce Hood, a Canadian-born experimental psychologist, whose popular book SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable, has shed light on our tendency towards irrational behaviors. Professor Hood is the director of the Bristol Cognitive Development Centre at the University of Bristol, where he studies the origins of supernatural beliefs, intuitive theory formation, inhibitory control and general cognitive development. He has been awarded a Sloan Fellowship among other honors, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Science society. In 2011, he delivered the Royal Institution Christmas lectures broadcast by the BBC to over 4 million viewers. His most recent book is the Self Illusion, which calls into question our view of ourselves as coherent, integrated individuals.

In this episode we discuss the self and interview Bruce Hood, author of "The Self Illusion." Also, at the end, we eat a chewy chocolate chip cookie and discuss therapeutic touch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined on stage by actor and magician Andy Nyman, psychologist Richard Wiseman and neuroscientist Bruce Hood as they take on the paranormal. They'll be looking at some of the more popular claims of supernatural goings on, and asking whether a belief in ghosts, psychic abilities and other other-worldly phenomena, is just a bit of harmless fun, or whether there are more worrying implications in a belief in the paranormal.

Bruce Hood - Supernatural Belief: Me or Memes?

Interview with Bruce Hood; News Items: Banning Wi-Fi, Psychic Finds Wrong Body, Kurzweil on Brain Complexity, Magnetars and Black Holes; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

Interview with Bruce Hood; News Items: Banning Wi-Fi, Psychic Finds Wrong Body, Kurzweil on Brain Complexity, Magnetars and Black Holes; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction

We talk about Haely's blog, people who bring small forks to the restaurant, Patrick Swayze's deterioration and Billy Joel's cheating wife. We talk to British author Bruce Hood about his fascinating book, "Supersense," which shows how human beliefs do not necessarily reflect reality. Then we speak to Brad Wenneberg about his book, "Unleash Your Inner Warrior," the story of a former law officer who has risen from the ashes of self-destruction. Answers for the Family co-host Rob sat in and told us about recovering runaway teens.

Episode 34 of Books and Ideas is an interview with Bruce Hood, author of "SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable." Dr. Hood is a developmental psychologist with a long-standing interest in why people believe weird things. In "Supersense" he argues that innate cognitive structures (how we think without being taught) give people a natural tendency toward belief in the supernatural. Our intuitive sense of how the world works is often at odds with the findings of modern science. In this interview we discuss the evidence for these conclusions and their implications. Please go to http://booksandideas.com for show notes and episode transcripts. Send Dr. Campbell email at gincampbell at mac dot com.

This is a free PDF from Kyla Duffy of Happy Tails Books. I interviewed Kyla for Episode 33 of Books and Ideas.Please share this PDF with others! It contains disturbing information about puppy mills, but it also contains practical guidance about how to help these dogs overcome the trauma of their pasts.You can learn more at http://happytailbooks.com/.The next episode of Books and Ideas will be an interview with Bruce Hood, author of "SuperSense: Why We Believe in the Unbelievable." It will be posted on January 27th, 2010.

Interview with Bruce Hood; News Items: Crop Circles 2009, Chronic Lyme Disease, Casino Feng Shui, UFO follow up; Your Questions and E-mails: Liver Flush for Gallstones; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Interview with Bruce Hood; News Items: Crop Circles 2009, Chronic Lyme Disease, Casino Feng Shui, UFO follow up; Your Questions and E-mails: Liver Flush for Gallstones; Science or Fiction; Who's That Noisy

Everybody forms a model of the natural world based on their experience with it. However, sometimes these models are flawed and lead to superstitious beliefs. On this program, Dr. Bruce Hood discussed the origins of superstitious beliefs and why we believe in the unbelievable.

The first of five special editions of the Naked Scientists recorded live on location at the BA Festival of Science, Norwich. In this programme we look at the science of superstition with Bruce Hood, and the science of sport with Claire Davis. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

The first of five special editions of the Naked Scientists recorded live on location at the BA Festival of Science, Norwich. In this programme we look at the science of superstition with Bruce Hood, and the science of sport with Claire Davis. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists