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Little Atoms 291 – Dr David Lewis & Impulse: Why we do What we do Without Knowing Why we do it

August 16, 2013

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Dr David Lewis is founder and Director of Research at the independent research consultancy Mindlab International. Described as the ‘father of neuromarketing’ for his pioneering studies analyzing brain activity for research and commercial purposes, he currently specialises in non-invasive techniques for measuring human responses under real life conditions. He is the founding member of the Impulsivity Research Group, which is […]

Little Atoms 290 – Claudia Hammond & Timewarped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception

August 9, 2013

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Claudia Hammond is a writer, broadcaster and psychology lecturer. She is the voice of psychology on BBC Radio 4 where she is the presenter of All in the Mind and Mind Changers. She is also a part-time member of faculty at Boston University in London. She won the British Psychological Society’s Public Engagement and Media Award in 2012, Mind’s […]

Little Atoms 289 – Marlene Zuk & Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells us About Sex, Diet and How we Live

August 2, 2013

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Marlene Zuk is a professor of biology at the University of Minnesota, her main research interest being behavioural ecology, the study of the evolution of behaviour. Her research centres on sexual selection and the effects of parasites on mate choice and the evolution of secondary sex characters. Marlene Zuk is the author of Sexual Selections: What we […]