Channel N

Developing Learning

Saturday, July 30th, 2011

A developmental psychologist and philosopher discusses links between innate knowledge and connectionism.

Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Excellent panel presentation on effects of and strategies to prevent child maltreatment. Experts describe harms including a long list of psychological, cognitive and physical health issues, brain development and epigenetic consequences, fatalities, legal, government and social costs of abuse and neglect. They discuss prevention using public health and policy approaches.

Social Comparison Theory

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

A creative student film with nattated citations edited between fictional portayals of situations of peer influence in a fashion shoot, party, and a girl’s suicide attempt.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation Soothes Stress

Thursday, October 14th, 2010

Tutorial on Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR), an effective skill for coping with stress, anxiety and insomnia.

Memory Inception During Sleep

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Robert Stickgold, sleep expert, on the role of sleep in memory consolidation and learning.

Police and Mental Health Emergencies

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Training police to respond compassionately to mental health crises.

Gifted Children

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Intelligence is no guarantee of success.

Questioning Freedom

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Experimental philosophy in a fun, short video illustrating a question posed by Aristotle.

More Than Sad

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Depression and suicide in teenagers.

Autism and School Peers

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Involvement or Isolation: Research on the Social Lives of Children with Autism at School.

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