Tag: HumanTech

  • How To Create A Habit Forming Product — Guest Nir Eyal

    How To Create A Habit Forming Product — Guest Nir Eyal

    For this HumanTech podcast episode, Nir Eyal joins us for a conversation about how can you develop products that people can’t stop using. Nir takes the research on classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and habits and rolls it all together and then applies the research to the design of software and apps. Listen to the podcast and then for…

  • The Brain Science of Empathy — Guest Paul Zak

    The Brain Science of Empathy — Guest Paul Zak

    We were thrilled to have Paul Zak on this HumanTech podcast episode, and the conversation ranges from research on human attachments, sex with robots, and virtual reality. You may want to check out Paul’s book, The Moral Molecule: HumanTech is a podcast that explores the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology. Your hosts Guthrie…

  • The Science of Vacations

    The Science of Vacations

    Have you ever gone on a vacation and not enjoyed it as much as you thought you would? In this HumanTech podcast episode we talk about the research on vacations and give you some tips for how to get the most enjoyment out of your time off. HumanTech is a podcast at the intersection of humans,…

  • The Behavioral Science of Elections

    The Behavioral Science of Elections

    What makes for a persuasive campaign and message? In this HumanTech podcast episode we talk about current and past election campaigns, and which persuasive principles work and why. HumanTech is a podcast at the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology. Your hosts Guthrie and Dr. Susan Weinschenk explore how behavioral and brain science affects our…

  • Would People Rather Give Themselves a Shock Than Sit And Think?

    Would People Rather Give Themselves a Shock Than Sit And Think?

    Dr. Timothy Wilson is a social psychologist at the University of Virginia. He joins us in this HumanTech podcast to talk about research on how self-stories affect our behavior, and his new research on the things people are willing to do to not have to just sit and think. And you’ll also hear how Dr. Wilson’s first…

  • Human Tech — Check out the new podcast

    Human Tech — Check out the new podcast

    Just a quick announcement to let you know we’ve started a new weekly podcast called HumanTech. I’m hosting this podcast with my (amazing) son, Guthrie. Here’s the description at iTunes: HumanTech — A podcast at the intersection of humans, brain science, and technology. We explore how behavioral and brain science affects our technologies and how technologies affect…