SciShow Psych
SciShow Psych

SciShow Psych digs into the science of…us! 

SciShow Psych: How Your Memory Can Be Tricked
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Do you remember what you did a week before today?

SciShow Psych: Your Most Vivid Memories Aren't As Accurate As You Think
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We all have memories that seem like they happened yesterday, but can you really trust them?

SciShow Psych: Do Doorways Actually Make Us Forget Things?
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Have you ever forgotten why you walked into a room? Turns out it’s just your brain doing its job.

SciShow Psych: Does Photographic Memory Exist?
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Don’t you think it would be nice if you had a photographic memory? But is it actually a thing?

SciShow Psych: The Real Reason You're Always Losing Your Keys
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Do you often lose things like your keys? Psychology can explain not only why it happens, but also some ways to combat that.

SciShow Psych: Why Pregnancy Makes You Forgetful... but Helps Your Baby
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Baby brain, pregnancy brain, momnesia—the fogginess that can appear during pregnancy goes by many names, but memory loss is only one of the changes that occurs while the brain prepares for an upcoming baby.

SciShow Psych: Can Moving Your Eyes Re-Code Your Memories?
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The simple eye movements involved in EMDR therapy are supposed to help you reprocess traumatic memories, but does it actually work?

SciShow Psych: Why Can't We Figure Out What Causes Chemo Brain?
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Chemotherapy can make patients much more forgetful than normal, but pinning down the cause of and solution to this phenomenon is an ongoing process.

SciShow Psych: How To Make Eyewitness Testimony More Reliable
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Eyewitness testimony can be really important when investigating crimes, but how can we make them more reliable?

SciShow Psych: What It's Like to Have a Near-Perfect Memory
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Having a perfect memory sounds like the most amazing thing ever, but there’s also a downside of having hyperthymesia.

SciShow Psych: We Don't Know How To Type
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When we type, our brain is doing most of the work without our conscious input. So you can blame your brain for al teh typsos.