Jun 13, 2019
Welcome to Circle of Willis!
For this episode I'm sharing a conversation I had a while ago with BRIAN NOSEK, professor of Psychology here, with me, at the University of Virginia, as well as co-Founder and Executive Director of the CENTER FOR OPEN SCIENCE, also here in Charlottesville. Brian earned his PhD at Yale...
May 30, 2019
Hi Everyone!
My conversation with BRIAN NOSEK is coming soon, but it isn't quite ready yet. In this preview we talk about how despite being the most successful endeavor in human history, science can be improved upon, not least through changing how we evaluate the success of individual scientists. Our current incentives...
May 13, 2019
Welcome to Part 2 of my
conversation with SUSAN JOHNSON,
inventor of Emotionally Focused Therapy, or EFT, which is an
evidence based therapy for couples that she's been developing and
refining for more than30 years. How do you develop and refine a
psychological intervention? Well, on the one hand, you spend a lot
of...May 3, 2019
Welcome to Part 1 of my epic
conversation with SUSAN JOHNSON,
inventor of Emotionally Focused Therapy—EFT—which is an
evidence-based therapy for couples, one focused on repairing and
enhancing the kinds of emotional bonds that we all depend on for
our health and well being.The author of numerous scientific...
Oct 31, 2018
Welcome to the first annual Circle of Willis
Halloween Special, THE WIDOWMAKER, in which I
tell the story of almost dying recently of a particularly deadly
heart attack. If you have a family history of heart disease, if you had a
traumatic childhood, if you have been under a lot of stress, for a
long period of time,...