Psychology

Something anyone who's ever held a white collar job has had to deal with - a wide range of personalities in the office environment. Oliver James is a psychologist and broadcaster who has written about… Audio

The idea that the environment has an impact on our physical health is indisputable - but what impact is environmental degradation having on our mental health? Can psychology offer insights into how to… Audio

John Eastwood is a clinical psychologist who's interested in boredom and its relationship to other health problems. Audio

Mike Gourley meets Father Victor Shields the Maltese priest with a thoroughly modern take on psychology and faith. Audio

Neuropsychologist Pascal Saker, a boffin on how we best can use our brains... are all humans emotional beings? Audio

Dr Mark Fenske is a cognitive neuroscientist, author, and Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He wrote about understanding and enhancing brain function… Audio

Each week Wayne gives fresh insights into a wide variety of topics of national and international concern, followed by Chris Laidlaw's discussion of the issue with guests. This week Wayne considers… Audio

Calculating the differences in the cultural and psychological perceptions of time from one nation to another with Prof Robert Levine. Audio

A psychology researcher in Britain is trying to help people take control of their sleeping minds. Audio

Psychologist Rachel Herz's new book explores disgust, and why some things make us go yuck! Audio

Deputy Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Auckland, whose new book is psychology for a Better World: Strategies to Inspire Sustainability. Audio

Jon Ronson's new book, 'The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry', looks at psychopaths and how we define what is normal and what isn't. Audio

Dr Deirdre Barrett, assistant clinical professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and author of The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists and Athletes Use Dreams for Creative… Audio

Leading social psychologist on the science of happiness and the value of cultivating positive emotions. She discovered that experiencing positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones leads… Audio

Professor Matthias Mehl, from the University of Arizona, on why people who open up about the deeper issues in their daily lives tend to be happier than those who don't. Audio

Leading psychologist Gary Marcus talks us through the un-holy trinity of office life: boredom, worry and procrastination. Audio