Steve Rimmer show

Steve Rimmer

Summary: Episodes from the classic radio show.

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 #Psychology Quotes - Design | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 37

#Psychology Quotes - Design

 #Psychology Quotes - Addictions | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19

#Psychology Quotes - Addictions

 Price of meal affects enjoyment | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 149

Paying more for a meal can enhance a person's enjoyment of their food, according to a new study.

 What motivates people | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 362

What motivates a person to be unkind on a public network about someone they don't even know?

 Male scientists and work-life balance | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 110

Academia remains heavily gendered, thanks in part to historical stereotypes that assert men are suited to solving complex problems and ready to put "great works" over other concerns such as community or family.

 Depressed workers better off at work | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 77

Employees who are suffering from depression might find it easier to manage their condition if they continue going to work rather than taking sick leave, according to new research.

 Public transport boost wellbeing | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 86

People who take the bus or train to work could be happier than their counterparts who go by car, new research has discovered.

 Most Trivial Scientific Research | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 137

The announcement of this year’s Nobel Prizes is still a couple months off, but the world’s scientific community is already abuzz about the 2014 Ig Nobel prizes, awarded by the satirical science magazine Annals of Improbable Research for the ten most trivial or unusual research papers.

 Facebook for rich people | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 123

For mere $6,000 initiation fee and a $3,000 annual membership, the world’s rich can mingle, detached from the rest of the on-line crowd.

 Psychology - Gender Wars (19 mins) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1184

Gender Wars - 25 September 2014 (19 mins). A round-up of our series looking at the media portrayal of the Gender Wars.

 Good2Go - sexual consent app | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 235

The developers of Good2Go have released their app on Google Play and for Apple products. When people want to have sex, they can use the app to make sure all parties have consented.

 Discounting feelings | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 129

Examples of abuse listed on the University of Michigan’s domestic violence awareness website say “sexual violence” includes “withholding sex and affection” and “discounting the partner’s feelings regarding sex”.

 Overconfident people may fool others too | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 98

People who are over-confident can often make others develop an exaggerated view of their skills and capabilities, according to a new study.

 Silent treatment bad for relationships | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 140

Being silent in the event of a marital conflict can cause both physical and psychological damage, according to an expert.

 Tests for jobseekers must be ethical | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 140

If psychological tests are to be used to judge whether jobseekers have a psychological resistance to work, they must be administered by experienced users of psychometrics and proper feedback must be provided.

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