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04.02.2014
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Did you hear the one about the bank robber who thought it would help to squeeze lemons in his eyes right before his crime? The psychologist David Dunning did, and it made him try to explain why people do dumb things.
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18.01.2014
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This is the story of patient H.M., a polite man without a memory, and the brilliant but often overlooked scientist who put him on the map.
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14.12.2013
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What happens when you put three delusional men, all of whom believe that they're Jesus Christ, in the same room? In the late 1950s, a psychologist at a mental hospital in Michigan got the chance to find out.
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06.12.2013
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About a century ago, a scientist had a dream in which he devised an experiment. He forgot the dream the next morning, but it still managed to win him to Noble Prize, and ultimately to save his life.
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22.11.2013
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The working title for this week's episode was "Hitler's Hysteria," which I liked for it's alliteration. The term hysteria is generally frowned upon now. It's a lot less offensive, and a lot more effective, to call these sorts of conditions conversion disorders, or somatization disorders...
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