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Spring is in the air in Austin, Texas, and on this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Art Markman and Bob Duke talk about why–psychologically–it’s impo...

Conversations change our minds. In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Art Markman and Bob Duke explore the psychology of why and how that happens....

Emotions are sometimes good to listen to when you’re trying to make a decision, but sometimes, they’re not so good. However, as Dr. Art Markman and Dr...

There is a lot of misinformation out there, and we might think that we just need more correct and factual information to combat it. While that can be ...

When it comes to deciding what is valued and what is not, we often proceed with an illusion of objectivity instead of an evaluation system that can sh...

One misconception about giving up is that it takes less energy, motivation, or stamina than sticking to something. However, in this episode of Two Guy...

When we hear someone say they’re giving up, it’s not usually met with congratulations. However, on this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Art Markman ...

Why do we wait for big milestones to celebrate when the little wins matter just as much? In this episode of Two Guys on Your Head, Dr. Art Markman and...

Our producer, Rebecca McInroy, spent a lot of time in Greece as an undergraduate studying and living there; she adores the country and the language. O...

Disappointment is unpleasant, and many times, when we’ve experienced past disappointments, we adjust our expectations so we don’t have to go through t...

Disappointment is unpleasant, but we rarely take the time to reflect on the social dimensions of the feeling. In the second episode of our series on t...

Feeling disappointment is not pleasant, but rarely do we take the time to reflect on how re-calibrating our expectations can help us navigate disappoi...

It’s the start of the new year, and for many of us, it’s a time to plan projects and events or set goals. However, even with the best-laid plans, why ...

*This episode contains artificially generated audio content. As humans, understanding what is “real” vs. what is “artificial” is something we are con...

When we see experts in action, there can be something mysterious about how they work; they seem to just “know” what to do. That process of knowing is ...

When we see true experts in action, there can be something mysterious about how they work; they seem to just “know” what to do. That process of knowin...

We often hear the term “critical thinking” but may take for granted that we don’t think critically about what it means. In this fourth and final episo...

We often hear the term “critical thinking” but may take for granted that we don’t think critically about what it means. In this third episode of our f...

We hear the term “critical thinking” often but may take for granted that we don’t think very critically about what it means. In this second episode of...

We hear the term “critical thinking” often but may take for granted that we don’t think very critically about what it means. With this episode of Two ...

When looking for a good restaurant or trying to figure out what film to watch or book to read, a good critic can be very useful. However, distinguishi...

From a very early age, we learn to take cues from our environment as to how we should feel about things; we look to our parents to give us a sense o...

When we’re anxious, we have a heightened awareness of negative things in our environment. In contrast, we tend to notice more desirable things when ex...

We evolved to learn how to trust people, but we didn’t evolve in an environment with the Internet and AI, which means that it can be difficult for us ...

We’re not great at assessing risk, especially using ratios and percentages, but as Art Markman, Bob Duke, and Rebecca McInroy ask in this episode of T...

Often, when we hear warning reports associated with certain foods or behaviors, we think we understand what is good or bad for us. However, as Art Mar...

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a live taping of Two Guys on Your Head, with the whole Two Guys team, Art Markman, Bob Duke, and Reb...

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a live taping of Two Guys on Your Head, with the whole Two Guys team, Art Markman, Bob Duke, and Reb...

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a live taping of Two Guys on Your Head, with the whole Two Guys team, Art Markman, Bob Duke, and Reb...

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum hosted a live taping of Two Guys on Your Head, with the whole Two Guys team, Art Markman, Bob Duke, and Reb...