Prodigy

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Gifts and Gambits Dec 24, 2020

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Learn about the queen’s gambit opening strategy, the indian defense and Paul Morphy. Also the psychology of gift giving with Dr. Jeff Galak, a marketing professor at Carnegie Mellon who studies consumer behavior and runs the youtube channel Data Demystified.

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The Source Code Dec 18, 2020

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Every human being shares a 99.9% identical DNA code. It's that .1% that makes us unique. We could see the influence of genetics before we unlocked it, but now that we've learned how to measure those differences, the knowledge could be dangerous.

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The Origins of Expert Performance Dec 10, 2020

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Is elite performance just a matter of how much and how well you practice? I interview a man known as the expert on experts, Dr Anders Ericsson and discuss the controversy surrounding Deliberate Practice. Learn about how we learn in this episode of Prodigy.

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The Polgar Sisters Dec 03, 2020

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Can prodigies be created with early specialization? Laszlo Polgar was an educational psychologist who believed they could. He experimented with his own children and the results were fascinating.

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Introducing: Prodigy Jul 29, 2020

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Prodigy examines questions about our psychology and performance. For example: What determines our behavior, environment or genetics and how can we measure their effects? What are personality disorders and how do they influence the way our minds work? Why do accidental savants exist and can we recreate them? What is the psychology of gift giving?

Hosted by Lowell Brillante who interviews more than 30 academics to get a better understanding of intelligence.

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