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The Experiments That Explained Us
Famous studies that changed what we know about the mind, and what they cost the people inside them.
5 stories and growing
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Harlow's Monkeys
He proved babies need love by 1959. Then he spent fifteen years proving it again.
27 min
The Man Who Mapped Memory by Losing It
He met his doctor every week for thirty years. Every week, she was a stranger.
23 min
The Science of Motivation (And Why Willpower Doesn't Work)
The famous cookie experiment launched willpower science. Then it vanished.
23 min
The Muscle Memory Myth: What Exercise Does to Your Brain
Muscles don't remember anything — the real story is six inches higher
25 min
The Banality of Evil: How Ordinary People Do Terrible Things
A philosopher watched a monster through bulletproof glass — and couldn't find one.
37 min
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