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Recommended Websites & Online Resources

• Adult Development & Aging

Time lapse video of aging process–child to old age:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVEiAU_F2qw

Time lapse of person over 90 years:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H9citCL46M

Funny prayer for the aging:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1QbnLDvEfc&feature=em-share_video_user

Facebook’s oldest user–105 years old:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/28/edythe-kirchmaier_n_4165059.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

• Brain (Neuroscience)
  

The Brain–teaching modules from video series:  http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html

• Intelligence

Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wkFGXqJxas

Howard Gardner talks about multiple intelligence:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODPSRcZ2-Yg

• Learning & Memory (See also Training & Development)
  

TED–Working memory:  http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_doolittle_how_your_working_memory_makes_sense_of_the_world.html

How to harness the power of habits–Charles Duhigg interview on NPR:  http://www.npr.org/2012/02/27/147296743/how-you-can-harness-the-power-of-habit

The Power of Habit–author Charles Duhigg interview on NBC Today show:  http://www.today.com/video/today/46554965#46554965

TED–Angela Lee Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania professor and MacArthur Fellowship winner, discusses her research on “grit” as the essential element of success:  http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_success_grit.html

• Mental Health/Disorders

I had a black dog named depression–World Health Organization sponsored cartoon illustrating the experience of depression to commemorate World Mental Health Day:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCrniLQGYc

• Perception (Illusions), Judgment, Decision Making (Problem Solving), Cognitive Errors, & Critical Thinking

TED–How to spot a liar:  http://www.ted.com/talks/pamela_meyer_how_to_spot_a_liar.html

• Psychology & Music

Explanation of musical performance anxiety and ways of coping (short student project–but good information):  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=juBdg9snMxI

• Social Psychology & Group Dynamics

TED–Body language (how it can change how we see ourselves: “fake it until you become it”): http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html

• Stress & Coping

APA Stress survey–sources & affects on health:  http://www.apamonitor-digital.org/apamonitor/201203#pg20

Some Common Biases and Errors in Perception and Judgment and How We Can Guard Against Them

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