Bomb-sniffing dogs, human actions and risk: Learnings from a career in Psychology Research
Inked Psycho por Matt Hegan
Notas del episodio
Dr. Rebecca Sargisson is a behavior analyst whose career in research has taken her from chicken labs to war zones to climate psychology in the Netherlands.
A candid, surprising conversation about risk, behaviour change, and why humans are a lot more like dogs (and pigeons) than we'd like to admit.
In this conversation:
🔹 Why an entire UN landmine-detection program had to be shut down
🔹 Bees, elephants, and giant rats: the strange animals being trained to detect landmines and disease
🔹 Why playgrounds have gotten "too safe", and what kids lose because of it
🔹 The behaviourist case that your attitudes don't shape your behaviour- your behaviour shapes your attitudes
🔹 Why demographics barely predict who cares about the environment
🔹 How AI is quietly eroding critical thinking in univers ...Â