Bomb-sniffing dogs, human actions and risk: Learnings from a career in Psychology Research
Inked Psycho by Matt Hegan
Episode notes
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.
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