podcast about the psychology of thinking with emily martin hosted by Lisa Cypers Kamen

Cognition: The Psychology of Thinking and How it Affects Everything with Emily Martin PhD

Original Air Date Wednesday, June 5, 2024.

Social pressures often influence an individual’s decision-making process. The algorithms behind social media platforms can shape perceptions by showing content tailored to behavior, reinforcing or promoting specific ideas to further financial or political causes. It is proof that understanding human cognition can significantly influence our decisions, from the products we buy to the beliefs we hold.

To reveal how cognitive psychology affects everything we do, Harvesting Happiness Podcast Host Lisa Cypers Kamen speaks with prolific author and Professor Emerita of Anthropology at New York University, Dr. Emily Martin.

As part of an experimental cognitive psychology lab, Dr. Martin studies the psychology of thinking and how it affects everything. She offers a glimpse into how humans process information and how the data collected has the opportunity to be used for the greater good or commoditized and sold to the highest bidder.

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podcast about the psychology of thinking with emily martin hosted by Lisa Cypers Kamen

Emily Martin PhD is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at New York University. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and her PhD from Cornell University.

Dr. Martin’s areas of interest and research include the anthropology of science and medicine, gender, cultures of the mind, emotion, and rationality, the history of psychiatry and psychology, and American culture and society. Her ethnographic projects include the history of the human subject in experimental psychology.

Book: Experiments of the Mind: From the Cognitive Psychology Lab to the World of Facebook and Twitter

Dr. Emily Martin — Cognitive Psychology Affects Everything:

  • Social media companies are aware of human cognitive psychology and use it to their advantage. {3:07}
  • The weaponization of user data is a missed opportunity when building a better world for ‘forewarned’ consumers. {7:07}
  • People’s beliefs, thoughts, and experiences can be shifted without them being aware of it happening. {10:27}
  • An experimental cognitive psychology lab measures memory and how it works. {13:44}
  • The nefarious side of human cognitive data. {23:36}
  • How to protect autonomy and personal agency without disconnecting socially. {29:57}

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“Even the simple thing that we can scroll through window after window on social media, even that simple thing is designed deliberately to tap into the correct brain elements like dopamine. It's explicitly intended to maximize rewards of… Share on X “We are fully participants in the production of the data that can be bundled up in a different form than we might imagine and commodified and made into something that can be bought and sold.” — Dr. Emily Martin on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “It’s that people's beliefs and thoughts and experiences can be shifted without them being aware there's any intention to do it.” — Dr. Emily Martin on @HHTalkRadio Share on X “How would we not benefit from knowing more about how human beings think and don't think and remember and don't remember.” — Dr. Emily Martin on @HHTalkRadio Share on X

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