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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>PsychToons EPISODES</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psychtoons-episodes--7330506</link><description><![CDATA[PsychToons makes psychology simple, visual, and fun. We dive into identity, how your mind really works, and debunk the social misconceptions you've probably believed your whole life. Expect honest, eye-opening content that challenges the way you see yourself and the world around you.<br /><b>Disclaimer:</b> The content on this channel is purely educational and is not a replacement for professional psychological, medical, or therapeutic guidance. 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UCLA memory researcher Robert Bjork spent decades studying what he called "desirable difficulties," the finding that conditions which slow you down while learning often produce far better long-term retention. Bjork and Elizabeth Bjork's new theory of disuse splits memory into storage strength and retrieval strength, and explains why something can feel completely solid today and be gone in nine days. Jeffrey Karpicke and Henry Roediger's 2008 Science study on retrieval practice, Doug Rohrer's classroom research on interleaving, and William Chase and Herbert Simon's 1973 chess study all point to the same conclusion: the study habits that feel productive are usually the ones quietly costing you the most. If you've ever reread a chapter, felt like you understood it, and then blanked on it a week later, you already know the feeling this video is about. Which of the five laws have you been getting wrong the longest? 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UCLA memory researcher Robert Bjork spent decades studying what he called "desirable difficulties," the finding that conditions which slow you down while learning often produce far better long-term retention. Bjork and Elizabeth Bjork's new theory of disuse splits memory into storage strength and retrieval strength, and explains why something can feel completely solid today and be gone in nine days. Jeffrey Karpicke and Henry Roediger's 2008 Science study on retrieval practice, Doug Rohrer's classroom research on interleaving, and William Chase and Herbert Simon's 1973 chess study all point to the same conclusion: the study habits that feel productive are usually the ones quietly costing you the most. If you've ever reread a chapter, felt like you understood it, and then blanked on it a week later, you already know the feeling this video is about. Which of the five laws have you been getting wrong the longest? 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We look at Steven Berglas and Edward Jones' 1978 self-handicapping study, where people who were praised for solving unsolvable problems chose a drug that would hurt their next performance, just so a bad result could never be used as proof of who they were. Then we go deeper with William Swann's theory of self-verification from the University of Texas, and his research showing that people with negative self-views often seek out others who confirm that view rather than challenge it. We also cover Neal Miller's approach-avoidance research on why the pull to quit gets strongest right at the finish line, Malte Schwinger's 2014 meta-analysis linking self-handicapping to worse long-term achievement, and Daniel Gilbert and Timothy Wilson's 1998 research on how badly people misjudge how long failure will actually hurt. You weren't built to fail. You were built to protect a version of yourself that never has to be measured. And that protection has a price. So of the four patterns in this video, which one is yours? The excuse built in advance, the pulling away when someone gets close, the freeze at the finish line, or the goal kept too vague to score? Tell me in the comments, I read every one.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75023785</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:25:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75023785/psychology_of_self_sabotage_and_how_to_hack_your_brain_to_stop_it.mp3" length="14250668" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>PsychToons</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Today we're breaking down the psychology of self-sabotage, and why it almost never shows up when your life is falling apart. It shows up when it's finally working. 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Tell me in the comments, and be honest about the phone one.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75023747</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 14:12:31 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75023747/psychology_of_rest_recover_so_well_it_makes_you_dangerous.mp3" length="14324780" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/49048a42-3afb-422b-aaa8-0fd04893d648/49048a42-3afb-422b-aaa8-0fd04893d648.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/49048a42-3afb-422b-aaa8-0fd04893d648/49048a42-3afb-422b-aaa8-0fd04893d648.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/49048a42-3afb-422b-aaa8-0fd04893d648/49048a42-3afb-422b-aaa8-0fd04893d648.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>PsychToons</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This video breaks down the actual psychology of recovery, why the amount of time you spend not working barely predicts whether you actually come back restored. We get into Sabine Sonnentag and Charlotte Fritz's Recovery Experience Questionnaire and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This video breaks down the actual psychology of recovery, why the amount of time you spend not working barely predicts whether you actually come back restored. We get into Sabine Sonnentag and Charlotte Fritz's Recovery Experience Questionnaire and the four mechanics an hour of rest has to contain to count: psychological detachment, relaxation, mastery, and control. We also look at Bruce McEwen's work on allostatic load and why the real cost isn't the stress itself but the failure to shut the response off afterward, plus Jessica de Bloom's research on why vacation benefits fade almost as fast as they arrive. Along the way we cover why scrolling is the least restful thing you can do with free time, and why effortful hobbies with no audience and no metrics restore you in a way passive consumption never will. Which of the four, detachment, relaxation, mastery, or control, is the one you're missing? Tell me in the comments, and be honest about the phone one.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>896</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>america,mind,power,psych,rest,usa</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c38bce542737b3edcf2be64e9f338ce3.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
