Psychology Videos

Compelling video, podcasts and other electronic media covering psychological research, psychology's application to everyday life and APA's work to advance the field.

Psychology's leading researchers discuss their latest findings in TED-style talks

Latest episode: Movement and Babies' Learning Environment

Linda Smith, PhD, explains why the way babies move determines what they see and what they see determines how they learn.

Today's most intriguing psychological research, hosted by APA CEO Norman B. Anderson, PhD

Latest episode: Weight loss

In this episode, Katherine C. Nordal, PhD, APA's executive director for professional practice, shares results from a survey of psychologists on the role that emotions play in weight gain and loss.

Talks for high school psychology teachers to hone their craft

Latest episode: Brain Organization for Language

Christine Chiarello, PhD, reviews research that identifies which brain regions coordinate activity during language processing and how this activity is modulated by characteristics of the task, language experience and individual differences.

Videos on the association's activities

Featured video: "2011 Highlights and Presidential Initiatives" from APA's 2012 Annual Convention Opening Session

• A Passion for Psychology
  In this video, several APA members talk about why they became psychologists, what they enjoy about psychology and the benefits of belonging to the American Psychological Association.

• Odd Jobs: Meet a Circus Psychologist
  As senior performance psychologist for Cirque du Soleil, Madeleine Hallé helps the company's 1,300-plus artists perform nearly impossible feats at about two dozen different shows around the world.