Laurel Braitman Reads Pets’ Minds: The author of “Animal Madness” explores the psychology of animals and explains how they are just as much individuals as humans are

Laurel Braitman Reads Pets' Minds


Senior TED fellow and science historian Laurel Braitman delivered one of the most engaging talks at TED’s 2014 conference. Her topic? Animal psychology…

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Interview: Corinne Maier: The controversial French author behind “No Kids” and “Hello Laziness” on her newest book—a biography of Sigmund Freud told through comics

Interview: Corinne Maier


Corinne Maier—a French psychoanalyst with a background in economics and international relations from the prestigious Sciences-Po in Paris—also happens to be a best-selling author. Out of the 15 or so already under her belt, her two most controversial books encouraged readers not to…

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“Design Feeling” and Neo-Transitional Objects: Designer objects fraught with meaning counterbalance uncertainty in the digitally dependent reality




by Stefano Caggiano Everyday objects shape our lives into cognitive patterns. Often, however, these objects are ill-designed. Design thinking is then called in to untangle the not-always-coherent running of our object-related routines. However important, this design thinking—or making user-experience more seamless—cannot solve all…

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Holographic Psychology

This modern medical device aims to streamline psychologist’s assessment of a patient’s possible neurological damage. Unlike old-fashioned tests (like the familiar inkblot cards), the device incorporates all of the exams from the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery into an interactive holographic display that tests various parts of the brain and provides instantaneous feedback and an overall more accurate assessment.

Designer: Yansel Herrera


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Looking for some design inspiration? Check out some of these video’s on the TED.com website (some new, some old, worth watching more than once). There are dozen’s more than this, of course, these are just a few that I’ve been watching lately:

Faux nostalgia, by Illustrator and humorist Bruce McCall

Comedian Ursus Wehrli tidies up art

Malcolm Gladwell on spaghetti sauce

Tim Ferriss: Smash fear, learn anything

Martin Seligman on positive psychology