Psychology & human behavior Videos Recommended on Hacker News (146)
Psychology & human behavior is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 146 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2008 and 2026 — 487 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Psychology: cognitive biases, social psychology, decision making, motivation, habits, personality, experiments, happiness, relationships, behavioral science, persuasion.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on 1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology: “Best course I've ever done.” — an HN commenter, 2017.
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15 mo on HN1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
13 mo on HNEssential Ideas for Parents
13 mo on HNThe Century of the Self (Full Adam Curtis Documentary)
12 mo on HNRandy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
11 mo on HNAlain de Botton: Status Anxiety
10 mo on HNControlling Your Dopamine For Motivation, Focus & Satisfaction
9 mo on HNThe Century of the Self - Part 1: "Happiness Machines"
10 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us
9 mo on HNWhy Being Delusional is a Superpower
9 mo on HNThis is how you treat ADHD based off science, Dr Russell Barkley part of 2012 Burnett Lecture
6 mo on HNLecture: 2017 Maps of Meaning 01: Context and Background
8 mo on HNThe 7 Habits of Highly Miserable People
7 mo on HNIncels | ContraPoints
7 mo on HNNVC Marshall Rosenberg - San Francisco Workshop - FULL ENGLISH SUBTITLES TRANSCRIPTION
6 mo on HNThe Psychology of Human Misjudgement - Charlie Munger Full Speech
7 mo on HNBrainwash: The Gender Equality Paradox
6 mo on HNToward Rational, Authentic Food Choices | Melanie Joy | TEDxMünchen
5 mo on HNThe Expert Myth
6 mo on HN"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress and Health" by Dr. Robert Sapolsky
6 mo on HNDr. Gabor Maté — Trauma, Addiction, Ayahuasca, and More
6 mo on HNCan You Watch This Without Getting Angry?
6 mo on HNThe Biggest Myth In Education
5 mo on HN"Two incompatible sacred values in American universities" Jon Haidt, Hayek Lecture Series
6 mo on HNTraffic Has a Perfect Solution. Humans Are the Problem.
4 mo on HNKeep your goals to yourself | Derek Sivers
4 mo on HNWhy I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis | TEDxNaperville
5 mo on HNInside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator | Tim Urban | TED
5 mo on HNSimon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace
5 mo on HNThe Pervert's Guide to Computer Programming Languages - SXSW
5 mo on HNFeynman: How to think 1 of 2 FUN TO IMAGINE 11
4 mo on HNJohn Cleese vs Extremism
4 mo on HNThe Bell Curve
5 mo on HNHow To Be Alone
4 mo on HN[AUDIO FIXED] The Truth Cannot be Sexist - Steven Pinker on the biology of sex differences
5 mo on HNHow one tweet can ruin your life | Jon Ronson
4 mo on HNIt's Not About The Nail
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Mentioned in HN threads about psychology & human behavior, though never formally recommended:
Capuchin monkey fairness experiment · THE CORPORATION [11/23] Basic Training · What kids really do on Musical.ly · Isn't the purpose of work just making money? · Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce | Malcolm Gladwell · Joshua Bell's 'Stop and Hear the Music' metro experiment | The Washington Post · This is how hackers hack you using simple social engineering · Star Trek TNG Peak Performance: It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. Full Scene · Juvenoia · How to stop screwing yourself over | Mel Robbins | TEDxSF · 'The most profound experience I can imagine': Emotional William Shatner recounts space trip · Hazard perception test 2026: official DVSA guide · The Woman Who Could Not Forget - Jill Price · Homer Simpson on Jealousy and Envy · How to steal a bike in NYC · living with lag - an oculus rift experiment · A Magazine Is an iPad That Does Not Work.m4v · Magnus Carlsen's Mind-Blowing Memory! World Chess Champion tested · The surprising decline in violence | Steven Pinker · Did People Used To Look Older?