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
12 mo on HNRandy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
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
7 mo on HNNVC Marshall Rosenberg - San Francisco Workshop - FULL ENGLISH SUBTITLES TRANSCRIPTION
6 mo on HN"Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: Stress and Health" by Dr. Robert Sapolsky
4 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: Language as a Window into Human Nature
3 mo on HNLecture: Biblical Series I: Introduction to the Idea of God
3 mo on HNRobert Sapolsky: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
3 mo on HN2017 Personality 01: Introduction
3 mo on HNJordan Peterson - Controversial Facts about IQ
2 mo on HN"Understanding Burnout," Prof. Christina Maslach (U.C. Berkeley)
2 mo on HN2017 Personality 18: Biology & Traits: Openness/Intelligence/Creativity I
2 mo on HNJordan Peterson - Pareto Distributions
2 mo on HNWhy hierarchy creates a destructive force within the human psyche (by dr. Robert Sapolsky)
2 mo on HNThe Psychology of Human Misjudgement - Charlie Munger Full Speech
1 mo on HN30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 1B Inhibition, Impulsivity, and Emotion
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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?