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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2 mo on HNThe Stuff of Thought | Steven Pinker | Talks at Google
2 mo on HNTesting if 60 minutes of silence drives you crazy
2 mo on HNUnconscious Bias @ Work | Google Ventures
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #965 - Robert Sapolsky
2 mo on HNThe Skinner Box - How Games Condition People to Play More - Extra Credits
2 mo on HNWhy Don't You Want To Do Anything After Binging 4 Hours of YouTube Videos...
2 mo on HNWhy You Will Marry the Wrong Person
1 mo on HNRSA ANIMATE: The Truth About Dishonesty
1 mo on HNSurvivor Bias
1 mo on HNQ&A with a person who does not have an internal monologue
1 mo on HN30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 1B Inhibition, Impulsivity, and Emotion
1 mo on HNWhere good ideas come from | Steven Johnson
1 mo on HNYou aren't at the mercy of your emotions -- your brain creates them | Lisa Feldman Barrett
1 mo on HNWhy "scout mindset" is crucial to good judgment | Julia Galef | TEDxPSU
1 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #1006 - Jordan Peterson & Bret Weinstein
1 mo on HNYour elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert
1 mo on HNGuilty until proven innocent.
1 mo on HNSasquatch music festival 2009 - Guy starts dance party
1 mo on HNCrowd Wisdom Principles
1 mo on HNThe Hidden Rules of Conversation
1 mo on HNA kinder, gentler philosophy of success | Alain de Botton
1 mo on HNRR #128 - Morgan Housel: The Psychology of Money
1 mo on HNThe First Principles Method Explained by Elon Musk
1 mo on HNChamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO Social Capital, on Money as an Instrument of Change
1 mo on HNOrwell comes to america - clip - reason 1
1 mo on HNSlavoj Žižek | Why Be Happy When You Could Be Interesting? | Big Think
1 mo on HNThe Science of Thinking
1 mo on HNBike Thief 2012
1 mo on HNHow to start a movement | Derek Sivers
1 mo on HNLie Witness News - SXSW Edition
1 mo on HNThe surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant | TED
1 mo on HNNew York Subway Signs
1 mo on HNIN-SHADOW - A Modern Odyssey - Animated Short Film
1 mo on HNThe Secret of Our Success | Joseph Henrich | Talks at Google
1 mo on HNCapuchin monkeys reject unequal pay
1 mo on HNYou Need to Be Bored. Here's Why.
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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?