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The Truth About the Toba Catastrophe Theory

Approximately 74,000 years ago, there was a volcanic eruption on what is now the island of Sumatra in Indonesia (Chesner et al., 1991). It…

Dec 14, 2020

The Truth About the Toba Catastrophe Theory

Dec 14, 2020

What women really REALLY want

There is no shortage of articles on the internet that attempt to explain what women are looking for in relationships. But there are also…

Feb 2, 2020

What women really REALLY want

Feb 2, 2020

The Psychology of Speedrunning

There are groups of people that dedicate hundreds, if not thousands, of hours to achieve the fastest completion times in video games…

Sep 26, 2019

The Psychology of Speedrunning

Sep 26, 2019

Extreme Dieting is Trendy, Effective, and Dangerous, not Necessarily in that Order

The main character of the movie “The Martian” is forced to eat only potatoes while trapped on Mars. That’s just science fiction, but here…

Sep 6, 2019

Extreme Dieting is Trendy, Effective, and Dangerous, not Necessarily in that Order

Sep 6, 2019

Why You Should Talk to Yourself Every Day

You are an amazing miracle of physics. Digesting food, walking around, and taking in sights and sounds through your eyes and ears are all…

Sep 6, 2019

Sep 6, 2019

3 Scientific Benefits of Weight Loss that aren’t Looking Good

When researchers ask people why they want to lose weight, perhaps the most common answer is that they want to improve their health (e.g…

Aug 29, 2019

3 Scientific Benefits of Weight Loss that aren’t Looking Good

Aug 29, 2019

5 inspiring autobiographies from people with brain damage

I frequently read biographies and case studies where people lose something dear. If you judge these books by their covers, you may presume…

Aug 19, 2019

5 inspiring autobiographies from people with brain damage

Aug 19, 2019

Make Things Now, Learn How As You Go

Listen: you suck at lots of things. I do too. And that’s absolutely okay. You can still start doing those things.

Jul 19, 2019

Make Things Now, Learn How As You Go

Jul 19, 2019

How to Remember Almost Anything

I’m a cognitive psychologist who has taught a college course about how to properly learn from college courses. Yeah, I go meta.

Jul 19, 2019

How to Remember Almost Anything

Jul 19, 2019

Clever Hans: The Horse Who Couldn’t Count

Clever Hans was a Horse who was taught to count by his owner, or so it appeared. But, surprisingly, this wasn’t a simple case of fraud…

Sep 3, 2018

Clever Hans: The Horse Who Couldn’t Count

Sep 3, 2018

Xander Toftness

Xander Toftness

Xander Toftness, Ph.D. in Psychology, is a science communicator in Iowa. He runs the ARTexplains Science & History YouTube channel, and loves his very loud cat.

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