Keyword: temperament

Extroversion and Introversion August 31, 2010

Host: Armand DiMele

Where do you fall on the introvert-extrovert spectrum, and does it matter? Armand DiMele and co-host Stephanie Dombrough break down the neuroscience and psychology behind each type, the myth that introversion equals shyness, and how misreading these differences creates conflict in relationships and households.

The Anxious Brain and Doomsday Fear January 5, 2010

Host: Armand DiMele

Some people are simply born to worry, and doomsday predictions like 2012 give them a target. Armand draws on Jerome Kagan’s landmark longitudinal study of infant temperament to show how a hyperreactive baby becomes an anxious adult, and explains how the amygdala drives fear that has no real object.

Why Patterns Keep Repeating September 8, 2009

Host: Armand DiMele

Why do the same traps keep springing? Armand DiMele works through the nature-versus-nurture debate, chromosome alleles, and childhood nurturance to explain why personality patterns persist, then takes calls to show listeners how their judgments of others reveal their own wounds and fears.