Psychlings Podcast

#9: A/Prof Andy Perfors - how stuffed animals can teach stats, overcoming perfectionism and the power of emotional knowledge

September 26, 2022 Byron & Dazz Season 1 Episode 9
Psychlings Podcast
#9: A/Prof Andy Perfors - how stuffed animals can teach stats, overcoming perfectionism and the power of emotional knowledge
Show Notes

Andy Perfors is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne.  An MIT and Stanford graduate, Andy is a renowned cognitive scientist focusing on higher cognition research, which explores concepts, language, decision-making, information and misinformation transmission, and cultural and social evolution and change. Andy is the Deputy Director of the Complex Human Data Hub at UniMelb. Find Andy via his website www.perfors.net or on Twitter @AndyPerfors.

Please enjoy an informative and heart-warming conversation with Andy:
- How stuffed animals can teach statistics
- Letting go of perfectionism 
- The power of emotional knowledge
- Life wisdom on dealing with identity, anxiety, and the unknown

Hosts: 
- Byron McCaughey (bmccaughey@student.unimelb.edu.au). 
- Yu "Dazz" Liu (Yuliu13@student.unimelb.edu.au)