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Apr 2024
15m 25s

Marshmallow Minds: Fun with Psychology!

Lingokids
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When the other kids won’t let Winston play pirates with them, Emily comes to Winston's aid and reveals the secrets of human actions with a little help from psychology. 🤔 Psychologists have some pretty fun ways to figure out why we behave a certain way — like the famous marshmallow test🍬🍬🍬! Ready to test it yourself and resist the marshmallow temptation? Join this episode of the Lingokids Podcast that makes the science of psychology accessible and thrilling for kids.

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***** Parents, in the Lingokids app, we have plenty of interactive activities, games, songs, and more that blend educational subjects and modern life skills to help get your kids ready for today's changing world! From math to making friends, reading to resilience, collaboration, creativity, and so much more, spark curiosity, imagination, and success with Lingokids!  *****

 

A Lingokids Original podcast produced by Paradiso Media

Starring Emily Calandrelli as Herself and Brock Powell as Winston.

Executive Producers: Emi Norris, Benoit Dunaigre, Lorenzo Benedetti, Louis Daboussy

Supervising Producer: Agathe Bouzat

Producer: Abi McNeil

With additional production support from Molly O’Keefe, Aimie Faconnier

Head Writer: Blake Knight

Associate Producer: Brendan Galbreath

Production Coordinators: Maddy Weinberg, Lucine Dorso

Editor: Marin Grizeaud

Theme Song Written by: Fredrika Stahl

Theme Song Composed by: Fredrika Stahl

Music Production: Dimitri Peronno

Theme Song Performed by: The Angel City Youth Chorale directed by Heather Catalena

Recording Engineers: Bill Trousdale at Audiovisions and Jason Schimmel at Bunker Studios

Legal Services: Lisa Nitti, Ludye Nisol, Alix d’Argentré

Special thanks to: Yael Even Or, Winfred Neisser

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