Bomb-sniffing dogs, human actions and risk: Learnings from a career in Psychology Research

Dr. Rebecca Sargisson is a behavior analyst whose career in research has taken her from chicken labs to war zones to climate psychology in the Netherlands. A candid, surprising conversation about risk, behaviour change, and why humans are a lot more like dogs (and pigeons) than we'd like to admit. In this conversation: 🔹 Why an entire UN landmine-detection program had to be shut down 🔹 Bees, elephants, and giant rats: the strange animals being trained to detect landmines and disease 🔹 Why playgrounds have gotten "too safe", and what kids lose because of it 🔹 The behaviourist case that your attitudes don't shape your behaviour- your behaviour shapes your attitudes 🔹 Why demographics barely predict who cares about the environment 🔹 How AI is quietly eroding critical thinking in university students A wide-ranging conversation about risk, behavior change, and what actually drives human (and animal) decision-making. Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note.