Come to the science side . . . we have puppies! This week, Jocelyn and Bradley talk with Dr. Jeffrey Stevens of the University of Nebraska Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior. Jeff tells us about his studies of impulsivity in human and nonhuman apes and other animals, while the hosts demonstrate their superior self-restraint by (mostly) refraining from interrupting him to scream, “BUT THE PUPPIES! TELL US ABOUT THE PUPPIES!!!” Yes, folks, Jeff also shares his work in the Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab, and the friends discuss what he’s learned about how dogs think and how dogs affect the way humans think.

Links:

Changing Minds: The Science of Belief (SciComm 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l_kyS8R72M
Adaptive Decision Making Lab: http://decisionslab.unl.edu/
CB3 center: http://cb3.unl.edu/
ADM lab Publications: http://decisionslab.unl.edu/publications.html
Canine Cognition and Human Interaction Lab: https://dogcog.unl.edu/

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Science! With Friends Podcast is created and hosted by Jocelyn Bosley (@SciTalker) and Bradley Nordell (@bradleynordell) and Produced by the Basement Creators Network. You can find them at https://www.basementcreators.network/

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