To kick off 2021, two shrinks is getting sinful. Thanks to a suggestion from psychiatrist Dr Jackie Rakov (@psychwrite on twitter), we’re taking a look at the psychology behind the seven deadly sins. Do we find people more attractive when we’re primed with lust? Does envy make us more likely to harm others? Is pride different from straight-up narcissism? Listen in to for a light-hearted but in depth look at whether the sins really are that bad.

Timepoint/Articles:
05:30 Envy https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146167219897660
14:30 Pride - https://europepmc.org/article/med/33180528
26:25 Gluttony - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24411760/
40:58 Sloth - https://www.prdb.pk/article/prevalence-of-academic-procrastination-and-reasons-for-acade-8348

47:30 Lust - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00224545.2014.933158
58:51 Wrath - https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/bjso.12357
01:14:27 Greed - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886918305130

Media clips drawn from: Se7en (sins), Winnie the Pooh (gluttony), The Simpsons (Sloth), U2 (pride) Pride & Prejudice (pride), How I Met Your Mother (lust), Wallstreet (greed) and Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (wrath)

Hunter’s bonus I can’t believe it’s not sloth articles:
(from 35:00-40:58 mins)
Sloth bears: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-05979-001
Bridges: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369847820304125