Brain Buzz

In Episode 50 we are joined by Dr. Alyssa Croft from the University of Arizona to chat about gender roles and social identities. Alyssa shares with us how asymmetrically changing gender roles have broad implications for gender equality. How are gender roles changing? What is the ‘second shift’ and why are gender stereotypes still common when it comes to the division of domestic labour? Have we achieved gender equality? All this and much more in Gender and Social Roles with Dr. Alyssa Croft!

episode 49 ( AKA Season Four!) In Part II, Kyle revisits Episode Two of Season One to provide an update on his research.

Welcome to episode 48 (season 4 episode 1) Drake provides an update on his research since that very first episode of Brain Buzz.

In the final instalment of Season Three we are joined by Alex Missick from the University of British Columbia’s School of Journalism for a very special episode. Alex turns the tables on your hosts and has them sharing the origin story of Brain Buzz as well as how creating, producing, and publishing the podcast has changed their perspective on research and academia. Kyle and Drake acknowledge how the encouragement and support of many, including UBC’s Graduate Student Career Activation Project, has contributed to their career development and commitment to science communication. Join them in A Year in Review with Alex Missick!

In Episode 46 we are joined by Dr. Ted Beauchaine from The Ohio State University to talk about hyperactivity and impulsivity in individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ted shares with us the neural underpinnings of and development of behavioral impulsivity, emotion dysregulation, and intentional self-injury in children, adolescents, and adults. What are the differences in diagnosis rates between boys and girls? Are the trajectories similar for boys and girls who are diagnosed with ADHD? What interventions are available to help individuals with ADHD? All this and much more in Hyperactivity and Impulsivity in ADHD with Dr. Ted Beauchaine!

In Episode 45 we are joined by Dr. Eric Landrum from Boise State University and inaugural Co-Editor of APA’s journal Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology to talk about teaching, the role of educators in preparing students for life after graduation, and the value of a degree in psychology. In this wide ranging episode, Eric shares with us how educators can assist students in developing skills in the classroom to be successful in the workforce after graduating with a degree in psychology. What is ‘meaningful assessment’ and why is it important for students and instructors? How can educators help students identify the skills they learned in the classroom and market those skills for jobs outside of academia? What percentage of psychology graduates pursue further education in psychology? All this and much more in After the Psychology Degree with Dr. Eric Landrum!

In Episode 44 we are joined by Dr. Ashley Randall and Kai Kline from Arizona State University’s Couples Coping with Stress Lab to talk about relationships and stress. Ashley shares with us how stress impacts our romantic relationships and how our romantic partnerships can help alleviate feelings of stress. We learn how three dimensions of stress, the locus, severity, and acuity, play critical roles in the ability of romantic partnership’s ability to cope with the stress. Kai explains how positive coping behaviours, such as empathy, problem-solving, and delegated coping, lead to increased relationship satisfaction and more displays of affection, like cuddling, hugging, and kissing. How do couples regulate stress in a relationship? What are the differences between positive and negative nonverbal coping behaviours? How do marginalized sexually diverse romantic partnerships cope with stress, and what are the implications for relationship satisfaction? All this and much more in Couples Coping with Stress with Dr. Ashley Randall and Kai Kline!

In Episode 43 we are joined by Todd Kamensek from the Neuroscience of Vision and Action Laboratory at the University of British Columbia to chat about how social motivation influences facial perception abilities in adults with autism. Todd shares with us how repeated exposure to social stimuli increases our expertise at being able to identify social cues, and how differences in social motivation for individuals with autism might be diminishing the amount of experience they are getting and therefore the expertise gained. We learn how, for neurotypical adults, there is no relationship between an individual’s ability to identify faces or facial expressions but, in those with autism, these processes are related. How does experience alter perception? What is prosopagnosia and what does it tell us about how the brain processes faces? What is a face diet? All this and much more in Facial Perception in Adults with Autism with Todd Kamensek!

In Episode 42 we are joined by Dr. Alexandra Crosswell from the Center for Health and Community in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco to discuss how the mind and body are connected and how that connection influences our wellbeing. Alexandra shares with us how stress influences our biological functioning and why stress has consequences for physiological and psychological health. How do scientists define stress? How does exposure to and perception of stress interact to create toxic stress? What is stress resilience and how can you boost it? All this and much more in Stressed Out with Dr. Alexandra Crosswell!

In Episode 41 we are joined by Dr. Jordan Axt, director of the McGill Intergroup Cognition Lab to talk about the application of social cognitive processes in an intergroup context. Jordan shares with us how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are shaped by the distinction between “us” and “them,” and how these are manifest implicitly and explicitly. What are implicit and explicit biases and how do they differ? How do scientists measure implicit and explicit bias? What does the implicit and explicit bias look like outside of the laboratory and how are physically attractive individuals disproportionally benefited by bias? All this and much more in Implicit and Explicit Biases with Dr. Jordan Axt!

References

Axt, J. R., Nguyen, H., & Nosek, B. A. (2018). The judgment bias task: A flexible method for assessing individual differences in social judgment biases. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 337-355. doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2018.02.011

Axt, J. R., Casola, G., & Nosek, B. A. (2019). Reducing social judgment biases may require identifying the potential source of bias. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(8), 1232-1251. doi:10.1177/0146167218814003

Kurdi, B., Seitchik, A. E., Axt, J. R., Carroll, T. J., Karapetyan, A., Kaushik, N., . . . Banaji, M. R. (2019). Relationship between the implicit association test and intergroup behavior: A meta-analysis. The American Psychologist, 74(5), 569-586. doi:10.1037/amp0000364