I'll Take My Science Neat

Have you ever realized that something you KNOW is true is actually false? Do your friends also have the same incorrect knowledge? Does Kit-Kat have a hyphen or not (KitKat)?? You could have experienced the Mandela Effect! Join us to learn about how false memories are formed and transmit through groups of people!

BUZZFEED QUIZ

https://www.buzzfeed.com/christopherhudspeth/tell-us-how-your-brain-remembers-these-mandela-effect

Social Transmission of False Memory in Small Groups and Large Networks

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/tops.12348

In this episode Ron and Dr. Rose discuss research on the emotional, motivational, cognitive, and social benefits of playing video games. We also explore some of the negative effects of video game addiction and explore research on the controversial topic of loot boxes and gambling. Tune in to learn about the good, the bad, and the loot boxes!!!

The good:

https://www.avondwenm.nl/images/avonden/avond-2019/studiemateriaal/5_6_Benefits_of_playing_video_games.pdf

The bad: https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2006/3/1/article-p27.xml 

The Loot Boxes: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0206767 

Have you ever wondered what is color and how does it work? We talk about the basics of color and light and then share some really cool scientific papers about how our memory of objects affects our color vision! Come join us to find out, if a tree falls in a dark room, does it have any color!

Hasantash, M., Lafer-Sousa, R., Afraz, A., & Conway, B. R. (2019). Paradoxical impact of memory on color appearance of faces. Nature communications, 10(1), 1-10.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C49&q=Paradoxical+impact+of+memory+on+color+appearanceof+faces&btnG=

Delk, J. L., & Fillenbaum, S. (1965). Differences in perceived color as a function of characteristic color. The American journal of psychology, 78(2), 290-293.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C49&q=Differences+in+Perceived+Color+as+a+Function+of+Characteristic+Color&btnG= 

https://theconversation.com/do-you-see-red-like-i-see-red-151650

In this episode Ron and Dr. Rose talk about female birdsong. Why do females sing? Is it different than males? Have we always known about female birdsong? We also explore more recent research on how the brain controls birdsong. How do you study the brain? Are bird brains similar to humans? Stay for the end where we have a battle of the wits, animal trivia, and crown a scientist of the month!