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Kaleidoscope Live! episodes

  • A cure for MS; mindfulness debunked; and when Harry met Sally - is opposite sex friendship possible?
    Kaleidoscope live!

    Date aired: 16.03.2022

    Title: A cure for MS; mindfulness debunked; and when Harry met Sally - is opposite sex friendship possible?

    Papers:

    • Bjornevik, K. et al. Longitudinal analysis reveals high prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus associated with multiple sclerosis. Science 375, 296-301, doi:10.1126/science.abj8222 (2022).
    • Goldberg, S. B., Riordan, K. M., Sun, S. & Davidson, R. J. The Empirical Status of Mindfulness-Based Interventions: A Systematic Review of 44 Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials. Perspect Psychol Sci 17, 108-130, doi:10.1177/1745691620968771 (2022).
    • Szymkow, A. & Frankowska, N. Moderators of Sexual Interest in Opposite-sex Friends. Evol Psychol 20, 14747049211068672, doi:10.1177/14747049211068672 (2022).
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      48 min
    • Size doesn't matter, but anticipation does: Big data paradox, placebo, and perceptions of smokers
      Kaleidoscope live!

      Date aired: 16.02.2022

      Time: 17:00 -17:45

      Title: Size doesn't matter, but anticipation does: Big data paradox, placebo, and perceptions of smokers

      Papers:

      Bradley VC, Kuriwaki S, Isakov M, et al. Unrepresentative big surveys significantly overestimated US vaccine uptake. Nature 2021;600(7890):695-700. 

      Hjorth OR, Frick A, Gingnell M, et al. Expectancy effects on serotonin and dopamine transporters during SSRI treatment of social anxiety disorder: a randomized clinical trial. Transl Psychiatry 2021;11(1):559. 

      Philip KEJ, Bu F, Polkey MI, et al. Relationship of smoking with current and future social isolation and loneliness: 12-year follow-up of older adults in England. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2022;14:100302. doi

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      45 min
    • Courting controversy: The call for women-specific medication guidance and psychology's "physics envy" problem
      Kaleidoscope live!

      Date aired: 19.01.2022

      Title: Courting controversy: The call for women-specific medication guidance and psychology's "physics envy" problem

      Papers:

      Brand BA, Haveman YRA, de Beer F, de Boer JN, Dazzan P, Sommer IEC. Antipsychotic medication for women with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychol Med [Epub ahead of print] 12 Nov 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/ 10.1017/S0033291721004591.

      Debrouwere S, Rosseel Y. The conceptual, cunning, and conclusive experiment in psychology. Perspect Psychol Sci [Epub ahead of print] 8 Dec 2021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916211026947.

      46 min
    • Good Sh*t, Bad Outcomes
      Kaleidoscope live!

      Date: 01.12.2021

      Title:

      Good Sh*t, Bad Outcomes:

      Differentiating performance from interpretation with machine learning approaches to healthcare outcomes

      -AND-

      The microbiome and early life indicators of mental health

      Papers:

      Li B, Jang I, Riphagen J et al. Identifying individuals with Alzheimer’s disease-like brains based on structural imaging in the Human Connectome Project Aging Cohort. Hum Brain Mapp, 2021; 1-12. DOI: 10.1002/hbm.25626

      Ghassemi, M., Oakden-Rayner, L., & Beam, A. L. (2021). The false hope of current approaches to explainable artificial intelligence in health care. The Lancet Digital Health, 3(11), e745-e750.

      Laue, HE, Karagas, MR, Coker, MO et al. Sex-specific relationships of the infant microbiome and early-childhood behavioral outcomes. Pediatric Research, 2021; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01785-z


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      37 min
    • Real life decisions: nudge or hold? Antidepressant withdrawal and behaviour modification

      In this Kaleidoscope Live episode, the team discuss:


      Real life decisions: nudge or hold? Antidepressant withdrawal and behaviour modification


      Lewis G, Marston L, Duffy L et al. Maintenance or discontinuation of antidepressants in primary care. The New England Journal of Medicine, 2021; 385(14): 1257-1267. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2106356

      Dai, H. et al (2021) Behavioural nudges increase COVID-19 vaccinations. Nature, Vol 597, September, pp. 404–409


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      44 min
    • Kaleidoscope Live! Of mice and men: Differing perceptions of time and reality

      Citations:

      Arantes, J., Pinho, M., Wearden, J., & Albuquerque, P. B. (2021). “Time Slows Down Whenever You Are Around” for Women but Not for Men. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 951. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.641729

      K. Schmack, M. Bosc, T. Ott, J. F. Sturgill, A. Kepecs. Striatal dopamine mediates hallucination-like perception in mice. Science, 2021; 372 (6537): eabf4740 DOI: 10.1126/science.abf4740

      39 min
    • Kaleidoscope live! The panelists indulged in the positives of hedonism and took controversy head on discussing a now retracted paper on professionalism – sexism in a scientific sheep’s clothing?

      Title: In this episode the panelists indulged in the positives of hedonism and took controversy head on discussing a now retracted paper on professionalism – sexism in a scientific sheep’s clothing?


      Citations:

      • Bernecker K, Becker D. Beyond self-control: mechanisms of hedonic goal
      • pursuit and its relevance for well-being. Pers Soc Psychol Bull 26 Jul 2020 [Epub
        ahead of print]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220941998.
      • Hardouin S, Cheng TW, Mitchell E, Raulli SJ, Jones DW, Siracuse JJ, et al.
      • RETRACTED: Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young
        vascular surgeons. J Vasc Surg 2020; 72: 667–71.
        31 min
      • Kaleidoscope Live! The role of media in suicide, a statistical controversy with fMRI data, and the perceived helpfulness of treatment.

        Title: The role of media in suicide, a statistical controversy with fMRI data, and the perceived helpfulness of treatment.

        Citations:

        • Harris, M. G., Kazdin, A. E., Chiu, W. T., Sampson, N. A., Aguilar-Gaxiola, S., Al-Hamzawi, A., … & Cía, A. (2020). Findings From World Mental Health Surveys of the Perceived Helpfulness of Treatment for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder. JAMA Psychiatry.
        • Niederkrotenthaler, T., Braun, M., Pirkis, J., Till, B., Stack, S., Sinyor, M., … & Scherr, S. (2020). Association between suicide reporting in the media and suicide: systematic review and meta-analysis. Bmj, 368.
        • Botvinik-Nezer, R., Holzmeister, F., Camerer, C. F., Dreber, A., Huber, J., Johannesson, M., … & Avesani, P. (2020). Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams. Nature, 1-7.
        • Berg, E. L., Pedersen, L. R., Pride, M. C., Petkova, S. P., Patten, K. T., Valenzuela, A. E., … & Silverman, J. L. (2020). Developmental exposure to near roadway pollution produces behavioral phenotypes relevant to neurodevelopmental disorders in juvenile rats. Translational psychiatry, 10(1), 1-16.
        • 37 min
        • Kaleidoscope live! Size doesn’t matter – either in psychometrics or brain volume

          Title: Size doesn’t matter – either in psychometrics or brain volume

          Citations:

          • Lutz W, Striessnig W, Dimitrova A et al. Years of good life is a well-being indicator designed to serve research on sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021; 118 (12): e1907351118 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1907351118
          • Chopra S, Fornito A, Francey SM et al. Differentiating the effect of antipsychotic medication and illness on brain volume reductions in first-episode psychosis: A Longitudinal, Randomised, Triple-blind, Placebo-controlled MRI Study. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-021-00980-0
          • 36 min

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