Miss Behavior Journal Club

Miss Behavior Journal Club

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Miss Behavior Journal Club episodes

  • FA changes with meditation are crazy AF (Bang et al., 2023)

     

    Take a break, quit piling on life’s suffering, and join Amielle and guest co-host Kate Sherman for an exploration of the neuroscience behind mindfulness meditation. They discuss some unexpected results from Bang et al. (2023) that mindfulness programs makes a major difference on white matter tracks and panic disorder recovery. Allow this audio stimulus—brimming with inspirational jingles and messages of self-compassion—to slam into who you are as a person. Also, your sister isn’t always right.

    Links
    • On the beauty of sadness: it’s okay to say, I am sad, thank you, Tobore (2023)
    • 5 Ways Sadness is Good for You, Forgas & Hickman (2017) 
    • Long-term benefits of mindfulness on white matter tracts underlying the cortical midline structures in panic disorder: A 2-year longitudinal study, Bang Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, (2023)
    • Inducing a meditative state by artificial perturbations: A causal mechanistic understanding of brain dynamics underlying meditation, Dagnino, bioRxiv, (2023)
    • The neuroscience of mindfulness meditation, Tang, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, (2015)
    • Diffusion tensor imaging of the brain, Alexander et al. (2007)
    • Fractional anisotropy (FA) changes after several weeks of daily left high frequency rTMS of the prefrontal cortex to treat major depression, Kozel et al. (2012).
    • Precuneus background
    • Kristen Neff’s Self-Compassion Inventory
    • DBT & Me podcast
    • The Couch and the Chair podcast
    • Feature Paper intro song: “Oh Come On” by The Julie Ruin
    • Closing song performed by Kate Sherman, composed by Amielle Moreno
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        • Amielle: @CurlsPhD and @TroubleheliXX
        • Kate: @heartfeltmh
        • Leah: @HoxInSocks
        • 1 hr 3 min
        • Sauced Up Science, Part 2 (Grodin et al., 2023)

          Tom and Amielle are back for Part II of their two-part series on alcohol. They’re getting real by sharing their alcohol use dependency scores and spilling pie juice. We learn the importance of keeping your anterior cingulate cortex clear of metabolites and sharing skull pictures on dates. Finally, our two co-hosts discuss a drug that not only helps you lose weight but curbs alcohol cravings. Also, Richard Simmons.

          Links
          • Hangovers: Q&A with Dr. Stephen Harding – Shalchi (2022)
          • Dental Cone Beam CT- RadiologyInfo.org (2022)
          • Semiglutide: EurekAlert!
          • Significant Decrease in Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms Secondary to Semaglutide Therapy for Weight Loss: A Case Series (2023)
          • Alcohol Craving and Severity are Associated with Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Choline Levels in Individuals with an Alcohol Use Disorder (2023)
          • Richard Simmons on Who’s Line Is It Anyway?
          • Intro Song: Adaptation of Cherry Bomb by The Run Aways, lyrics by Amielle Moreno, vocals by Leah Krevitts and Amielle Moreno
          • Closing Song: Rye Whiskey by Punch Brothers, produced by Jon Brion.
          • To the best of our abilities, all research for planned discussion is cited orally in the show. Please send any concerns about un-cited material to A New Low Podcast Network Headquarters.

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              • Amielle: @CurlsPhD and @TroubleheliXX
              • Leah: @HoxInSocks
              • 40 min
              • Postpardon Me (Cheng et al., 2021)

                 

                On this Journal Club, things get candid really fast. Rachel and Amelle launch into the latest and not-so-greatest in a special type of depression: postpartum depression. While attempts at humor are more scant than usual, this episode is full of drugs, hormones, and body leakage. Also, Gatorade.

                Links
                  • Altered functional connectivity density and couplings in postpartum depression with and without anxiety, Cheng et al., (2021)
                  • Background on postpartum depression
                    • Prevalence and Risk Factors of Postpartum Depression in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Liu et al., (2021)
                    • Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter. Bartz et al., (2011)
                    • Postpartum depression, Pearlstein et al., (2009)
                    • Closing Song Tate McRae, don’t be sad RCA Records
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                        • 1 hr 7 min
                        • Shmoos and Nanofiber Peptides Will Provide (Alvarez et al., 2023)

                           

                          Let’s double dip into some neuroscience and animal research! Leah and Amielle are discussing how nanofibers are maturing neurons on the plate. We also get into results shared in a world wide twitter conference on animal behavior, hosted by ??? We might be shut out of the world of the published but we’re still publishing. So, join us and get some little peptide treats. Also, grooming behavior.

                          Links
                            • Around 4:40 min – Steven J. Gould article The median is not the message
                            • Around 5:55 min – Gene Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Predicts Who Benefits from Hormone Replacement Therapy
                            • Around 21:34 min-  Artificial extracellular matrix scaffolds of mobile molecules enhance maturation of human stem cell-derived neurons out. Alvarez et al., (2023)
                            • Around 42:03 min – George Hodgson Cows Grooming Cows
                            • Around 48:00 min – Alexandra Langehennig-Peristenidou Shew Calls
                            • Around 50:31 min – The cry embedded within the purr. McComb et al., (2009)
                            • Other sources: Northwestern Now, Eureka Alert!, Science, Cell Stem Cell, CellLearn more about his death, and his life here.
                            • Outro Song: Johnny Rivers, Poor Side of Town, released by Imperial
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                                • 1 hr 16 min
                                • The Ask-a-Philosopher HotLine

                                  This episode is the third in our three part series on consciousness. While we do figure out that it’s a brain process, more importantly, we learn how to succeed in neuroscience. The Churchland method of scientific husbandry will have you breeding A-class neuroscientists! You might not get published, but your DNA will. Alternatively, you can try splitting your brain and accomplish twice as much. If you get hungry, just pop some pup brains in your mouth. And finally, don’t forget to make one of the figures in your next manuscript just a picture of two middle fingers. Also, go beg for me, baby.

                                  Links
                                  • Ep 25: Dopamine Unto Others (Pat Churchland), Big Biology podcast (2019)
                                  • Ep 37: Loading the Dice (Eva Jablonka and Moncy Ginsburg), Big Biology podcast, (2020)
                                  • Is Consciousness a Brain Process?, Place, (1956)
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                                      • Leah: @HoxInSocks
                                      • Nicole Davies: @theNicoleDavies
                                      • Tom Hage: @TomTwoPointO
                                      • 35 min
                                      • Google Scholar Search: Fire Bad?

                                        It’s part two in our series on consciousness. We keep this journal club short and sweet, discussing ancient alien philosophers, personal wenuses, Phil Collins stutters, Ginsberg Golloba, koala qualia, and a gentle reminder that we’re stuff doing stuff made of stuff. Also, Dumpties.

                                        Links
                                        • Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness Ginsburg & Jablonka, (2019)
                                        • Ep 37: Loading the Dice (Eva Jablonka and Moncy Ginsburg), Big Biology podcast, (2020)
                                        • Is Consciousness a Brain Process?, Place, (1956)Learn more about his death, and his life here.
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                                            • Produced by Amielle Moreno PhD: @CurlsPhD and @TroubleheliXX
                                            • Co-Host Leah Krevitts: @HoxInSocks
                                            • Guest Host Nicole Davies
                                            • Recurring Character Tom Hage
                                            • 36 min
                                            • Rockin’ My Gadonken

                                               

                                              Join the club for big group of your favorite co-hosts discussing the ever present question of humanity: what is consciousness? We’re experiencing experiences, visiting conscious archipelagos, discovering open-air spin coaches, the no-no list, and kadunkadunk gadoken. Also, Team Philosophy.

                                              Links
                                              • Consciousness Regained: Disentangling Mechanisms, Brain Systems, and Behavioral Responses, Storm et al., (2017)
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                                                  • Leah: @HoxInSocks
                                                  • 55 min
                                                  • Altruis-dicks (Scheggia et al., 2022)

                                                    Do us a big favor and rate the show. Although we know that if you’re a dominant male mouse, you probably already have. After learning what the heck that means, stick around for an off-the-wall game show exposing the flawed logic of scientists, including the hosts! Also, Watershit Downs.

                                                    Links
                                                    • Around 15:00 min – Reciprocal cortico-amygdala connections regulate prosocial and selfish choices in mice. Scheggia et al. (2022)
                                                    • Structure and function differences in the prelimbic cortex to basolateral amygdala circuit mediate trait vulnerability in a novel model of acute social defeat stress in male mice. Grossman et al. – (2022) 
                                                    • Behaviour: A lookout for luck. Powell (2017) 
                                                    • Chemists share their lab superstitions. Jansen (2018)
                                                    • Closing song by L’eggo Jazz, Ovatime
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                                                        • 59 min
                                                        • Triskakittyphobia (Kumar et al., 2004)

                                                           

                                                          It’s all cats, alcohol, and death this week at the Journal Club. In this Halloween hangover episode, Leah and Amielle are exploring irrational mistakes in cognition by exploring the behavior of believing superstitions. There’s big discussions about the movie Cats, the god Frya, curses, and packing cellulite. Even though your tonsils are safe, keep your fingers crossed and avoid redheads. Also, Japanese baseball players.

                                                          Links
                                                          • Superstition Citations: 
                                                            • Around 21 min: Superstition and post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage. Kumar et al., (2004)
                                                            • Malinowski Goes to College: Factors Influencing Students’ Use of Ritual and Superstition. Rudski & Edwards (2010)
                                                            • Superstitious Behavior Among American and Japanese Professional Baseball Players. Burger & Lynn (2010). 
                                                            • Medicine and magic. Hughes & French (2002)
                                                            • Lunar cycle in homicides: a population-based time series study in Finland. Näyhä (2018)
                                                            • Accessed October 31 2022, https://scienceworld.wolfram.com/astronomy/FridaytheThirteenth.html
                                                            • Hunting success of lions affected by the moon’s phase in a wooded habitat. Preston et al. (2019)
                                                            • Further reading: “Superstition” in the Pigeon. Skinner (1948)
                                                            • Other Citations

                                                              • Accessed November 1, 2022, https://lifemathmoney.com/the-three-chinese-curses-and-the-wisdom-behind-them/
                                                              • To the best of our abilities, all research for planned discussion is cited orally in the show. Please send any concerns about un-cited material to A New Low Podcast Network Headquarters.

                                                                Contribute to keep the Journal Club going!
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                                                                  • Leah: @HoxInSocks
                                                                  • 59 min
                                                                  • Neurological Underpinnings of Bitsies and Chompy-Chomps

                                                                     

                                                                    October spooky fun continues on this zoonotic disease packed episode. Amielle terrifies with a story of a man who can’t stop ejaculating, retrograde transmission, and imbalanced Ying and Yang. Leah is having trouble driving due to philosophy and is dazzled by infrasonic sounds. Also, penguin necrophilia

                                                                    Links
                                                                    • Design and generation of recombinant rabies virus vectors, Osakada and Callaway (2013).
                                                                    • Clinical features of rabies patients with abnormal sexual behaviors as the presenting manifestations: a case report and literature review, Tian et al. (2019)
                                                                    • Diabolical effects of rabies encephalitis, Jackson (2016) 
                                                                    • Rabies: Understanding Neuropathology and Management Sharma et al. (2015) 
                                                                    • Rabies and Neuronal Tracing. Haery (2018)
                                                                    • The pathogenesis of experimental rabies. In: Nagano Y, Davenport FM (eds) Rabies, Johnson RT (1971).
                                                                    • To the best of our abilities, all research for planned discussion is cited orally in the show. Please send any concerns about un-cited material to A New Low Podcast Network Headquarters. 
                                                                    • Contribute to keep the Journal Club going!
                                                                      • Donate on Patreon! …. Yes, you!
                                                                      • Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram
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                                                                      • Or on Discord
                                                                      • Follow the Hosts
                                                                        • Amielle: @CurlsPhD and @TroubleheliXX
                                                                        • Leah: @HoxInSocks
                                                                        • 1 hr 1 min

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