Kelsey discusses the tragic and bizarre story of Aaron Hernandez, crticizes the new docuseries about his life, and reviews the theory that the brain condition, CTE, can turn you into a murderous rage zombie.

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Levenson, E. (2018, October 31). 9 fascinating lines from Aaron Hernandez's

brother's new book. Retrieved February 9, 2020, from https://www.cnn.com/

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Powell, M. (2019, October 30). A lineman became a doctor, but dementia made him

retire. He's only 42. The New York Times. Retrieved from

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/sports/football/tackle-football-cte.html

Randolph, C. (2018). Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is not a real disease. Archives Of Clinical Neuropsychology: The Official Journal Of The National Academy Of Neuropsychologists, 33(5), 644–648. https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acy063

Along with our guest Karen Wickiam from the STAT! podcast, we discuss the nature of pseudoseizures and what causes them. Karen, a retired ER nurse also shares several case examples from patients she treated at the hospital.

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Saher Hoda Kamil, Mustafa Qureshi, & Rikinkumar S. Patel. (2019). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES): A Case Report and Literature Review. Behavioral Sciences, (2), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9020015

Miller L, Archer RL, Kapoor N. Conversion Disorder: Early Diagnosis and Personalized Therapy Plan Is the Key. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. January 2020:1-4. doi:10.1155/2020/1967581.

Carlson, R. H., Jr, & Caplan, J. P. (2011). Pseudolabor born out of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a case report of multisymptom conversion disorder. Psychosomatics, 52(5), 455–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psym.2011.01.017

We explore the personality quirks of everyone's favorite particle physicist.

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Are people willing to compromise their values and blindly obey authority figures given the right circumstances? Stanley Milgram certainly believed so. We'll examine this classic psychological experiment and present some ways it this hypothesis could be flawed.

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Cherry, K. (2019, September 16). Milgram's experiments and the perils of

obedience. Retrieved January 10, 2020, from https://www.verywellmind.com/

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experiments. The Atlantic. Retrieved from https://www.theatlantic.com/

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It's hard to comprehend that there are parents who intentionally make their children sick. We'll examine one of the most notorious cases of Munchausen by Proxy that eventually escalated to murder.

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What if you could remember all the details of every day of your life? We discuss highly superior autobiographical memory and the effects that the ability to remember everything has on these extraordinary individuals.

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Lawrence Patihis, Steven J. Frenda, Aurora K. R. LePort, Nicole Petersen, Rebecca M. Nichols, Craig E. L. Stark, … Elizabeth F. Loftus. (2013). False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(52), 20947. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.23761836&site=eds-live

Sayar, F. (2018). A review of highly superior autobiographical memory. Cumhuriyet Medical Journal, 40(4), 479–482. https://doi.org/10.7197/223.vi.486834

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What if you were stranded alone on a deserted island? How would you survive? We'll explore what made Chuck Noland particularly equipped for withstanding his 4 years of solitude.

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Bhargav, M. (2016, May 29). "Cast Away,"- The psychological perspective [Blog

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It's hard for most people to comprehend why someone would murder their entire family. We'll examine the driving factors behind why these terrible tragedies occur.

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Despite his dangerous behavior, Joe Goldberg is still everyone's favorite cunning creep. We'll look at what makes this murderous man from the Netflix series "You" so irresistible and why some people are primed to become stalkers.

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We explore the history of various episodes of dance mania, along with characteristic behaviors and possible causes of the bizarre hysteria.

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