Cinema Science Podcast: Scientists Chat About Their Favorite Movies and Shows

S01E15 Fight Club: How Media Depicts Schizophrenia


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Fight Club is riddled with commentary on modern society, and it's explosive ending suggested a main character with schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder. But is the movie's depiction of multiple personalities accurate or even fair? Neuroscientist Jenifer Einstein joins us in this season finale to help us understand these disorders, the psychology of economics, what the heck synaptic plasticity means, and how she would fund her own "Project Mayhem."

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Theme Music by Kagan Breitenbach, @krbreitenbach

Edited by Eli Ramsey, @TheVikingBear__

Co-Hosted by Heidi Febinger, @PandaBumHah

Co-Hosted by Anne Gibson, @HubbleGibson

Cinema Science was graciously funded by the University of Utah Neuroscience Initiative.

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Cinema Science Podcast: Scientists Chat About Their Favorite Movies and ShowsBy Stressed Out Neuroscience PhD Students