Study Buddies

It's officially spooky season so we thought we'd celebrate this with a 2020 study about scary movies, psychology and COVID-19. (Can you think of a more bone-chilling combination of variables?) This week's study is called, "Pandemic practice: Horror fans and morbidly curious individuals are more psychologically resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic." Join us for some tricks and treats as Paola and Taylor break down this study that sought to explore if interest in horror films and trait morbid curiosity relates to pandemic preparedness and psychological resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. We promise this episode will give you pumpkin to talk about. 

**Side note: we misquote a Blink 182 lyric as being by Good Charlotte or My Chemical Romance. We deeply apologize to everyone in the 90s pop-punk/emo community for this grave and deeply unforgivable error**

Our study today is brought to you by Coltan Scrivnera, John A. Johnson, Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen, and Mathias Clasen. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110397

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This week Taylor and Paola talk sexual selection and pizza! Join us as we devour a study that suggests that men may eat more in the company of women, and that you should get pizza for lunch. This week's study is called, "Eating Heavily: Men eat more in the Company of Women." There's mozz to explore in today's episode so pull up a chair & grab a slice!

Our study today is brought to you by Kevin M. Kniffin, Ozge Sigirci, and Brian Wansink. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40806-015-0035-3

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Join us this week as we continue with our new passing notes format! Today we bring you a summary and discussion about the Seven Sins of Memory and how they may impact our lives. Paola shares a story about an embarrassing brush with a TV celeb who definitely did not know her (despite Paola's brain insisting otherwise), while Taylor tries to compensate for forgetfulness as a baseline aspect of her personality. We also introduce you to our new segment, "MacroRoni and Cheese", where we share what that the study may suggest in a big picture context.

The study we chat about today is called, "The seven sins of memory: Insights from psychology and cognitive neuroscience" by David Schacter. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.54.3.182

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This week Taylor and Paola introduce to you to our new episode format! We will take a look at an older study that provides us with an informative exploration of memory and some of the tricky faults our minds might encounter. This week's study is called, "The seven sins of memory: Insights from psychology and cognitive neuroscience." The author highlights seven concepts including transience, absent-mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias and persistence. Tune-in to learn what all of these fancy words mean - This is an episode you won't forget!

Our study today is brought to you by David Schacter. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.54.3.182

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Composed by singer/songwriter Caught In Between @caughtinbetweenct

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Today we are stepping away from science and into the brains of Taylor and Paola, which are, surprisingly.... not so scientific!  We will come back with a study next week in a brand new podcast format, but for now, join us for our "buffer episode" where we take 15 minutes to entertain you before we come back with our regularly scheduled programming!  

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This week, Paola and Taylor both agree about the importance of dogs and hit you with a beachy "Is that an Ism?!" We then move on to examine what in the world quarantine does to us with a study called "The Psychological Impact of Quarantine and How to Reduce it: a Rapid Review of the Evidence." We finish off with a google diaries. Tune in this week to remind yourself you're not alone in the quarantine crazy (we have evidence) and to hear how to stay sane! 

Our study today is brought to you by Samantha K Brooks, Rebecca K Webster, Louise E Smith, Lisa Woodland, Simon Wessely, Neil Greenberg, and Gideon James Rubin. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30460-8

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In a world plagued with risk, how does an individual's level of trait anxiety affect our interaction with risk?  This week, we look into this by breaking down a study titled, "To Risk or Not to Risk: Anxiety and the Calibration Between Risk Perception and Danger Mitigation." Not to mention, you can look forward to learning where horses come from along with a culinary tip involving spaghetti and forgetfulness. We also hit you with another good ol' Google Diaries, and of course, Paola brings you an Animal House about cephalopods and why they'd be better on the dance floor. We promise, this episode is low risk, high reward! 

Our research today is brought to you by Lies Notebaert, Stijn Masschelein, Bridget Wright, and Colin MacLeod at The University of Western Australia. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000210

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Join us this week to hear about Paola's (concerning? impressive?) obsession with a new album, and Taylor's brush with an instagram celeb. Then pick up your popcorn as we dish about the bad science that lead to the #medbikini movement with a study entitled, "Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young vascular surgeons." We'll break down the bias in this study that undermines the results, and reminds us to maintain a critical eye to hold researchers accountable. Not to mention, Paola brings us an "Animal House" segment on a snail/hippo, while Taylor struggles to remember the word bioluminescence, and later caps us off with a "Mean for a Sec" moment. 

Our research today is bad... And has since been redacted, but if the spirit moves you to investigate further, you can find the redacted text here: https://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(19)32587-X/pdf

We also include audio clips from the Journal of Vascular Surgery's Youtube video which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUZ43ENm_fE

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Music composed by singer/songwriter Caught In Between @caughtinbetweenct

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This week, you'll hear about Taylor's stress exercising, while Paola reflects on a New Haven legend. Then we'll dive into the brain activity behind acting as we introduce you to a study entitled, "The neuroscience of Romeo and Juliet: an fMRI study of acting." Not to mention, Paola is pumped to introduce a new segment called "Animal House!" It's a fun one folks!

Our research today is brought to you by Steven Brown, Peter Crockett, and Ye Yuan at McMaster University. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.181908.

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