Psycomedia Episode 72 – The Deeds We Do In Life Echo In The Internet

Psycomedia is now fortnightly for the foreseeable future. Or is it?

Psycomedia Episode 72 – The Deeds We Do In Life Echo In The Internet

http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode72TheDeedsWeDoInLifeEchoInTheInternet_349/Psycomedia72.mp3

References:

• Lempers, J. D., & Clark-Lempers, D. S. (1993). A functional comparison of same-sex and opposite-sex friendships during adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Research, 8(1), 89-108.
• Roberts, S. G., Dunbar, R. I., Pollet, T. V., & Kuppens, T. (2009). Exploring variation in active network size: Constraints and ego characteristics. Social Networks, 31(2), 138-146.

Tim and Ben (and Meera. And by obvious extension Nikki) at the wedding at which they were both at:

(Also Tim has a little Chewbacca in his pocket. Photo by Michael Horsley).

Media of the Fortnight:

Smash-Up: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122522/smash-up

A review of it by some other people:

Friendship! Effort! Victory! http://friendshipeffortvictory.wordpress.com/

Angel Summoner:

(Fulfilling the requisite Mitchell-Coren and Webb-Burdess video reference. The whole show will appear in YouTube form over the lifetime of Psycomedia).

Psycomedia Episode 71 – Successfully Drinking Vodka Jellies Off A Friend’s Back As Part Of A Sex

Psycomedia is now fortnightly for the foreseeable future.

Psycomedia Episode 71 – Successfully Drinking Vodka Jellies Off A Friend’s Back As Part Of A Sex

http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode71-SuccessfullyDrinkingVodkaJelliesOffAFriends/Psycomedia71.mp3

References:

• Argyle, M. (2003). 18 Causes and Correlates of Happiness. Well-being: The foundations of hedonic psychology, 353.
• Bastian, B., Kuppens, P., Hornsey, M. J., Park, J., Koval, P., & Uchida, Y. (2012). Feeling bad about being sad: The role of social expectancies in amplifying negative mood. Emotion-APA, 12(1), 69.
• Wadsworth, T. (2013). Sex and the Pursuit of Happiness: How Other People’s Sex Lives are Related to our Sense of Well-Being. Social Indicators Research, 1-21.

Watch the Game of Thrones theme song as sung by the cast:

http://www.mtv.com/videos/interview/889568/game-of-thrones-the-musical.jhtml#id=1676036

Beautiful Wolverhampton:

Psycomedia Episode 70 – Not Like That

Psycomedia Episode 70 – Not Like That

http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode70NotLikeThat/Psycomedia70.mp3

References:

• Mar, R. A., Oatley, K., & Peterson, J. B. (2009). Exploring the link between reading fiction and empathy: Ruling out individual differences and examining outcomes. Communications, 34(4), 407-428.
• Oatley, K. (2012). The cognitive science of fiction. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 3(4), 425-430.
• Salmon, C., & Symons, D. (2004). Slash fiction and human mating psychology.Journal of Sex Research, 41(1), 94-100.

Media of the Week:

Auti-Sim:

http://gamejolt.com/games/strategy-sim/auti-sim/12761/

Hannibal:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2243973/

Ben finds this couple pleasing:

Another fun empathy scale to do: http://www.prenhall.com/divisions/hss/app/social/Emp_Con_Scale.html

Psycomedia Episode 69 – The Horror of Frankenpodcast

Psycomedia Episode 69 – The Horror of Frankenpodcast

References:

• Hough, L. M. (1992). The’Big Five’personality variables–construct confusion: Description versus prediction. Human Performance,5(1-2), 139-155.
• McAndrew, F. T., & Milenkovic, M. A. (2002). Of Tabloids and Family Secrets: The Evolutionary Psychology of Gossip1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology,32(5), 1064-1082.
• Piedmont, R. L. (1999). Does Spirituality Represent the Sixth Factor of Personality? Spiritual Transcendence and the Five‐Factor Model. Journal of personality, 67(6), 985-1013.
• Przybylski, A. K., & Weinstein, N. (2012). Can you connect with me now? How the presence of mobile communication technology influences face-to-face conversation quality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

The Creature from The Ginger Lagoon only ever drinks the Ginger Lagoon cocktail: http://www.twylah.com/skyyvodka/tweets/40547127209902080

A Nazi Crow, the ultimate enemy:

Psycomedia Episode 68 – They Say An Army Marches On Its Stomach – When It Comes To Babies That’s Literally True

Psycomedia Episode 68 – They Say An Army Marches On Its Stomach – When It Comes To Babies That’s Literally True

References:

• Baillargeon, R. (2004). Infants’ reasoning about hidden objects: evidence for event‐general and event‐specific expectations. Developmental Science, 7(4), 391-414.
• Berthier, N. E., DeBlois, S., Poirier, C. R., Novak, M. A., & Clifton, R. K. (2000). Where’s the ball? Two-and three-year-olds reason about unseen events.Developmental Psychology, 36(3), 394-401.
• Call, J. (2001). Object permanence in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), and children (Homo sapiens). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 115(2), 159.
• de Blois, S. T., Novak, M. A., & Bond, M. (1998). Object permanence in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 112(2), 137.
• Diamond, A., & Goldman-Rakic, P. S. (1989). Comparison of human infants and rhesus monkeys on Piaget’s AB task: Evidence for dependence on dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Experimental Brain Research, 74(1), 24-40.
• Mash, C., Novak, E., Berthier, N. E., & Keen, R. (2006). What do two-year-olds understand about hidden-object events?. Developmental psychology, 42(2), 263.
• Zucca, P., Milos, N., & Vallortigara, G. (2007). Piagetian object permanence and its development in Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius). Animal cognition,10(2), 243-258.

Media of the Week:

Overthinking It do Eurovision:

(The rest of the series are here: http://www.overthinkingit.com/tag/eurovision/ )