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Psycomedia Episode 99 and a Red Luftballon – Frankenpodcast American Style

August 22, 2014 Leave a comment

References:

Bensafi, M., Brown, W. M., Khan, R., Levenson, B., & Sobel, N. (2004). Sniffing human sex-steroid derived compounds modulates mood, memory and autonomic nervous system function in specific behavioral contexts. Behavioural brain research, 152(1), 11-22.
Gerbasi, K. C., Paolone, N., Higner, J., Scaletta, L. L., Bernstein, P. L., Conway, S., & Privitera, A. (2008). Furries from A to Z (Anthropomorphism to Zoomorphism). Society and Animals, 16(3), 197-222.
Jung, K., Shavitt, S., Viswanathan, M., & Hilbe, J. M. (2014). Female hurricanes are deadlier than male hurricanes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201402786.
Probyn-Rapsey, F. (2011). Furries and the Limits of Species Identity Disorder: A Response to Gerbasi et al. Society and Animals, 19(3), 294-301.

Showprosals:

Tim and Ben’s Star Wars Storytime

Tim and Max Learnt Everything They Know About Life From Popular Culture

Irrelevant Design

Psycomedia Non-Musical Singalong Blog

(Got other ideas? Go on and tell us!)

July 11, 2014 1 Comment

References:

Lucas, R. E., & Lawless, N. M. (2013). Does life seem better on a sunny day? Examining the association between daily weather conditions and life satisfaction judgments. Journal of personality and social psychology, 104(5), 872.
Simonsohn, U. (2007). Clouds make nerds look good: Field evidence of the impact of incidental factors on decision making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 20(2), 143-152.

The prop for Force Deadly Ship:

May 9, 2014 1 Comment

References:

Herzog, T. R., & Strevey, S. J. (2008). Contact with nature, sense of humor, and psychological well-being. Environment and Behavior, 40(6), 747-776.
Ramachandran, V. S., Miller, L., Livingstone, M. S., & Brang, D. (2012). Colored halos around faces and emotion-evoked colors: a new form of synesthesia. Neurocase, 18(4), 352-358.

An actual African dictators quiz:

An actual Star Wars Expanded Universe quiz:

August 16, 2013 Leave a comment

References:

Kaptein, A. A., & Lyons, A. C. (2009). The Doctor, the Breath and Thomas Bernhard Using Novels in Health Psychology. Journal of health psychology,14(2), 161-170.
Mujica-Parodi, L. R., Strey, H. H., Frederick, B., Savoy, R., Cox, D., Botanov, Y., … & Weber, J. (2009). Chemosensory cues to conspecific emotional stress activate amygdala in humans. PLoS One, 4(7), e6415.
Rentfrow, P. J., Goldberg, L. R., & Zilca, R. (2011). Listening, watching, and reading: The structure and correlates of entertainment preferences. Journal of personality, 79(2), 223-258.

Peter Capaldi as the Angel Islington:

Top of the Lake:

References:

Feld, S. L. (1991). Why your friends have more friends than you do. American Journal of Sociology, 1464-1477.
Halatsis, P., & Christakis, N. (2009). The challenge of sexual attraction within heterosexuals’ cross-sex friendship. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 26(6-7), 919-937.

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