They Did What to What?

Dec 26 2023 10
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A science/science communication podcast wherein the hosts dissect classic psychology papers that help explain how we think about how we think.

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S1E6 Milgram's Shock Study: 40 Men from New Haven

Dec 26 2023 99 mins  
In the Season 1 finale, Cristina and Martin discuss the famous shock experiments from Stanley Milgram, contemporary and recent criticisms of his work, and William Shatner for some reason.

S1E5 The Dunning-Kruger Effect: Al Frankin has Jokes

Dec 11 2023 106 mins  
Martin takes over the research in this episode and shares the paper introducing the Dunning-Kruger effect examining incompetency and competency assessment. It's quartiles all the way down.

S1E4 Kiki and Bouba: Brush up on your German

Nov 27 2023 80 mins  
Cristina shares papers across hundreds of years to try and find the origin point of the Kiki/Bouba phenomenon, involving blob fanfic and 1800s academic German

S1E3 Harry Harlow: What are mothers made of?

Nov 13 2023 75 mins  
Cristina and Martin read The Nature of Love, a study by Harry Harlow famous for generating many pictures of sad baby monkeys and introducing us all to the concept of wire mothers.

Little Albert: Noise Metal for Babies

Oct 30 2023 84 mins  
In the second episode, Martin and Cristina read the study of Little Albert, a paper regarded as the foundation of behaviorism and an early demonstration of classical conditioning in human subjects.

Phineas Gage - Half a Teacup of Brains

Oct 16 2023 58 mins  
In the inaugural episode, Martin and Cristina read the primary literature written about Phineas Gage, a railroad worker who miraculously survived an iron rod passing through his head.