Tag: research

• Get to the Front of the Line

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  July 1, 2024Episodes

• Hacking Your Flow State

  By analyzing the brain waves of improvising jazz musicians, researchers now understand how the brain achieves a creative flow state. The findings have practical implications for anyone wanting to get ‘in the zone’ to generate creative ideas. Jeff and …

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  June 10, 2024Episodes

• AI Wants Your Fingerprints

  No two human fingerprints are alike. Even different fingers from the same person are unique. But new research from Columbia University using an applied neural network suggests there may be a new way to link intra-person fingerprints with a …

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  May 29, 2024Episodes

• RSVP Anxiety

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  Link to this week’s story:  https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/11/want-to-skip-that-christmas-party-the-host-probably-wont-mind-study-shows

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  January 15, 2024Episodes

• Peak Fear

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  Link to this week’s story:  https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/peak-fear-experiment-haunted-house

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  November 27, 2023Episodes

• Man the Hunter Debunked

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  November 6, 2023Episodes

• Rat Ticklers

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  Link to this week’s story:  https://www.science.org/content/article/tickled-rats-reveal-brain-structure-controls-laughter

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  October 27, 2023Episodes

• Don’t Get Hangry

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  September 22, 2023Episodes

• Take a Nap

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  Link to this week’s story: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jun/23/calls-nap-sleep-work-study-research-benefits

  https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jun/20/short-daytime-naps-may-keep-brain-healthy-as-it-ages-study-says

  https://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/the-value-of-the-sleep-economy.html

  https://academic.oup.com/qje/article-abstract/136/3/1887/6217436

   

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  July 14, 2023Episodes

• The Chimps are Talking

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  Link to this week’s story: https://boingboing.net/2023/05/07/we-just-translated-chimpanzee-language-theyre-talking-about-snakes.html

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  May 29, 2023Episodes