60-second Mind
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 8:56:37
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Synopsis
Leading science journalists provide a weekly one-minute commentary on the latest developments in the science of brain and behavior. For a full-length, weekly podcast you can subscribe to Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American . To view all our archived podcasts please visit: www.scientificamerican.com/podcast
Episodes
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Toddlers Don't Monitor Their Own Speech
24/12/2011 Duration: 01minAdults and children hear their own voice and use it as feedback to monitor their speech, but it seems that young toddlers do not. Christie Nicholson reports
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A Quirk of Speech May Become a New Vocal Style
17/12/2011 Duration: 01minWhat used to be thought of as a symptom of a speech disorder might now be a hot trend in vocal style among rock stars and young women. Christie Nicholson reports
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Individuals Are Removed from Blame When in Groups
11/12/2011 Duration: 01minA recent study has found that we do not tend to hold individual members of a group responsible for their individual actions. Christie Nicholson reports
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Killing 1 Person to Save 5
03/12/2011 Duration: 01minResearchers test a famous ethical dilemma called the "trolley problem" in a very real setting. Christie Nicholson reports
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Dreams Help Soothe Your Bad Memories
28/11/2011 Duration: 01minResearch finds that dreams may help consolidate and soothe troubled memories and experiences. Christie Nicholson reports
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Protein Might Ward Off Afternoon Snooze
19/11/2011 Duration: 01minGlucose can block brain cell secretion of orexin, which keeps us alert. But amino acids can stop that block. Christie Nicholson reports
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How We View Half-Naked Men and Women
13/11/2011 Duration: 01minResearch finds that scantily-clad women and men are judged in similar ways. Christie Nicholson reports
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Brains Built to Cooperate
06/11/2011 Duration: 01minResearch finds support for the theory that brains excel when we cooperate. At least in duet-singing wrens. Christie Nicholson reports
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Be Afraid, but Not Too Afraid
31/10/2011 Duration: 01minHalloween reminds us that we love to be scared. But too much of anything is not good. Christie Nicholson reports
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Are Men Funnier Than Women?
24/10/2011 Duration: 01minA new study finds that the humor gap between the sexes is more stereotype than reality. Christie Nicholson reports
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Body Language Improves Our Communication
19/10/2011 Duration: 01minRecent research finds that body language significantly improves how well we are understood by our audience. Christie Nicholson reports
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Young Children Think Differently about Ownership
09/10/2011 Duration: 01minResearch shows that young children tend to think that naturally occurring objects like pinecones or rocks cannot be owned. Christie Nicholson reports
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Clothing Reveals Racial Stereotypes
01/10/2011 Duration: 01minA study in the journal Public Library of Science ONE finds that many judge race based on types of clothing. Christie Nicholson reports
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Speech Disorders May Be Helped Using Rhythm and Familiar Words
29/09/2011 Duration: 01minSinging therapy is often used to restore fluency to sufferers of speech disorders due to stroke. Recent research found, however, it may not be the singing itself that helps. Christie Nicholson reports
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Scientists Find a New Way to Measure Pain
20/09/2011 Duration: 01minScientists have been searching for an accurate way to measure pain beyond a patient's self-report, but to no avail. A recent study might have found one possible solution. Christie Nicholson reports
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Musicians Maintain Hearing Better
13/09/2011 Duration: 01minA hearing study of experienced musicians found they had a better chance than non-musicians of avoiding the hearing loss associated with aging. Christie Nicholson reports
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Overeating Depends on Context
03/09/2011 Duration: 01minResearch has found that ritual and context influences us to eat too much with no regard for quality. Christie Nicholson reports
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Global Survey Links Religion and Happiness
01/09/2011 Duration: 01minAn analysis of the Gallop World Poll finds that there is an association with religion and increased happiness, but only in societies that lack adequate social support. Christie Nicholson reports
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Ability for Mathematics May Be Inborn
21/08/2011 Duration: 01minChildren who have a good sense of numbers also tend to have a talent for arithmetic, even before formal training. Christie Nicholson reports
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Spoiling the Ending Makes for a Better Story
14/08/2011 Duration: 01minResearch has found that giving away the best part of a story at the beginning actually makes it more enjoyable. Christie Nicholson reports