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Welcome to Science Sessions, the PNAS podcast program. Listen to brief conversations with cutting-edge researchers, Academy members, and policymakers as they discuss topics relevant to today's scientific community. Learn the behind-the-scenes story of work published in PNAS, plus a broad range of scientific news about discoveries that affect the world around us.
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A podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related. Long-form interviews with people whose work I find interesting.
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Jeremy Siow, Taylor Damann, and Margit Tavits discuss both historical and modern gender inequality in Europe.
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82. Geoff Cumming: p-values, estimation, and meta-analytic thinking
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Geoff Cumming is an Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University. In this conversation, we discuss his work on New Statistics: estimation instead of hypothesis testing, meta-analytic thinking, and many related topics. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: A brief history of statistics, p-values, and confidence intervals 0:…
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81. Brooke Macnamara: Growth mindset, deliberate practice, and the benefits of diverse experiences
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Brooke Macnamara is an associate professor at Case Western Reserve University. In this conversation, we talk about her research on growth mindset and deliberate practice, whether deliberate practice is falsifiable, the benefits of diverse experiences, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely rela…
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80. Simine Vazire: scientific editing, the purpose of journals, and the future of psychological science
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Simine Vazire is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Melbourne. In this conversation, we talk about her work on meta-science, the purpose of journals and peer review, Simine's plans for being Editor-in-Chief at Psychological Science, the hidden curriculum of scienitic publishing, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscienc…
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Emmanuel Mignot explains how a variant of an immune system gene might protect some people against neurodegenerative disease.
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79. Nanthia Suthana: Invasive brain recordings in humans, learning as a PI, and the joys of mentorship
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Nanthia Suthana is an Associate Professor at UCLA. In this conversation, we talk about her research using invasive brain recordings from humans, how the technologies have changed and what might happen in the future. We also talk about how she runs her lab, how to learn as a PI, and what Nanthia enjoys about mentoring students and postdocs. We had s…
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78. Gillian Coughlan: Dementia, spatial navigation, and menopause
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Gillian Coughlan is a postdoc whose work focuses on the role of spatial navigation in dementia. In this conversation, we talk about how Gillian went from Ireland to doing a PhD in the UK, different ways for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, what beta-amyloid and tau are, what spatial navigation has to do with dementia, and whether early menopause can…
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77. Lynn Nadel: Collaboration, Hippocampal History, and clinical applications of hippocampal development
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Lynn Nadel is an emeritus professor at the University of Arizona, where his research focuses on the role of the hippocampus in memory. This is our second conversation. We discuss how the Hippocampus as a Cognitive Map was received, Lynn's career, including his years as head of department at the University of Arizona, how to foster collaboration, wh…
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76. Adam Mastroianni: Paradigms in psychology, science as a strong-link problem, and The Psychology House
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Adam Mastroianni is a scientist who writes the Substack 'Experimental History'. This is our second conversation. We discuss science as a strong-link problem, why everyone is allowed to do science, and some of Adam's suggestions for how science can be done differently. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps 0:00:00: Adam's Substac…
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Cecilia Machado and Douglas Almond discuss the impact of a first child on the career trajectory of mothers.
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75. Paul Smaldino: Modeling Social Behavior, the value of false models, and research beyond traditional disciplines
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Paul Smaldino is an Associate Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences at UC Merced, where he studies the evolution of behavior in response to social, cultural, and ecological pressures. In this conversation, we talk about his new book Modeling Social Behavior, everything related to formal models of social behaviour, and Paul's path to where…
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Laela Sayigh asks whether dolphins use "motherese" when communicating with their calves.
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Pascal Polonik and Kate Ricke explain why reducing greenhouse gas emissions does not always improve environmental equity.
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Ian Phillips, Rui Zhe Goh, and Chaz Firestone use auditory illusions to explore how people perceive silence.
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Cameron Hecht discusses an intervention targeting high school teachers to improve student retention and diversity in STEM fields.
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74. Moin Syed: Glorious PNAS, editing a journal, and masterful procrastination
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Moin Syed is a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, where he studies identity and personality development. Our conversation focuses on his work in meta-science, especially the role of journals and editors in the scientific process. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by B…
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Vanessa Duthé explains how dehorning affects the behavior of black rhinoceroses.
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Eric Martínez explains why legal documents are written in hard-to-read language.
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Researchers explore trends in the gender gap among internationally mobile scholars.
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73. Tom Hostler: Open science, workload, and academic capitalism
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Tom Hostler is a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. In this conversation, we focus on his recent article on the increased workload caused by open science. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Ti…
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