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Study Buddies
by Paola Sanchez and Taylor Collins
Child and Family Therapist Taylor Collins and actress Paola Sanchez Abreu bring you new developments in science and psychology!
Episodes
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Does Attractiveness equal Intelligence?!
When you think of your dream partner, what qualities do you imagine they have? Smart? Good sense of humor? 10/10 on the hottie scale?! Well, could you pick this ideal trifecta of a human out from a crowd merely by looks? This week, we’re bringing you a Tinder-esque study that we’re both…
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PS: Self-Control Affects Loneliness?!
Hey, study buddies! This week, we are thrilled to be joined by study author Olga Stavrova. Olga is here to share her take on this study’s essential findings about loneliness and self-control, what motivated the study’s research and how the topic relates to both her personal life and the world at...
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Passing Notes: Self-Control Affects Loneliness?!
Still feeling lonely? Well, we’re back with a Passing Notes episodes, and this week, we’re unpacking last week’s study on loneliness and self-control. We’re sharing some of our own *sad* experiences with feeling lonely and how it connects to our personal views on self-regulation. This study…
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PS: BS in the Workplace?!
Hey there, study buddies! This week, we’re bringing back the topic of workplace BS and are so excited to be joined by study author Ian McCarthy. Ian shares with us the motivations and insights behind the study, including the importance of sniffing out the BS and uncovering truth, finding out how…
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Self-Control Affects Loneliness?!
If you’ve been around the past year and a half (which, if not, where have you been?!), you’ve probably felt the effects of the pandemic’s mandated social distancing and self-isolation. We know we sure have; we’ve been feelin’ pretty darn lonely. Loneliness has basically become its own epidemic as...
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Passing Notes: Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Critical Thinkers?!
Welcome back, study buddies! Last week, we shined a light on the deceptions of conspiracy theories and the essential role that critical thinking skills plays in distinguishing truth from myth. On this Passing Notes episode, we’re continuing our discussion on conspiracy theories and critical...
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Conspiracy Theorists Aren't Critical Thinkers?!
Oh, conspiracy theories—the source of some truly harmful misinformation infiltrating the minds of many in our society. From Pizzagate to “hollow/flat Earth,’’ Bigfoot’s existence to the Moon being made of cheese (yes, a rather immature yet well-known childhood conspiracy, right?), the prevalence…
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Passing Notes: BS in the Workplace?!
This week’s Passing Notes episode is all about BS; workplace BS, that is. We’re getting down to the "smelly" nitty gritty of the super relevant study we brought to you last week, sharing our own workplace BS experiences, examining our own reactions and responses to the BS, and exploring the…
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BS in the Workplace?!
There’s plenty of BS going on in the world around us, but today, study buddies, we’re talking about a very specific, especially irritating kind of stench. What’s that smell over by the office water cooler?! *Sniff sniff*… smells like some workplace b*llsh*t! How is BS in the workplace defined?...
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PS: Why Do We Gossip?!
Welcome back, study buddies! This week, we’re so excited to be joined by study author Eshin Jolly as he shares his own perspective as to what makes gossip such a hot topic of interest. How does gossip as communication help us learn about other people and the world around us? Tune in to find out...
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Passing Notes: Why Do We Gossip?!
On this week’s Passing Notes episodes, we’re literally passing notes…gossiping about gossip! Do we actually benefit from gossiping? Why do we enjoy it so much? What purpose does it serve in our social relationships— besides entertaining us via reality t.v.? We’re sharing some of our own personal...
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Why Do We Gossip?!
Did you hear about Stacey’s mom? We heard she’s got it goin’ on…let’s dish. This week, we’re talking all about gossip! Why do we do it? Do we just find amusement in chatting about other peoples’ lives, or is there actually some scientific purpose and benefit behind our temptation to spill the…
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Passing Notes: Competitive Flirting?!
We’re back with another Passing Notes episode, and we’re unpacking last week’s study on competitive flirting! What excites us about flirting? What flirty techniques are we ready to put to use in the competition arena? How does competitive flirting work in the digital world of dating apps? Maybe…
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Competitive Flirting?!
The hair flip, the seductive dance moves, the sensual arm caress and peck on the cheek, the intense eye contact, maybe even the eyebrow raise—this week, we’re talking all about the dirty flirty! Is flirting all fun and games, or is it really a biological, evolutionary competition? Are we flirting...
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Study Buddies Season 2 Trailer
They’re ba-ack! It’s season 2, y’all! Taylor and Paola are back with a fresh, new lesson plan full of science and psychology studies. From gossip to loneliness, conspiracies to competitive flirting, and some special bonus content— this season is bound to rattle your thinking caps. So get ready;...
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Goodbye Season One?!
Thank you Study Buddies for your support and a wonderful first season! This week we will bring our first season to a close - but we will be back in July 2021 for more learning and laughter. Feel free to send along any topic or study ideas you'd like us to incorporate into the show in our second...
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Passing Notes: Why Aren't Young Adults Getting Any?!
This week, we are getting to the hard hitting truths- it's a Passing Notes episode! We're tackling the study we hit on last week, talking all about incels, bikini pics, unmarraigable men, emotional intimacy, modern feminism, and good old masturbation. It's what some may call a pleasure chest of…
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Why Aren't Young Adults Getting Any?!
Young adults in the United States have been doing a lot these past few years... but not each other. This study looks to understand what might be behind the surprising recent decline in sexual activity among young adults. Join Paola and Taylor as they get busy exploring potential causes including...
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Passing Notes: Can Kids Make Their Parents Care About Climate Change?!
Drill in some new knowledge with this week's passing notes - How do you combat a problem that requires a collective response, when the collective don't all agree that the problem exists? Taylor and Paola talk about some of the variables that affect both belief and action in regards to the climate...
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Can Kids Make Their Parents Care About Climate Change?!
Do you feel deep existential fear about climate change? Do you wonder what will make people believe the science? Well this week we bring you a study that you may soon become obsessed with, just like Paola is. We are talking about whether the children will save our future! Join us as we dive into…
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Passing Notes: Does Gender Impact Social Anxiety and Empathy?!
Welcome back study buddies! Hopefully you're not feeling too socially anxious this week because we're excited be joined by study author, Samantha Berg, who shares her thoughts on the results! We wonder if gender roles evolutionarily have impacted how empathy has been shaped. Paola may have an...
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Does Gender Impact Social Anxiety and Empathy?!
Did you know there were different types of empathy? And it seems many different variables might impact out capacity for empathy. This week Paola and Taylor take a look at a study that wanted to find out how social anxiety might influence both cognitive and affective empathy, and if gender might...
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Passing Notes: Feeling Old and Giving Gold?!
Can we use babies with clipboards to the soundtrack of Sarah McLachlan solve the climate crisis? Maybe! Sit yourself down as we spill some tea from this week's thinkpot on feeling old and contributing to the greater good. From rickety knees to little babies - we share some things that might cause...
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Feeling old and giving gold?!
Aging- everyone does it, whether we like it or not! But how does feeling older influence how we contribute to the greater good? This week, we take a look at a study that investigates how our subjective age (or the age you feel you are) affects our willingness to give back. Join us as we dive into...
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Passing Notes: Can Anger Make Me More Vulnerable to Misinformation?!
Welcome back fellow study buddies to a relaxing episode where Paola and I angrily scream at each other - just kidding. We may not be angry today, but we will be talking about anger - and how it might impact our memory. Taylor shares how this study served as a humbling reminder to watch our...
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Can Anger Make Me More Vulnerable to Misinformation?!
Let’s be honest – we all get angry sometimes (or …a lot of times), but how does anger affect us? In what ways might this emotional state impact our memory? Well it turns out that Michael Greenstein, Ph. D. at Framingham State University, wanted to investigate this and joins us this week to offer...
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Passing Notes: Does Marriage Increase Life Satisfaction?!
In this passing notes episode, Paola and Taylor share about their ideas on marriage and engagement. Paola lets us know she wants to get married for legal logistics, while Taylor explores why there's so much hubbub about signing the dotted "I do" line. Study author, Mariah Purol, also stops in to...
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Does Marriage Increase Life Satisfaction?!
This week we are kicking off the New Year by exploring how much marriage influences well-being. We are delighted to be joined by study author, Mariah Purol, with her perspective on what this longitudinal data really says, and whether or not we should be rushing to the alter! Past research...
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Buffersode 2020 3.0
The last week of 2020 is here already! (or, finally....) This week we'll review some highlights from our first year of study buddies! In today's episode, Taylor and Paola take a break from exploring new studies to look back at our favorite takeaways from studies so far, and what we've learned…
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Passing Notes: Can Childhood Trauma Impact Adult Health?!
Oh hey there, welcome back for more chatting about childhood trauma and health! While we won't reveal our own ACE scores, Paola reminisces on the hush hush around childhood trauma in high school, while Taylor reminds us all to be mindful that everyone experiences a different childhood - ACE…
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Can Childhood Trauma Impact Adult Health?!
This week, Paola and Taylor want to talk about your ACE score - and no, we don't mean tennis. We want to explore one of the first studies to connect childhood trauma to negative health outcomes in adulthood. Today's study is often referred to as the ACE study, as it examines how Adverse Childhood...
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Passing Notes: Can My Personality Make Me an Instagram Addict?!
Join Poala and Taylor as we review last week's study on instagram addiction. Paola tries deleting her instagram, and we both agree we feel concerningly powerless in resisting the IG scroll. We chat about how influential Instagram has been in political and activism movements. Taylor speculates on...
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Can My Personality Make Me an Instagram Addict?!
Join your Instagram-addicted co-hosts this week as investigate their very obsession with science! In a world where social media has taken over our free time and our minds, Paola and Taylor break down a study that attempts to highlight the whats and whys of Instagram addiction. Taylor admits her...
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Buffersode 2020 2.0
Happy Thanksgiving week fellow study buddies! This week we'll take a break from the studies to answer a few provocative questions. We stay true to our inner nerds and explore Harry Potter powers and terrible human qualities. We might even have found a solution to help you interrupt your family's...
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Passing Notes: Beauty and the Benefits?!
This week, Paola and Taylor pass notes about the struggles and blessings of being absolutely gorgeous people! Join us for a a recap and a little chat about how this idea of "aesthetic capital" has personally helped and hindered us, and what the greater implications of this meta-analysis might be....
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Beauty and the Benefits?!
Join your (simply gorgeous) co-hosts this week as we discuss the privilege no one talks about - the privilege of beauty. While Paola dazzles us with jokes and a face for radio, Taylor shares a meta analysis of findings that show how "aesthetic capital" serves to provide us with measurable gains…
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Passing Notes: Rain on my Parade - Self-Esteem Affects How We Share Positive News?!
What else might affect our ability to play cheerleader for the good news in our lives? This week join Taylor and Paola’s thought cloud about this as we explore how the struggles of others might make it hard to share positive news. Paola uses the failed love lives of male comedians as inspiration...
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Rain on my Parade - Self-Esteem Affects How We Share Positive News?!
How do you feel about yourself? Better yet, how do other people think you feel about yourself? If friends and family perceive you as having low self-esteem can this affect your relationships?! This week Taylor and Paola dive into a study entitled "Rain on My Parade: Perceiving Low Self-Esteem in...
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Passing Notes: Scary Movies and Psychological Practice?!
Join us this week for a little chat about some spooky stuff! Taylor shares about her sneaky childhood past of skipping sleep to scare herself silly, and Paola is spooked by the mere idea of horror movies. We talk more about morbid curiosity, resilience, and whether we would survive the end of the...
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Scary Movies and Psychological Practice?!
It's officially spooky season so we thought we'd celebrate this with a 2020 study about scary movies, psychology and COVID-19. (Can you think of a more bone-chilling combination of variables?) This week's study is called, "Pandemic practice: Horror fans and morbidly curious individuals are more...
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Passing Notes: Meaty Eatey Men?!
Last week they told you all about the pizza study, now its time for some thoughts! This week, Paola gets to grade Taylor on her review of the study, and then they dive into the Day to Data and Macroroni and Cheese of it all. Paola tells the tale of her old prom date, and Taylor reflects on the...
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Meaty Eatey Men?!
This week Taylor and Paola talk sexual selection and pizza! Join us as we devour a study that suggests that men may eat more in the company of women, and that you should get pizza for lunch. This week's study is called, "Eating Heavily: Men eat more in the Company of Women." There's mozz to…
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Passing Notes: Seven Sins of Memory?!
Join us this week as we continue with our new passing notes format! Today we bring you a summary and discussion about the Seven Sins of Memory and how they may impact our lives. Paola shares a story about an embarrassing brush with a TV celeb who definitely did not know her (despite Paola's brain...
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Seven Sins of Memory?!
This week Taylor and Paola introduce to you to our new episode format! We will take a look at an older study that provides us with an informative exploration of memory and some of the tricky faults our minds might encounter. This week's study is called, "The seven sins of memory: Insights from...
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Buffersode 2020 1.0
Today we are stepping away from science and into the brains of Taylor and Paola, which are, surprisingly.... not so scientific! We will come back with a study next week in a brand new podcast format, but for now, join us for our "buffer episode" where we take 15 minutes to entertain you before we...
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Quarantine can have lasting negative affects?!
This week, Paola and Taylor both agree about the importance of dogs and hit you with a beachy "Is that an Ism?!" We then move on to examine what in the world quarantine does to us with a study called "The Psychological Impact of Quarantine and How to Reduce it: a Rapid Review of the Evidence." We...
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Am I Anxious, or Cautious of Risk?!
In a world plagued with risk, how does an individual's level of trait anxiety affect our interaction with risk? This week, we look into this by breaking down a study titled, "To Risk or Not to Risk: Anxiety and the Calibration Between Risk Perception and Danger Mitigation." Not to mention, you…
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Bad Science and Sexy Surgeons?!
Join us this week to hear about Paola's (concerning? impressive?) obsession with a new album, and Taylor's brush with an instagram celeb. Then pick up your popcorn as we dish about the bad science that lead to the #medbikini movement with a study entitled, "Prevalence of unprofessional social…
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Inside-Out or Outside-In: The Neuroscience of Acting?!
This week, you'll hear about Taylor's stress exercising, while Paola reflects on a New Haven legend. Then we'll dive into the brain activity behind acting as we introduce you to a study entitled, "The neuroscience of Romeo and Juliet: an fMRI study of acting." Not to mention, Paola is pumped to...
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Does bad publicity change how police respond to crime?!
This week, Taylor and Paola bring you another "Google Diaries" in which Paola actually finds her search history and Taylor's culinary debacles continue! Then, your study buddies bring you a study entitled: The Alleged “Ferguson Effect” and Police Willingness to Engage in Community Partnership,...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Child and Family Therapist Taylor Collins and actress Paola Sanchez Abreu bring you new developments in science and psychology!
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Paola Sanchez and Taylor Collins
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Child and Family Therapist Taylor Collins and actress Paola Sanchez Abreu bring you new developments in science and psychology!
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