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Midnight Conversations


    • Mar 8, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 53 EPISODES


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    Episode 53 - The Science Of ChatGPT

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 25:31


    O'Connor, S. (2022). Open artificial intelligence platforms in nursing education: Tools for academic progress or abuse?. Nurse Education in Practice, 66, 103537-103537.

    Episode 52 - The Science Of Ice Baths

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2023 32:11


    Espeland, D., de Weerd, L., & Mercer, J. B. (2022). Health effects of voluntary exposure to cold water–a continuing subject of debate. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 81(1), 2111789.

    Episode 51 - The Science Of Energy Drinks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 28:58


    Nadeem, I. M., Shanmugaraj, A., Sakha, S., Horner, N. S., Ayeni, O. R., & Khan, M. (2021). Energy drinks and their adverse health effects: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Health, 13(3), 265-277.

    Episode 50 - The Science Of Hugging And Stress

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 26:11


    Dreisoerner, A., Junker, N. M., Schlotz, W., Heimrich, J., Bloemeke, S., Ditzen, B., & van Dick, R. (2021). Self-soothing touch and being hugged reduce cortisol responses to stress: A randomized controlled trial on stress, physical touch, and social identity. Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 8, 100091.

    Episode 49 - The Science Of Physical Activity Monitors

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 26:44


    Larsen, R. T., Wagner, V., Korfitsen, C. B., Keller, C., Juhl, C. B., Langberg, H., & Christensen, J. (2022). Effectiveness of physical activity monitors in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. bmj, 376.

    Episode 48 - The Science Of Visualisation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 25:40


    Milton, F., Fulford, J., Dance, C., Gaddum, J., Heuerman-Williamson, B., Jones, K., ... & Zeman, A. (2021). Behavioral and neural signatures of visual imagery vividness extremes: aphantasia versus hyperphantasia. Cerebral cortex communications, 2(2), tgab035.

    Episode 47 - The Science Of Minimalist Shoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 23:40


    Fuller, J. T., Thewlis, D., Buckley, J. D., Brown, N. A., Hamill, J., & Tsiros, M. D. (2017). Body mass and weekly training distance influence the pain and injuries experienced by runners using minimalist shoes: a randomized controlled trial. The American journal of sports medicine, 45(5), 1162-1170.

    Episode 46 - The Science of Metabolism

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 23:35


    Pontzer, H., Yamada, Y., Sagayama, H., Ainslie, P. N., Andersen, L. F., Anderson, L. J., ... & IAEA DLW Database Consortium §. (2021). Daily energy expenditure through the human life course. Science, 373(6556), 808-812.

    Episode 45 - The Science Of Belief In Conspiracy Theories And Covid - 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 26:33


    Banai, I. P., Banai, B., & Mikloušić, I. (2021). Beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories, compliance with the preventive measures, and trust in government medical officials. Current Psychology, 1-11.

    Episode 44 - The Science Of Delayed Gratification

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2021 23:23


    Watts, T. W., Duncan, G. J., & Quan, H. (2018). Revisiting the marshmallow test: A conceptual replication investigating links between early delay of gratification and later outcomes. Psychological science, 29(7), 1159-1177.

    Episode 43 - The Science Of Social Media Use, Sleep And Mental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 24:41


    Woods, H. C., & Scott, H. (2016). # Sleepyteens: Social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. Journal of adolescence, 51, 41-49.

    Episode 42 - The Science Of Christmas Spirit And The Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 22:26


    Hougaard, A., Lindberg, U., Arngrim, N., Larsson, H. B., Olesen, J., Amin, F. M., ... & Haddock, B. T. (2015). Evidence of a Christmas spirit network in the brain: functional MRI study. Bmj, 351.

    Episode 41 - The Science Of Carbohydrate Intake And Mortality.mp3

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2020 26:54


    Seidelmann, S. B., Claggett, B., Cheng, S., Henglin, M., Shah, A., Steffen, L. M., ... & Solomon, S. D. (2018). Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: a prospective cohort study and meta-analysis. The Lancet Public Health, 3(9), e419-e428.

    Episode 40 - The Science Of Video Conferencing Privacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 22:20


    Kagan, D., Alpert, G. F., & Fire, M. (2020). Zooming Into Video Conferencing Privacy and Security Threats. arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.01059.

    Episode 39 - The Science Of Empathy, Responsibility And The Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 25:38


    Caspar, E. A., Ioumpa, K., Keysers, C., & Gazzola, V. (2020). Obeying orders reduces vicarious brain activation towards victims' pain. NeuroImage, 117251.

    Episode 38 - The Science Of Gender Imbalance In Neuroscience Reference Lists

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 25:39


    Dworkin, J. D., Linn, K. A., Teich, E. G., Zurn, P., Shinohara, R. T., & Bassett, D. S. (2020). The extent and drivers of gender imbalance in neuroscience reference lists. arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.01002.

    Episode 37 - The Science Of Regression To The Mean

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2020 24:03


    Barnett, A. G., Van Der Pols, J. C., & Dobson, A. J. (2005). Regression to the mean: what it is and how to deal with it. International journal of epidemiology, 34(1), 215-220.

    Episode 36 - The Science Of Essential Oils And Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 27:49


    Woelk, H., & Schläfke, S. (2010). A multi-center, double-blind, randomised study of the Lavender oil preparation Silexan in comparison to Lorazepam for generalized anxiety disorder. Phytomedicine, 17(2), 94-99.

    Episode 35 - The Science Of False Scientific Findings

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2020 25:17


    Ioannidis, J. P. (2005). Why most published research findings are false. PLoS medicine, 2(8), e124.

    Episode 34 - The Science Of Population Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 23:27


    Vollset, S. E., Goren, E., Yuan, C. W., Cao, J., Smith, A. E., Hsiao, T., ... & Dolgert, A. J. (2020). Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet.

    Episode 33 - The Science Of Plant And Animal Protein On Health Outcomes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 23:45


    Naghshi, S., Sadeghi, O., Willett, W. C., & Esmaillzadeh, A. (2020). Dietary intake of total, animal, and plant proteins and risk of all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. bmj, 370.

    Episode 32 - The Science Of Whole Grains And Type 2 Diabetes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 22:58


    Hu Yang, Ding Ming, Sampson Laura, Willett Walter C, Manson JoAnn E, Wang Molin et al. Intake of whole grain foods and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from three prospective cohort studies BMJ 2020; 370 :m2206

    Episode 31 - The Science Of Brain Age And Alzheimer's Disease Risk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 26:54


    Gaser, C., Franke, K., Klöppel, S., Koutsouleris, N., Sauer, H., & Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. (2013). BrainAGE in mild cognitive impaired patients: predicting the conversion to Alzheimer's disease. PloS one, 8(6), e67346.

    Episode 30 - The Science of Twitter and Scientific Outreach

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 24:12


    Luc, J. G., Archer, M. A., Arora, R. C., Bender, E. M., Blitz, A., Cooke, D. T., ... & Antonoff, M. B. (2020). Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results from the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

    Episode 29 - The Science of Nature and Rumination

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 25:23


    Bratman, G. N., Hamilton, J. P., Hahn, K. S., Daily, G. C., & Gross, J. J. (2015). Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation. Proceedings of the national academy of sciences, 112(28), 8567-8572.

    Episode 28 - The Science of Cardiovascular Disease and Egg Consumption

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 23:17


    Drouin-Chartier, J. P., Chen, S., Li, Y., Schwab, A. L., Stampfer, M. J., Sacks, F. M., ... & Bhupathiraju, S. N. (2020). Egg consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease: three large prospective US cohort studies, systematic review, and updated meta-analysis. bmj, 368.

    Episode 27 - The Science of COVID, Social Isolation and Mental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 25:10


    Orben, A., Tomova, L., & Blakemore, S. J. (2020). The effects of social deprivation on adolescent social development and mental health.

    Episode 26 - The Science of the Darwin Awards

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 21:49


    Lendrem, B. A. D., Lendrem, D. W., Gray, A., & Isaacs, J. D. (2014). The Darwin Awards: sex differences in idiotic behaviour. Bmj, 349, g7094.

    Episode 25 - The Science of Obesity and the Hippocampus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 27:28


    Ambikairajah, A., Tabatabaei‐Jafari, H., Walsh, E., Hornberger, M., & Cherbuin, N. (2020). Longitudinal Changes in Fat Mass and the Hippocampus. Obesity.

    Episode 24 - The Science of the Mediterranean Diet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 21:12


    Sofi, F., Abbate, R., Gensini, G. F., & Casini, A. (2010). Accruing evidence on benefits of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on health: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 92(5), 1189-1196.

    Episode 23 - The Science of Risk Taking and the Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 25:38


    Vorobyev, V., Kwon, M. S., Moe, D., Parkkola, R., & Hämäläinen, H. (2015). Risk-taking behavior in a computerized driving task: brain activation correlates of decision-making, outcome, and peer influence in male adolescents. PLoS one, 10(6).

    Episode 22 - The Science of Sitting, Physical Activity and Mortality

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 19:43


    Ekelund, U., Steene-Johannessen, J., Brown, W. J., Fagerland, M. W., Owen, N., Powell, K. E., ... & Lancet Sedentary Behaviour Working Group. (2016). Does physical activity attenuate, or even eliminate, the detrimental association of sitting time with mortality? A harmonised meta-analysis of data from more than 1 million men and women. The Lancet, 388(10051), 1302-1310.

    Episode 21 - The Science of Coffee Consumption and the Brain

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 20:09


    Nehlig, A. (2016). Effects of coffee/caffeine on brain health and disease: What should I tell my patients?. Practical neurology, 16(2), 89-95.

    Episode 20 - The Science of Fish Oil Supplementation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 21:03


    Rizos, E. C., Ntzani, E. E., Bika, E., Kostapanos, M. S., & Elisaf, M. S. (2012). Association between omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and risk of major cardiovascular disease events: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Jama, 308(10), 1024-1033.

    Episode 19 - The Science of Beauty Sleep

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 17:09


    Axelsson, J., Sundelin, T., Ingre, M., Van Someren, E. J., Olsson, A., & Lekander, M. (2010). Beauty sleep: experimental study on the perceived health and attractiveness of sleep deprived people. Bmj, 341, c6614.

    Episode 18 - The Science of Worrying

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 19:33


    Ro, J. S., Lee, J. S., Kang, S. C., & Jung, H. M. (2017). Worry experienced during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) pandemic in Korea. PloS one, 12(3).

    Episode 17 - The Science of Family Smokers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 19:35


    Leonardi-Bee, J., Jere, M. L., & Britton, J. (2011). Exposure to parental and sibling smoking and the risk of smoking uptake in childhood and adolescence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Thorax, 66(10), 847-855.

    Episode 16 - The Science of Bushfires

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 21:55


    Sharples, J. J., Cary, G. J., Fox-Hughes, P., Mooney, S., Evans, J. P., Fletcher, M. S., ... & Baker, P. (2016). Natural hazards in Australia: extreme bushfire. Climatic Change, 139(1), 85-99.

    Episode 15 - The Science of Working and Obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2019 21:02


    Virtanen, M., Jokela, M., Lallukka, T., Hanson, L. M., Pentti, J., Nyberg, S. T., ... & DeBacquer, D. (2019). Long working hours and change in body weight: analysis of individual-participant data from 19 cohort studies. International Journal of Obesity, 1-8.

    Episode 14 - The Science of Loneliness and Mortality

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 22:23


    Rico-Uribe, L. A., Caballero, F. F., Martín-María, N., Cabello, M., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., & Miret, M. (2018). Association of loneliness with all-cause mortality: A meta-analysis. PLoS One, 13(1), e0190033.

    Episode 13 - The Science of Imaginary Workouts

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2019 23:21


    Clark, B. C., Mahato, N. K., Nakazawa, M., Law, T. D., & Thomas, J. S. (2014). The power of the mind: the cortex as a critical determinant of muscle strength/weakness. Journal of neurophysiology, 112(12), 3219-3226.

    Episode 12 - The Science of Sleep and Obesity

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 20:58


    Cappuccio, F. P., Taggart, F. M., Kandala, N. B., Currie, A., Peile, E., Stranges, S., & Miller, M. A. (2008). Meta-analysis of short sleep duration and obesity in children and adults. Sleep, 31(5), 619-626.

    Episode 11 - The Science of Dog Ownership

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 27:16


    Knight, S., & Edwards, V. (2008). In the company of wolves: the physical, social, and psychological benefits of dog ownership. Journal of aging and health, 20(4), 437-455.

    Episode 10 - The Science of Hangovers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 25:17


    Prat, G., Adan, A., & Sánchez‐Turet, M. (2009). Alcohol hangover: a critical review of explanatory factors. Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 24(4), 259-267.

    Episode 9 - The Science of Happiness

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 23:26


    Diener, E., Horwitz, J., & Emmons, R. A. (1985). Happiness of the very wealthy. Social indicators research, 16(3), 263-274.

    Episode 8 - The Science of Talking About Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 23:48


    Deenadayalan, Y., Grimmer‐Somers, K., Prior, M., & Kumar, S. (2008). How to run an effective journal club: a systematic review. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice, 14(5), 898-911.

    Episode 7 - The Science of Academic Stress

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 20:25


    Levecque, K., Anseel, F., De Beuckelaer, A., Van der Heyden, J., & Gisle, L. (2017). Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students. Research Policy, 46(4), 868-879.

    Episode 6 - The Science of Power (The Stanford Prison Experiment)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2019 18:27


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment

    Episode 5 - The Science of Coffee Consumption

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 19:16


    Kim, Y., Je, Y., & Giovannucci, E. (2019). Coffee consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a meta-analysis by potential modifiers.

    Episode 4 - The Science of Persuasion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2019 23:27


    Cialdini, R. B. (2001). The science of persuasion. Scientific American, 284(2), 76-81.

    Episode 3 - The Science of Common Cold Cures

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 23:15


    Van Driel, M. L., Scheire, S., Deckx, L., Gevaert, P., & De Sutter, A. (2018). What treatments are effective for common cold in adults and children?. Bmj, 363, k3786.

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