Psycomedia
By Timothy Swann and Ben Fell
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Podcast Description
Psycomedia is a comedy podcast dedicated to the funny side of psychological research. Hosts Timothy Swann and Ben Fell take a look at the crazy stuff that psychologists get up to when grappling with the mysteries of the human mind.
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Psycomedia Episode 29 – Frankenpodcast Meets The Wolf Man | Psycomedia Episode 29 – Frankenpodcast Meets The Wolf Man http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode29-FrankenpodcastMeetsTheWolfMan/PsycomediaEpisode29-FrankenpodcastMeetsTheWolfMan.mp3 Check out (and please edit) our brand new TVTropes page: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Podcast/Psycomedia Also, check out and ‘like’ our Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/Psycomedia Turns out we’re both part of A Song of Ice and Fire - House Swann: Party per pale argent and sable, two swans trussed respectant countercharged House [...] | 25 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 28 – A Podcast By Any Other Name Would Sound As Sweet | Psycomedia Episode 28 – A Podcast By Any Other Name Would Sound As Sweet http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode28-APodcastByAnyOtherNameWouldSoundAsSweet/PsycomediaEpisode28-APodcastByAnyOtherNameWouldSoundAsSweet.mp3 The big news: We’re now officially* endorsed* by the British Psychological Society: http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.co.uk/2007/03/psychology-podcasts-clickable-list.html *lies References: Dijksterhuis, A. (2004). I like myself but I don’t know why: Enhancing implicit self-esteem by subliminal evaluative conditioning Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(2), [...] | 18 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 27 – John Watson, Secret Robot | Psycomedia Episode 27 – John Watson, Secret Robot http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode27-JohnWatsonSecretRobot/PsycomediaEpisode27-JohnWatsonSecretRobot.mp3 References: Brown, T. T. (2013). A monetary valuation of individual religious behaviour: The case of prayer Applied Economics, 45(15), 2031 2037. doi:10.1080/00036846.2011.648318 Buckley, K. W. (1982). The selling of a psychologist: John broadus watson and the application of behavioral techniques to advertising Journal of the [...] | 11 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 26 – The Science of Superheroes | Psycomedia Episode 26 – The Science of Superheroes http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode26-TheScienceOfSuperheroes/PsycomediaEpisode26-TheScienceOfSuperheroes.mp3 References: Wearing black clothes: The impact of offenders’ and suspects’ clothing on impression formation (1997). Applied Cognitive Psychology, 11(1), 47-53. Adam, H., & Galinsky, A. D. (2012). Enclothed cognition Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2012.02.008 Jarrett, C. (2012). Introducing “enclothed cognition” – how what we wear [...] | 4 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 25 – Multi-Spencery Integration | Psycomedia Episode 25 – Multi-Spencery Integration http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode25Multi-spenceryIntegration/PsycomediaEpisode25Multi-spenceryIntegration.mp3 The psychology of puns: The other people who use the horrendous phrase Back-Feeding, who are also a similar podcast on iTunes so you guys probably already know about them: http://familyhotdog.com/ Korpiklaani’s Vodka: Alestorm’s Wenches and Mead: Heston Blumenthal’s Bacon and Eggs Ice Cream: Our new cocktail: http://drinkify.org/Conclusive%20Proof%20That%20There%20Is%20Still%20Beauty%20in%20the%20World Suggestions for [...] | 27 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 24 Or So – Ghost Of Frankenpodcast [FIXED] | Psycomedia Episode 24 Or So – Ghost Of Frankenpodcast http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode24OrSo-GhostOfFrankenpodcast/PsycomediaEpisode24OrSo-GhostOfFrankenpodcast2.mp3 STOP WORDPRESS (I FEEL PROUD OF THAT PUN) THE EPISODE IS NOW FILLED WITH SOME ACTUAL CONTENT, PLEASE REDOWNLOAD In this episode, Tim may have got limbs and heads in the wrong place whilst cobbling it together. It’s a random bunch arranged by themes, the [...] | 21 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 24 – A Fully Functioning Chocolate Zoo | Psycomedia Episode 24 – A Fully Functioning Chocolate Zoo http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode24-AFullyFunctioningChocolateZoo/PsycomediaEpisode24-AFullyFunctioningChocolateZoo.mp3 This week is a bumper episode for Easter and also because Ben’s travels might make podcasting tricky over the next couple of weeks. Grouse Eggs: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100395/quotes?qt=qt0423483 And the facts: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/my-hand-is-a-dolphin Last Rolo contrasts: References DiPatrizio, N. V., Astarita, G., Schwartz, G., Li, X., & Piomelli, D. [...] | 6 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 23 – Unless It’s Frozen, It’s Hard To Bludgeon Someone With A Chicken | Psycomedia Episode 23 – Unless It’s Frozen, It’s Hard To Bludgeon Someone With A Chicken http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode23-UnlessItsFrozenItsHardToBludgeonSomeoneWith/PsycomediaEpisode23-UnlessItsFrozenItsHardToBludgeonSomeoneWithAChicken.mp3 Shockingly high score for ‘raw chicken’ All The Rowboats: Rasputin: Our mate Terry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence | 30 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 22 – A Cat Whose Name Was Mathematics | Psycomedia Episode 22 – A Cat Whose Name Was Mathematics http://archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode22-ACatWhoseNameWasMathematics/PsycomediaEpisode22-ACatWhoseNameWasMathematics.mp3 The greatest of all the Channel Islands, Sark: A Piriha, firing two arrows. Or three. The sign at Llanfair PG: A video to help you count like Ben in Welsh: | 23 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 21 – A First Class Degree In Homophobia From Oxford | Psycomedia Episode 21 – A First Class Degree In Homophobia From Oxford http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode21AFirstClassDegreeInHomophobiaFromOxford/PsycomediaEpisode21AFirstClassDegreeInHomophobiaFromOxford.mp3 References. For real. Adams, H. E., Wright, L. W.,Jr, & Lohr, B. A. (1996). Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105(3), 440-445. Barlow, D. H., Sakheim, D. K., & Beck, J. G. (1983). Anxiety increases sexual arousal Journal [...] | 9 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 20 – Delia’s Perfect Sweat | Psycomedia Episode 20 – Delia’s Perfect Sweat http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode20-DeliasPerfectSweat/PsycomediaEpisode20-DeliasPerfectSweat.mp3 Yes, it’s actually got references this week! Ben is entirely responsible for that! Landis, C. (1924). Studies of emotional reactions. I. ‘A preliminary study of facial expression.” Journal of Experimental Psychology, 7(5), 325 341. doi:10.1037/h0076072 Landis, C. (1924). Studies of emotional reactions. II. general behavior and facial [...] | 2 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 19 – Pancake Batterer | Psycomedia Episode 19 – Pancake Batterer http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode19-PancakeBatterer/PsycomediaEpisode19-PancakeBatterer.mp3 Mass Ferret: Rrröööaaarrr: All the metal bands with umlauts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_umlaut | 24 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 18.999999 – Enya Before Zelda Except Before C | Psycomedia Episode 18.999999 – Enya Before Zelda Except Before C http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode18.999999-EnyaBeforeZeldaExceptBeforeC/Psycomedia18point9.mp3 Visit our buddy podcasts - If It Moves Critique It (with all apologies for forgetting Charlotte’s name) - http://ifitmovescritiqueit.podomatic.com/ Psychobabble - http://www.psycho-babble.net/ An octobike! More proof that TV has rotted my brain, perhaps: http://www.forvo.com/word/avalanche/ An example of George Shaw’s work at The Herbert: More here - http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=george%20shaw%20scenes%20from%20the%20passion&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=rSc-T5uGLMrC0QW7rMWsDw&biw=1600&bih=775&sei=ryc-T4SIBqmh0QXggaWsDw | 17 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 18.XXXX – Australia | Psycomedia Episode 18.XXXX – Australia http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode18.xxxx-Australia/Psycomedia18XAustralia.mp3 This week, Ben is in Australia, so all we do is have a bit of a chat about my slow recovery and his global trotting. Singapore: Brisbane: The full episode featuring one of my favourite contestants on Blockbusters, Suboui (sp?) Mirza. | 3 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Demi-Episode 18.5 – The Violent Video Game Awards | Psycomedia Demi-Episode 18.5 – The Violent Video Game Awards http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaDemi-episode18.5/demiep18.mp3 American Psychological Association Review of General Psychology – Special Issue on Video Games http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/special/5561402.aspx A clip of Penn & Teller’s show Bulls**t which summarises the political side of the issue much better than me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0miGRHuayug | 20 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 18 – A Rather Complicated Version of Snow White | Psycomedia Episode 18 – A Rather Complicated Version of Snow White http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode18-ARatherComplicatedVersionOfSnowWhite_266/PsycomediaEpisode18-ARatherComplicatedVersionOfSnowWhite.mp3 The brand new podcast, Tim and Max Solve All The Problems With Popular Culture, can be found here: http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/category/gs-podcast-network/tim-and-max/ Get your own non-Freud contaminated fortune cookie at http://www.myfortunecookie.co.uk/index.php Primes can prove problematic: Banksy’s self-esteem has improved over the course of his career: | 13 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 17 – Star Wars and Orphan Urine | Psycomedia Episode 17 – Star Wars and Orphan Urine http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode17-StarWarsAndOrphanUrine/PsycomediaEpisode17-StarWarsAndOrphanUrine.mp3 Darth Cialdini: Grand Master Satele ‘Batson’ Shan: Tim Vine’s Box Song: | 6 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 16.5 – The Demipodcast | Psycomedia Episode 16.5 – The Demipodcast http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode16.5-TheDemipodcast/PsycomediaEpisode16.5-TheDemipodcast.mp3 Half a podcast with half the team: Images grossly offensive to women but helpful if you haven’t seen the adverts: http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jun2011/1/0/lucy-image-3-164591221.jpg http://www.stevenheycock.com/images/work_detail/lynxduffman_10.jpg The text of the story that I read: http://marvintheparanoid.deviantart.com/art/Aslant-Part-I-269006027 | 30 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 16 – Son of Frankenpodcast | Psycomedia Episode 16 – Son of Frankenpodcast http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode16-SonOfFrankenpodcast/PsycomediaEpisode16-SonOfFrankenpodcast.mp3 This is me as the Merry Christmas Revolutionary and Ben as the Merry Christmas Viking, here to wish you a very merry Christmas, with gluttony and/or solemnity and joy dependent on your outlook. My sixth incarnation (the body you see above is the fourth) of The Clinical [...] | 23 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 15 – Bride of Frankenpodcast | Psycomedia Episode 15 – Bride of Frankenpodcast http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode15-BrideOfFrankenpodcast_129/PsycomediaEpisode15-BrideOfFrankenpodcast.mp3 This week, we look quite like this: Except we only have a century of loyal fans, not a full set of legions. Also, this sounds more like one of the episodes where John is in a hotel room, in that Ben doesn’t sound fantastic, but… we were [...] | 16 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 14 – What A Cheery Show We Have Today (!) | Psycomedia Episode 14 – What A Cheery Show We Have Today (!) http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode14-WhatACheeryShowWeHaveToday/PsycomediaEpisode14-WhatACheeryShowWeHaveToday.mp3 Footnote: It’s rude to Omega Point - Teilhard de Chardin proposes that the force of organisation in the universe, which he identifies with Christ Logos, is situated at the end of time, thus the Omega Point. The Omega Point draws all matter [...] | 9 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 13 – Where Everybody Wants Your Brains | Psycomedia Episode 13 – Where Everybody Wants Your Brains http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode13-WhereEverybodyWantsYourBrains/PsycomediaEpisode13-WhereEverybodyWantsYourBrains.mp3 http://www.overthinkingit.com/2011/11/28/otip-episode-178/ My most recent OTI experience! Three quarks = one proton: MRI Railgun videos: Mouse MRIs: TMS and Creativity – the drawings: Ben’s magnificent discovery of a thoughtful YouTube comment: http://www.youtube.com/comment?lc=jAJPDZVobkri0S1FQsU8F31J9cJH0IxY_WHhfYF2Kf8 The Force Trainer at work, with someone roleplaying as thoroughly as Tim tries to on [...] | 2 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 12 – Some of My Best Bikes are Black | Psycomedia Episode 12 – Some of My Best Bikes are Black http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode12SomeOfMyBestBikesAreBlack/PsycomediaEpisode12SomeOfMyBestBikesAreBlack.mp3 The link to take part in THE FIRST PSYCOMEDIA EXPERIMENT! http://ia700800.us.archive.org/26/items/Psycomedia-ExperimentDownload/IAT-BenOrTim.zip Click it, download it, extract it, run FreeIAT1.3.2.exe, then send AllData.txt to psycomediapodcast@gmail.com An example screenshot (which gives you a sense of the task in general) is below: Last week’s promised podcast [...] | 25 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 11 – How Mental Imagery Actually Works | Psycomedia Episode 11 – How Mental Imagery Actually Works http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode11-HowMentalImageryActuallyWorks/PsycomediaEpisode11-HowMentalImageryActuallyWorks.mp3 This week, we pitch our sitcom idea How Mental Imagery Actually Works aka HMIAW: We called out Lee and Herring to be the double act with which we have major beef, ignoring the fact they haven’t been a double act for 11 years: Shepard had [...] | 18 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 10 – Evil Mad Scientists | Psycomedia Episode 10 – Evil Mad Scientists http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode10-EvilMadScientists/PsycomediaEpisode10-EvilMadScientists.mp3 My DCUO hero Confringus: The full Tsien paper for those interested. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2955977/pdf/nihms228506.pdf The best approximation of the correct scene from Eternal Sunshine where such a procedure is applied: http://www.anyclip.com/movies/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/the-process-is-complete/ A couple of videos of the Kevin Warwick stuff we discuss: | 11 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 9 – Classics Part II – Master Professor Timmy S Roth and Smug Benny B aka Meaty Gunshot | Psycomedia Episode 9 – Classics Part II – Master Professor Timmy S Roth and Smug Benny B aka Meaty Gunshot http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode9-ClassicsPartIi-MasterProfessorTimmySRothAnd/PsycomediaEpisode9-ClassicsPartIi-MasterProfessorTimmySRothAndSmugBennyBAkaMeatyGunshot.mp3 The episode title and our ill-advised attempts to get Gangsta Rap into the DSM-V description of Broca’s Aphasia were built using these: http://www.myrapname.com/ http://www.gizoogle.com/ This is the video of Patient Tono that Ben refers [...] | 4 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 8 – Classics Part I – The Gage and Sons Tamping Iron Gage Gauge | Psycomedia Episode 8 – Classics Part I – The Gage and Sons Tamping Iron Gage Gauge http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode8-ClassicsPartI-TheGageAndSonsTampingIronGage/PsycomediaEpisode8-ClassicsPartI-TheGageAndSonsTampingIronGageGauge.mp3 Pictures of Phineas Gage: He was a dapper gentleman. And that tamping iron is right there at his side. A drawing of the pole through the skull. The later computer images from 2004. The museum exhibit I try [...] | 28 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 7 – Hurl Theoretical Mud at the Wall | Psycomedia Episode 7 – Hurl Theoretical Mud at the Wall http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode7-HurlTheoreticalMudAtTheWall/PsycomediaEpisode7-HurlTheoreticalMudAtTheWall.mp3 Click the above cover to go to Amazon and buy Phantoms in the Brain. (P.S. we get a cut from this). An artist’s impression (or Time Lord photograph) of Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani The sensory homunculus. Scary, eh? You can read the article I discuss in whole for [...] | 21 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 6 – Frankenpodcast | Psycomedia Episode 6 – Frankenpodcast http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode6-Frankenpodcast/PsycomediaEpisode6-Frankenpodcast.mp3 RIP Ben’s Skype connection, 9/9/2011 – 14/10/2011 ‘The last enemy to be destroyed is poor broadband’ The following are pictures of Tim constructing this podcast: The studies involved were: Romantic Mood Induction and Attraction to a Dissimilar Other : Is Love Blind? Joel A. Gold, Richard M. Ryckman and [...] | 14 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 5 – VTEE! | Psycomedia Episode 5 – VTEE! http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode5-Vtee/PsycomediaEpisode5-Vtee.mp3 Mood Induction Barber’s Adagio for Strings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alAo33GQUOw&html5=1 (You should be able to change the speed from normal to half to get the full impact). The original Velten depression statements (the ones I used were a touch updated): CARD 1 TODAY IS NEITHER BETTER NOR WORSE THAN ANY OTHER DAY [...] | 7 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 4 – No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of This Podcast | Psycomedia Episode 4 – No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of This Podcast http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode4-NoAnimalsWereHarmedInTheMakingOfThisPodcast/PsycomediaEpisode4-NoAnimalsWereHarmedInTheMakingOfThisPodcast.mp3 Cockroach Stadium: It’s not exactly the same scale as cockroach-infested Cowboy Stadium in Dallas, but this is the cockroach equivalent of the Olympics. LOLjays: LOLaplysia Video of Kheperas dancing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg0oBKtJlhM I have had with these motherFreuding snakes in this motherFreuding scanner: [...] | 30 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 3 – Using a Big Delicious Cake as a Metaphor for a Relationship | Psycomedia Episode 3 – Using a Big Delicious Cake as a Metaphor for a Relationship http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode3-UsingABigDeliciousCakeAsAMetaphorForA/PsycomediaEpisode3-UsingABigDeliciousCakeAsAMetaphorForARelationship.mp3 Playlist and reading list to accompany this episode: Psycomedia Listen-along Episode 3 Baby, Justin Bieber feat. Ludacris, Baby – Cunningham, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1986, Vol. 50, No. 5, 925-935 The Lady in Red, Chris De Burgh, [...] | 23 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 2 – Sex and Pugs and Sausage Rolls | Psycomedia Episode 2 – Sex and Pugs and Sausage Rolls http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode2-SexAndPugsAndSausageRolls/PsycomediaEpisode2-SexAndPugsAndSausageRollsb.mp3 Reference for what Zygon means and how it is definitely not a biblical reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygon The real reference for what Zygon means and how it could be used biblically, but is just a Greek word http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygon:_Journal_of_Religion_%26_Science Possible words that can be made from Pyszczynski’s name, including their [...] | 16 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 1 – The King of Memory | Psycomedia Episode 1 – The King of Memory http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode1-TheKingOfMemory/PsycomediaEpisode1-TheKingOfMemory.mp3 Reading list: Loss of recent memory after bilateral hippocampal lesions. Scoville, William Beecher; Milner, Brenda. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, Vol 20, 1957, 11-21 Cross-modal matching performance in amnesia. Squire, Larry R.; Cave, Carolyn B.; Zouzounis, Joyce A. Neuropsychology, Vol 7(3), Jul 1993, 375-384 The medial temporal lobe memory [...] | 9 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 0.5 – Second Preview | Psycomedia Episode 0.5 – Second Preview http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode0.5-SecondPreview/Psycomedia0p5.mp3 | 6 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Psycomedia Episode 0 – Welcome to Psycomedia | Psycomedia Episode 0 – Welcome to Psycomedia http://www.archive.org/download/PsycomediaEpisode0-WelcomeToPsycomedia/Psycomedia0.mp3 | 28 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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