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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Why You Should Argue to Learn, Dogs Want to Rescue You, and Do Blind People Dream?
Learn about the right and wrong way to approach an argument; evidence that dogs really do want to rescue you; and how blind people dream.
July 03, 2020
Episode Show Notes:
Don't argue to win, argue to learn by Kelsey Donk
- Fisher, M., Knobe, J., Strickland, B., & Keil, F. C. (2016). The Influence of Social Interaction on Intuitions of Objectivity and Subjectivity. Cognitive Science, 41(4), 1119–1134. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12380
- Are Toxic Political Conversations Changing How We Feel about Objective Truth? (2018). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-toxic-political-conversations-changing-how-we-feel-about-objective-truth/
- You’re wrong because I’m right: Why arguing to win is a losing strategy for all — the behaviorist. (2020, January 23). The Behaviorist. https://www.behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-blog/argue-to-learn
Dogs really do want to rescue you, it's science by Kelsey Donk
- Yes, your dog wants to rescue you. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/asu-yyd052820.php
- Van Bourg, J., Patterson, J. E., & Wynne, C. D. L. (2020). Pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) release their trapped and distressed owners: Individual variation and evidence of emotional contagion. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231742
Do blind people have dreams? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Aakash)
- Meaidi, A., Jennum, P., Ptito, M., & Kupers, R. (2014). The sensory construction of dreams and nightmare frequency in congenitally blind and late blind individuals. Sleep Medicine, 15(5), 586–595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2013.12.008
- Zadra A., Domhoff W.G. (2016). Dream content: Quantitative findings. In: Kryger M. Roth N., & Dement, W.C. (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 6th Edition. https://antoniozadra.com/sites/default/files/biblio/zadra_dream_content_ch_50_main.pdf
- The Tommy Edison Experience Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCld5SlwHrXgAYRE83WJOPCw
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