The FAKE Brain and Mind Revision Show

It's All in Your Head — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:22:54 +0000

This week, Alec and I approached Guillaume Thierry with the idea with doing an entire show based on his module as an additional revision aid for the first year psychology students.

He kindly invited us into his office and we discussed ideas for the show. As the show was scheduled to air the day before the exam, we all decided that a break from revision would be more beneficial to the first year psychology students rather than 2 hours of more cramming. The show would have been very fast paced and would probably confused more students than is would have helped.

The show was announced in lectures and advertised on Blackboard as a revision show… However a break from study solidifies knowledge; we tricked our fellow students into taking this advice!

So the show includes an interview with Guillaume and some of his favourite songs along with some loosely related Brain and Mind topics. And most importantly, a sercret exam tip reveleved by Guillaume himself!!

Guillaume’s Playlist:
• Zbigniew Preisner – Preisner: Requiem For My Friend, Part 1, Requem – 8. Lacrimosa
• Galliano – Portal – Libertango
• Jacques Loussier – Préludes N° 1
• Keith Jarrett – Encore From Tokyo
• Pink Martini – Ninna Nanna
• Pink Martini – Ou Est Ma Tete?
• Pink Martini – And Then You’re Gone
• Loose Canon in D

Suggested Reading:

Oliver Sacks – The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat
For anyone who enjoyed the Brain and Mind module they will without doubt love this book. I read this book last year and it is one of the big reasons as to why I am studying psychology now. The book looks at unusual neurological disorders which are broken down into short stories. Sack’s is an amazing writer, he describes his patients as first and foremost people and you really get to know these people. Sacks’ isn’t the usual neurological author, rather than describe his patients limitations due to their disorder, he highlights the benefits and enhanced senses the patients are “enjoying”.

This is my favourite show so far, we managed to get the most listeners on StormFm for the entire week and for this we thank YOU, the listeners.

Missed the show? Not to worry, check out the podcast: www.myspace.com/stormpsychology

We love to hear from our listeners, let us know what you think!

Vicky
xxx

Vicky Goodwin
Alec de Sausmarez
psud55@bangor.ac.uk
www.facebook.com/stormpsychology

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The Psychology of Humour

It's All in Your Head — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:17:31 +0000

This is our first radio show! We decided do a show on humour due to the fact that I have an awful laugh, there’s no hiding from it so I embrace it! We discussed lots of research and had a little competition between me and Alec!

Here’s a list of research we discussed…

- The Scientific Search for the World’s funniest joke
Richard Wiseman
University of Hertfordshire, 2002

- Humour in Negro and White subcultures: A study of jokes among university students
R Middleton
American Sociological Review, 1959

- Telling Jokes That Disparage Social Groups:
Effects on the Joke Teller’s Stereotypes
Gregory Maio
Cardiff University of Wales, 1997

- Humour and immune system functioning
Herbert Lefcourt, Karina Davidson-Katz, and Karen Kueneman
1990

- Smile and (Half) the World Smiles with You, Frown and You Frown Alone,
Verlin B. Hinsz, Judith A. Tomhave
2005