Learn about how a phenomenon called the third-person effect makes us think we’re too smart for advertising to work on us, why scientists used violinists to study how humans sync in a complex network, and why you can relieve pain by holding hands!

The Third-Person Effect Is Why We All Think We’re Too Smart for Ad Campaigns by Anna Todd

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• Third-Person Effect and Pandemic Flu: The Role of Severity, Self-Efficacy Method Mentions, and Message Source. (2016). Journal of Health Communication. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10810730.2016.1245801?journalCode=uhcm20
• The Influence of Presumed Fake News Influence: Examining Public Support for Corporate Corrective Response, Media Literacy Interventions, and Governmental Regulation. (2020). Mass Communication and Society. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15205436.2020.1750656?journalCode=hmcs20
• McLeod, D. M., Eveland, W. P., & Nathanson, A. I. (1997). Support for Censorship of Violent and Misogynic Rap Lyrics. Communication Research, 24(2), 153–174. https://doi.org/10.1177/009365097024002003

Scientists used violinists to study how humans sync in a complex network by Grant Currin

• Elad Shniderman. (2020, August 25). Sync Variations. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/394199689
• What violin synchronization can teach us about better networking in complex times. (2020). EurekAlert! wvs081120.php">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/sbu-wvs081120.php
• Shahal, S., Wurzberg, A., Sibony, I., Duadi, H., Shniderman, E., Weymouth, D., Davidson, N., & Fridman, M. (2020). Synchronization of complex human networks. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17540-7
• Researchers Study Violinists To Learn How Humans Act in Synchrony. (2020, August 11). Inside Science. https://www.insidescience.org/news/researchers-study-violinists-learn-how-humans-act-synchrony

For an All-Natural Painkiller, Try Holding Your Partner’s Hand by Mae Rice

• Original episode: https://curiositydaily.com/asmr-video-health-benefits-moonquake-science-holdi/

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