Episode Details

We explore how online learning affects the body, how mood affects alcohol cravings in both men and women, and how dogs have evolved to manipulate us! 

Online Learning

• “Online teaching triggers a different response in the body” by Meike Drießen
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220817104031.htm
• “Neuroanatomy, Parasympathetic Nervous System” by Jacob Tindle & Prasanna Tadi.
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK553141/#:~:text=The%20parasympathetic%20nervous%20system%20predominates,digestion%20and%20urination.%5B1%5D

Alcohol Cravings

• “Mood Influences Alcohol Craving Differently in Men and Women” by Neuroscience News
  • https://neurosciencenews.com/mood-alcohol-cravings-21321/
• “Liking, Wanting and the Incentive-Sensitization Theory of Addiction” by Kent C. Berridge and Terry E Robinson
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5171207/#:~:text=The%20incentive%2Dsensitization%20theory%20posits,an%20amplification%20of%20'liking'.
• “Mood Shifts Have Opposite Impact on Alcohol Cravings in Men and Women” by Leah Kuntz
  • https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/mood-shifts-have-opposite-impact-on-alcohol-cravings-in-men-and-women

Manipulative Dogs

• “Our Dogs Do Manipulate Us, According to Science” by Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey
  • https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/our-dogs-do-manipulate-us-according-to-science
• “Dog Faces Are Faster than Wolf Faces” by Anne Burrows & Kailey Omstead.
  • https://www.eventscribe.net/2022/EB2022/fsPopup.asp?PresentationID=1027886&query=burrows&mode=presinfo

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