Anything but Pedestrian – Courtney Coughenour & Jenny Pharr

When control at work drops, the impact of job stressors increase

Job demands found related to better physical health under conditions of high work autonomy, and unrelated to physical health under conditions of low control over one's job.

Majority of authors 'hear' their characters speak

Over half of authors report hearing or seeing their characters when writing their stories.

Anticipatory eye movements in unstable environments

Eye tracking study shows how different people make different compromises between exploration and exploitation when adapting to volatility in their environment and anticipating future outcomes.

Bats can use 'vocal learning' to change their tune

Adult bats found able to learn to change their social calls by imitating modified calls.

11,000 air pollution-related deaths avoided in Europe

37% reduction in power generation from coal and 33% reduction oil consumption over the past month may save 7,000 – 21,000 lives in EU alone.

Counterintuitive effect of wealth on health

Upward mobility may improves mental health but ascending the socioeconomic ladder may also worsen cardio-metabolic health.

The privacy implications of eye tracking

Eye tracking data contains biometric cues for inferring users' identity, gender, age, ethnicity, personality traits, drug consumption habits, moods and emotions, skills, preferences, cognitive processes, and physical and mental health condition.

Upcoming guests

Amalia Bastos from the The University of Auckland will join us to discuss her article “The Kea show three signatures of domain-general statistical inference”  [already recorded].