Neuroscience
This is Episode 6 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology.
Have you ever sent a sarcastic email or text message and discovered to your horror that the recipient thought you were being literal? If so, this episode is for you!
Research Digest editor Christian Jarrett speaks to Dr Ruth Filik (University of Nottingham), lead author of a recent study into how emoticons and punctuation can help you convey written sarcasm more effectively. After listening, you'll realise those little winking faces ;-) are no laughing matter. Seriously!
Research discussed in this episode includes:
Episode credits: Presenter/editor Dr Christian Jarrett. Music and mixing Dr Catherine Loveday and Jeff Knowler. Art work Tim Grimshaw.
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Episode one: Dating and Attraction.
Episode two: Breaking Bad Habits
Episode three: How to Win an Argument
Episode four: The Psychology of Gift Giving
Episode five: How To Learn a New Language
PsychCrunch is sponsored by Routledge Psychology.
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Neuroscience
Episode 6: How To Be Sarcastic ;-)
This is Episode 6 of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, sponsored by Routledge Psychology.
Have you ever sent a sarcastic email or text message and discovered to your horror that the recipient thought you were being literal? If so, this episode is for you!
Research Digest editor Christian Jarrett speaks to Dr Ruth Filik (University of Nottingham), lead author of a recent study into how emoticons and punctuation can help you convey written sarcasm more effectively. After listening, you'll realise those little winking faces ;-) are no laughing matter. Seriously!Research discussed in this episode includes:
- How and when to send sarcastic emails and texts, according to science
- Emotional responses to irony and emoticons in written language: Evidence from EDA and facial EMG
Episode credits: Presenter/editor Dr Christian Jarrett. Music and mixing Dr Catherine Loveday and Jeff Knowler. Art work Tim Grimshaw.
Subscribe and download via iTunes.
Subscribe and download via Stitcher.
Previous episodes:
Episode one: Dating and Attraction.
Episode two: Breaking Bad Habits
Episode three: How to Win an Argument
Episode four: The Psychology of Gift Giving
Episode five: How To Learn a New Language
PsychCrunch is sponsored by Routledge Psychology.
- Episode 4: The Psychology Of Gift Giving
This is Episode Four of PsychCrunch, the podcast from the British Psychological Society's Research Digest. In this festive episode we explore whether psychology can help us with gift giving. Our presenter Christian Jarrett and his guests...
- Episode Three: How To Win An Argument
This is Episode Three of PsychCrunch, the new podcast from the British Psychological Society's Research Digest. In this episode we explore whether psychology can help you to win an argument. After our presenter Christian Jarrett tries his...
- Episode Two: Breaking Bad Habits
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