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References

Sources and references for my social media posts.

Sources

These sources were used for parts 1-3 of this series:

  1. The Science of Screenwirting
  2. The Science of Storytelling
  3. Paul Zak: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
  4. Schemas
    1. Neural Mechanisms Underlying Schemas and Inferences | Journal of Neuroscience
    2. Schema representations in distinct brain networks support narrative memory during encoding and retrieval | eLife
    3. How to optimize knowledge construction in the brain | npj Science of Learning
    4. What is a memory schema? A historical perspective on current neuroscience literature – ScienceDirect

Sources

  1. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
  2. The presence of a woman increases testosterone in aggressive dominant men
  3. The Presence of an Attractive Woman Elevates Testosterone and Physical Risk Taking in Young Men
  4. Sex Differences in Everyday Risk-Taking Behavior in Humans
  5. Blatant benevolence and conspicuous consumption: when romantic motives elicit strategic costly signals
  6. The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships: The Mating-Warring Association in Men
  7. Sex Begets Violence: Mating Motives, Social Dominance, and Physical Aggression in Men
  8. Showing Off in Humans: Male Generosity as a Mating Signal
  9. Men behaving nicely: Public goods as peacock tails
  10. The Mere Anticipation of an Interaction with a Woman Can Impair Men’s Cognitive Performance

Sources

  1. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
    1. Pages: 277-281, 256, 258, 260, 261, 279
  2. Frontiers | Essentializing the binary self: individualism and collectivism in cultural neuroscience
  3. Rice, Psychology, and Innovation
  4. Dopamine D4 receptor gene DRD4 and its association with psychiatric disorders
  5. The Genetic Architecture of Selection at the Human Dopamine Receptor D4 (DRD4) Gene Locus

Sources

  1. Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
  2. The presence of a woman increases testosterone in aggressive dominant men
  3. The Presence of an Attractive Woman Elevates Testosterone and Physical Risk Taking in Young Men
  4. Sex Differences in Everyday Risk-Taking Behavior in Humans
  5. Blatant benevolence and conspicuous consumption: when romantic motives elicit strategic costly signals
  6. The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships: The Mating-Warring Association in Men
  7. Sex Begets Violence: Mating Motives, Social Dominance, and Physical Aggression in Men
  8. Showing Off in Humans: Male Generosity as a Mating Signal
  9. Men behaving nicely: Public goods as peacock tails
  10. The Mere Anticipation of an Interaction with a Woman Can Impair Men’s Cognitive Performance

Sources

  1. How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life: A Systematic Review on Psycho-Physiological Correlates of Slow Breathing
  2. The Neuroscience of Memory: Seven Skills to Optimize Your Brain Power, Improve Memory, and Stay Sharp at Any Age by Sherrie All, PhD
  3. TEDxPortsmouth – Dr. Alan Watkins – Being Brilliant Every Single Day (Part 1)
  4. TEDxPortsmouth – Dr. Alan Watkins – Being Brilliant Every Single Day (Part 2)
  5. Coherence: The Secret Science of Brilliant Leadership

Sources

  1. Relationships between sleep paralysis and sleep quality: current insights
  2. A systematic review of variables associated with sleep paralysis
  3. Sleep Paralysis: What It Is, Causes, and How to Stop It | Sleep Foundation
  4. Sleep Paralysis, a Medical Condition with a Diverse Cultural Interpretation

Sources

  1. The Neuroscience of Memory: Seven Skills to Optimize Your Brain Power, Improve Memory, and Stay Sharp at Any Age by Sherrie All, PhD
  2. Cumulative Use of Strong Anticholinergics and Incident Dementia A Prospective Cohort Study
  3. Secondary: Common anticholinergic drugs like Benadryl linked to increased dementia risk

Not health advice, consult your doctor.

Sources

  1. The Role of the Human Mirror Neuron System in Supporting Communication in a Digital World
  2. Do Mirror Neurons Subserve Action Understanding?
  3. What Happened to Mirror Neurons?
  4. Action recognition in the premotor cortex
  5. Premotor cortex and the recognition of motor actions
  6. Eight Problems for the Mirror Neuron Theory of Action Understanding in Monkeys and Humans
  7. The Myth of Mirror Neurons: The Real Neuroscience of Communication and Cognition

Sources

  1. Genomic evidence for MHC disassortative mating in humans
  2. Influence of HLA on human partnership and sexual satisfaction

Sources

  1. Physical attractiveness, employment and earnings
  2.  Physical Attractiveness and Income Attainment Among Canadians
  3. Broker beauty and boon: a study of physical attractiveness and its effect on real estate brokers’ income and productivity
  4. Why Beauty Matters
  5. Stress, cortisol, and other appetite-related hormones: Prospective prediction of 6-month changes in food cravings and weight
  6. Harvard on Collagen & Cortisol
  7. Study of psychological stress, sebum production and acne vulgaris in adolescents

Sources

Original study: Even the stars think that I am superior: Personality, intelligence and belief in astrology

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