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Antisocial Scientists

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What can the video game The Sims teach us about our own motivation? How does pigeon research explain human superstition? Welcome Antisocial Scientists, a podcast that brings academic topics and applies them to your everyday life. Join two (anti) social scientists in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, Dr. Diego Garaialde and Dr. Justin Edwards, as they dive into fascinating research and debate the many ways in which technology shapes our world. Hosts: Dr Diego Garaialde - Assistant Professor in Computer Science, University College Dublin,Dr Justin Edwards - Postdoctoral Researcher in the...

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Incel-lular Attention 04.03.2026 36:07

Subscribe: Spotify | YouTube Are Smartphones Making Us Stupid, or Are We Just Cooked? In the 5th episode of Antisocial Scientists, Diego decides to spice things up by leaving his phone in another room. Why? Because it turns out that just having your phone nearby uses up a chunk of your unconscious attention, essentially draining your brain's RAM even when it's completely switched off. The hosts...

AI Krugered My Dunning 12.02.2026 49:00

In the 4th episode of Antisocial Scientists, our hosts walk us through a study where participants are put in front of logic puzzles with a ChatGPT window open beside them, and basically everyone got the same B-grade. The Dunning-Kruger effect, the idea that people with low expertise are overconfident in their abilities? Gone. Turns out when AI does the heavy lifting, everyone becomes confidently m...

Interrupting Cow 01.12.2025

Subscribe to our podcast by adding our RSS feed to your favourite podcast platform of choice:  https://batcamp.org/feed/podcast/antisocialsci/  or look for us on  podlink . In the highly requested third episode of Antisocial Scientists, Dr Justin Edwards and Dr Diego Garaialde discuss whether AI can think, discuss the use of AI in academic writing and peer review, and teach you how...

Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind’s elation 28.08.2025 0:51

Subscribe to our podcast by adding our RSS feed to your favourite podcast platform of choice:  https://batcamp.org/feed/podcast/antisocialsci/  or look for us on  podlink . In the second episode of Antisocial Scientists, Dr Justin Edwards and Dr Diego Garaialde become "black-pilled" on the field of persuasive design, and examine how so many online platforms are designed to trick use...

Cognitive Motherlode 13.08.2025 59:31

Subscribe to our podcast by adding our RSS feed to your favourite podcast platform of choice: https://batcamp.org/feed/podcast/antisocialsci/ or look for us on podlink . In the inaugural episode of Antisocial Scientists, podcast extraordinaire Dr Justin Edwards and assistant professor of computer science Dr Diego Garaialde dive into the topic of motivation and decision-making by describing the hit...