Reduce Arachnophobia with Spider-Man, Biggest Volcano Eruption Ever, and 100-Point Plan
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Learn about how watching Spider-Man may reduce arachnophobia; how the biggest volcano eruption in history may have made one of the world’s most classic horror stories possible; and a 100-point plan to organize your day to get more done.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- Watching "Spider-Man" May Reduce Arachnophobia — https://curiosity.im/2YlLTYh
- Mount Tambora's 1815 Eruption Was the Biggest in History — https://curiosity.im/2GSzHHB
- Organize Your Day with the 100-Point Plan to Get More Done — https://curiosity.im/2GQjKS7
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we're here from curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.2 | Today you learn about how watching Spider-Man may reduce arachnophobia, |
| 0:11.3 | how the biggest volcano eruption in history may have made one of the world's most |
| 0:15.0 | classic horror stories possible, and a 100-point plan to organize your day to get more done. |
| 0:20.9 | Let's let us us some curiosity. |
| 0:23.0 | Who would have thought that Spider-Man could help people overcome their fear of spiders? |
| 0:27.8 | Two Israeli scientists say he can, and their paper has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in psychiatry. |
| 0:35.0 | In their study, the scientists recruited a sample of 424 adults on social media |
| 0:40.0 | and showed them a seven second video. |
| 0:42.0 | The participants didn't all watch the same video though. |
| 0:45.6 | Some were randomly assigned a clip from Spider-Man showing an office scene with a spider lurking in the foreground. |
| 0:51.7 | Others got to watch a clip showing a swarm of fire ants in Antman. |
| 0:56.5 | Another group got to watch a nature scene, |
| 0:58.8 | and the final group was shown the opening sequence of a Marvel movie. |
| 1:02.3 | Participants took tests before and after watching their video |
| 1:06.0 | to see how familiar they were with Marvel movies |
| 1:08.0 | and how much they enjoyed them |
| 1:10.0 | and how scared they were of insects. |
| 1:12.0 | The researchers expected that the films might... and how scared they were of insects. |
| 1:12.8 | The researchers expected that the films might reduce the participants fear |
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