Curiosity Daily Podcast: Your Dog’s Personality Can Change Over Time
Learn about how having hope for the future could protect you from risky behaviors like drinking and gambling; how your dog’s personality can change over time; and “limnic eruptions” — or, deadly exploding lakes.
February 11, 2021
Episode Show Notes:
Having hope for the future could protect you from risky behaviors like drinking and gambling by Kelsey Donk
- How hope can make you happier with your lot - UEA. (2020, December 16). Uea.Ac.Uk. https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/how-hope-can-make-you-happier-with-your-lot?T=AU
- Keshavarz, S., Coventry, K. R., & Fleming, P. (2020). Relative Deprivation and Hope: Predictors of Risk Behavior. Journal of Gambling Studies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-020-09989-4
- Hardy, B. (2020, July 27). 8 Science-Backed Ways to Increase Your Hope | Forge. Medium; Forge. https://forge.medium.com/10-science-based-ways-to-increase-your-hope-430892caacb2
- Finding Hope. (2015). Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pieces-mind/201504/finding-hope
Your Dog's Personality Can Change Over Time by Mae Rice
- Good dog? Bad dog? Their personalities can change. (2019). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-02/msu-gdb022119.php
- Chopik, W. J., & Weaver, J. R. (2019). Old dog, new tricks: Age differences in dog personality traits, associations with human personality traits, and links to important outcomes. Journal of Research in Personality, 79, 94–108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.01.005
These Exploding Lakes Killed Thousands of People in an Instant by Reuben Westmaas
- Turner, L. (2015, September 23). Is Lake Kivu Set to Explode? Pacific Standard; Pacific Standard. https://psmag.com/environment/what-happens-if-lake-kivu-explodes
- Exploding Killer Lakes. (2016, March 2). OZY. https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/exploding-killer-lakes/65346/
- Lake Monoun. (2021). Bris.ac.uk. http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/webprojects2002/whitehouse/monoun.htm
- Bressan, D. (2016, August 31). The Killer Lakes Of Africa - A Rare But Dangerous Volcanic Phenomenon. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2016/08/31/the-killer-lakes-of-africa-a-rare-but-dangerous-volcanic-phenomenon/?sh=63c6226b1247
- SciShow. (2014). Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8AonDeS8HY
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