On episode #6, here are the main ideas:

1. Is a mask really necessary when just talking? Can the coronavirus be transmitted through normal speech? A new study uses lasers to look at how respiratory droplets are emitted during normal speech.

2. Scientists revisit the famous psychology experiment the marshmallow test, revealing new insights into self-control behavior and how it may have something to do with managing our reputation, and its relevance for the future.

References

Stadnytskyi, Valentyn, et al. "The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117.22 (2020): 11875-11877.

Bax, Adriaan, et al. "SARS-CoV-2 transmission via speech-generated respiratory droplets." The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2020).

Wells, William F. "On air-borne infection: Study II Droplets and Droplet nuclei." American journal of Epidemiology 20.3 (1934): 611-618.

Anfinrud, Philip, et al. "Visualizing speech-generated oral fluid droplets with laser light scattering." New England Journal of Medicine (2020).

Ma, Fengling, et al. "Delay of Gratification as Reputation Management." Psychological Science (2020): 0956797620939940.

Mischel, Walter, Ebbe B. Ebbesen, and Antonette Raskoff Zeiss. "Cognitive and attentional mechanisms in delay of gratification." Journal of personality and social psychology 21.2 (1972): 204.