How Catching Covid Can Change Your Personality - Dr Diana Fleischman | Modern Wisdom Podcast 290

Dr Diana Fleishman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth and an author. When we get sick with a virus like Covid-19, our bodies respond, but our behaviour and personality also change in a number of important ways and sometimes, it doesn't change back. Expect to learn why avoiding new foods when ill makes evolutionary sense, whether needing the bathroom reduces your belief in free will, why extraversion is reduced when you're sick, what Diana thinks about Evolutionary Psychology's place in mindfulness and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on all pillows at https://thehybridpillow.com Extra Stuff: Follow Diana on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sentientist Check out Diana's blog - https://dianaverse.com/ Check out Diana's website - https://www.dianafleischman.com/ Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #covid #evolutionarypsychology #personality - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

Dr Diana FleischmanguestChris Williamsonhost

Mar 5, 20211h 9mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: March 5, 2021
Duration: 1h 9m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Dr Diana Fleishman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth and an author. When we get sick with a virus like Covid-19, our bodies respond, but our behaviour and personality also change in a number of important ways and sometimes, it doesn't change back. Expect to learn why avoiding new foods when ill makes evolutionary sense, whether needing the bathroom reduces your belief in free will, why extraversion is reduced when you're sick, what Diana thinks about Evolutionary Psychology's place in mindfulness and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on all pillows at https://thehybridpillow.com Extra Stuff: Follow Diana on Twitter - https://twitter.com/sentientist Check out Diana's blog - https://dianaverse.com/ Check out Diana's website - https://www.dianafleischman.com/ Get my free Ultimate Life Hacks List to 10x your daily productivity → https://chriswillx.com/lifehacks/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #covid #evolutionarypsychology #personality - Listen to all episodes online. Search "Modern Wisdom" on any Podcast App or click here: iTunes: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/modern-wisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: modernwisdompodcast@gmail.com

SPEAKERS

Dr Diana Fleischman
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Dr Diana Fleischman and Chris Williamson, How Catching Covid Can Change Your Personality - Dr Diana Fleischman | Modern Wisdom Podcast 290 explores how COVID, Inflammation And Illness Quietly Rewire Your Personality And Desires Chris Williamson and Dr. Diana Fleischman explore how infections—especially COVID—can temporarily or permanently shift personality, mood, social behavior and sexual desire through inflammation-driven “sickness behavior” (lassitude).

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