Jessica Gall Myrick, PhD

Healthy Media with Jessica Gall Myrick, PhD

I am a social scientist and writer who investigates the role of media in shaping our feelings, thoughts, and health. Why do we watch cat videos? Do viewing memes about stressful events make more even more stressed out? Science has some clues.

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