Person
Emma Byrne
Guest; scientist, journalist, author of Swearing Is Good For You
Scientist, journalist, and public speaker, published in CIO, Forbes, and the Financial Times; her BBC Radio 4 Thought episode was voted one of the best of 2013. Author of Swearing Is Good For You. Guest covering the neuroscience of swearing: executive function and frontal-lobe self-control (Phineas Gage), swearing's effect on pain tolerance and persuasion/authenticity, and the cultural and gender double standards around who is "allowed" to swear.
Discussed in
- Episode 38 — 38- Is swearing good for you