Physiological effects of improper urinal etiquette and touching wood
Shownotes
Urinal etiquette is sacred. Why do men always leave an empty urinal as buffer space when peeing in a public restroom? Could it have an effect on how well they pee?
Why do people enjoy hiking in the woods so much? Can you get the same enjoyment from touching a piece of wood?
In this episode, Lu and Tirth discuss the physiologic reason behind men’s well-established urinal etiquette and how touching wood affects your brain and heart activity.
Timestamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:26 Tirth’s upcoming wedding plans
- 3:17 Urinal study
- 18:14 Touching wood study
- 28:44 Let’s read some mail (bird talk)
- 31:05 What did you learn today, outro
Article links:
- Middlemist et al., 1976. Personal space invasions in the lavatory: suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0022-3514.33.5.541
- Ikei et al., 2017. Physiological Effects of Touching Wood. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5551239/
- Zongker, 2006. Chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken. Annals of Improbable Research. https://improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume12/v12i5/chicken-12-5.pdf
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