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In this seventh episode of the bodymindself™ podcast psychologist and cognitive scientist John Francis Leader (JFL) meets psychologist Dr Brendan Rooney ( https://twitter.com/brenrooney ) to discuss the psychology of media and entertainment. Dr Brendan Rooney's research interests include how cognitive and emotional processes interact in the context of media, arts and entertainment. He has a strong interest in research design, methods and analysis and teaches on the research methods and statistics modules in the UCD School of Psychology where he also heads up the Media + Entertainment Lab. Through his research and teaching Dr Brendan Rooney has worked on a number of interdisciplinary and international research teams, with creative and entertainment industry experts (such as animators, filmmakers, and designers), philosophers, computer scientists and engineers, film and humanities scholars, and cognitive neuroscientists. Dr Brendan Rooney has previously lectured in the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design