2018-11-01

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This week we take a look at the Scully Effect, to see what kind of impact it's had on encouraging more people to enter STEM fields. It's had the largest impact on women in STEM, but strong role models in film and tv have an impact on *everyone's* career choices and changing the public perception of scientists. I hope you enjoy!

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BrainCraft was created by Vanessa Hill (@nessyhill) and is brought to you by PBS Digital Studios. Talking psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.

This video was written by Teagan Wall, edited, hosted and produced by Vanessa Hill. Illustrations for this episode by Nina Chhita: https://www.instagram.com/nina.draws.scientists/?hl=en

REFERENCES 📚

Effect of parental education on career and educational aspirations and successes: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2853053/

“Parents of Pop Culture” study on who kids have as role models: https://doi.org/10.1080/00094056.2002.10522728

Impact of parents of choice of college major: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1012716828901

“The Obama Effect”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103109000742

Positive versus negative role models: http://www.psych.utoronto.ca/users/lockwood/PDF/Lockwood%202002%20Motivation.pdf

The Scully Effect: https://impact.21cf.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/03/ScullyEffectReport_21CF_1-1.pdf

Draw a Scientist - 50 years on: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1949-8594.2002.tb18217.x

“Name a Living Scientist” Study: https://www.researchamerica.org/sites/default/files/Americans'%20Attitudes%20about%20Science%20and%20Scientists%20in%202017.pdf