8: Twinkie Teaser [Learning and Memory]
Remember us? We’re Libby and Ruka, and we’re going to talk about the fundamentals of memory. Where does it happen? How does it happen? How long does it last? Why is there a Pokemon shaped like garbage?
Key Words
ACTH, Alzheimer’s, amygdala, anterograde amnesia, association cortex, attention, basal nuclei, cerebellum, consolidation, declarative memory, epinephrine, explicit memory, hippocampus, implicit memory, learning, limbic, long-term depression, long-term memory, long-term potentiation, memory, opioid peptides, plasticity, procedural memory, reflexive memory, retrograde amnesia, sensorimotor cortex, short-term memory, vasopressin, working memory
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References
Textbook: Vander’s Human Physiology, 13th Edition
“Days on Earth were shorter 70 million years ago”
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Music
Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300002
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Modified from original with volume fading and cuts
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