Memory
Posted January 3, 2023
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It's the time of year for old acquaintances to be forgot, but SciShow Tangents has never been one to bow to convention! So this week, we're remembering all our dang acquaintances and way more as we dive deep on the concept of Memory!
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[Truth or Fail]
Imprinting in general
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.736999/full
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4726915/
Pekin duckling different eye, different memories
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347216302597?via%3Dihub
https://phys.org/news/2016-11-ducklings-memory-banks-visual.html
California condor puppet funerals
https://www.nature.com/news/2007/070806/full/news070806-3.html#B1
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/zoo.20151
Siberian cranes imprint for migration
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1377&context=nacwgproc
https://savingcranes.org/learn/species-field-guide/siberian-crane/
https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2006/apr/01/guardianobituaries.mainsection
[Trivia Question]
Chaser (Border Collie) remembering unique object names
https://webs.wofford.edu/reidak/Pubs/Pilley%20and%20Reid%202011.pdf
https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2019/07/26/world-famous-dog-chaser-dies-at-15/4597342007/
[Fact Off]
Taking Photos Makes Memory Worse
https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3079/taking-photos-can-impair-your-memory-of-events
[Ask the Science Couch]
Remembering commercial jingles rather than “important” names and dates
https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0001050
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/269004
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0086170
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305735611406578
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0305735611418553
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-35459-001
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2022.896285/full
[Butt One More Thing]
Poop amnesia or vasovagal syncope
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6067056/
https://www.iflscience.com/woman-loses-10-years-of-memories-due-to-bad-case-of-constipation-52589