Decluttering the Mind, Never Forget Faces, Paralysis Neurons
Today we discuss how watching cleaning or decluttering videos affects our mental state, the abilities of super-recognizers, and a recent discovery into how manipulating the neurons in paralysis patients might be able to improve their mobility.
Curiosity Weekly · Warner Bros. Discovery
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Show Notes
Today we discuss how watching cleaning or decluttering videos affects our mental state, the abilities of super-recognizers, and a recent discovery into how manipulating the neurons in paralysis patients might be able to improve their mobility.
Decluttering the Mind
- “Why Watching Decluttering Videos Feels So Good” by Abby Alten Schwartz
- “How to Stop Doomscrolling—With Psychology” by Kenneth R. Rosen
Never Forget Faces
- “I Never Forget a Face: The Science of Super-Recognizers' Amazing Feat of Recognition” by Leah Thayer
- ‘They never forget a face. Research delves into how ‘super-recognizers’ can do this.” By Marlene Cimons
Paralysis Neurons
- “Nine Paralysis Patients Walk Again Thanks to Newly Identified Neurons” by Ruairi J Mackenzie
- “The neurons that restore walking after paralysis” by Claudia Kathe et al.
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