Fang Theory

In the final leg of this memory journey, Paige and Hannah talk about why vampires remember everything that happens to them after the transformation and consider Bella's claim that she struggles to remember things that happened to her as a human because her senses were so much worse. Topics of note will include: photographic memory, *real* people who remember everything that ever happened to them, and cases through history of people who have regained their sight.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Note: The book Eclipse doesn't say how the newborn army got to the clearing, so the decision to film the vampires coming out of the lake was purely artistic. Also, because Virgil was a pseudonym, Paige was unable to determine if he's still alive or what happened to him after 1993.

Links:

Sacks' article on Virgil

Cases of regained sight (New Yorker)

Synesthesia and eidetic memory

Synesthesia and calendar dates

People are biologically coded to recognize faces ("greeble" study)

Eidetic imagery definition

Hypermnesia

Highly Super Autobiographical Memory (HSAM)

Jim McGaugh's original HSAM study

60 Minutes US and Australia

Sleep-consolidation study

HSAM and sleep quality

Why we sleep

Sleep and memory

Benefits of sleep

"Sleep-Dependent Consolidation of Memory"

Blindness and neuroplasticity

Occipital lobe and regained sight

Hannah walks us through electroshock therapy (AKA electroconvulsive therapy) and how, before we knew how to do it safely, it could seriously disrupt memory. In other words, this week, we go ask Alice.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

MRIs Image

Electroconvulsive Therapy Overview

History of Electroconvulsive Therapy

"Electroconvulsive Therapy: 80 Years Old and Still Going Strong"

The Nazis and ECT

ECT and Memory

ECT and Cognitive Effects

We embark on a journey to understand the vampire memory — why are the Cullens' vampire memories so clear and their human memories so foggy? In this episode, Hannah explains the basics of how the brain remembers and forgets. Plus, Paige and Hannah wax poetic about the unsexy nature of psychology definitions, and then they get a little sappy.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

Hannah Consolidation Diagram (Under "Figures," it is "Figure 1")

The Sleeping at Last Song ("Smell")

Hank Explains Memory

"The Episodic Buffer"

"Memory" Definition

"Where are Memories Stored in the Brain"

"Everything You Need to Know About the Cerebellum"

Basal Ganglia

"How Brains Make Memories"

Forgetting and Amnesia

"Amnesia" Definition

Amnesia Overview

Psychological Studies of Amnesia

Why Bella is so obsessed with how Edward smells in the books. We're getting into pheromones y'all: what makes them different from body odor and is that why vampires smell so good (and why Bella smells so good to vampires)? Why is all of Eclipse just everyone telling everyone else that they smell so bad? Plus, divergences to discuss the pressing matter of shipping possibilities among the Cullens.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

Farrah Moan

Dogs Taking Owner's Stuff For Separation Anxiety

Menstrual Cycle Syncing Debunked

Hank Explains Pheromones

Pheromones Overview

A Third Pheromones Overview

Androstenone Overview

Chemoreception and Pheromones

"Why Single People Smell Different"

Charles University of Prague Meat Consumption Study

The Other Meat Consumption and Smell Study

Babies and Mom Smell Study

Human Pheromones and Sexual Attraction

Pheromones and Saliva

"Influence of HLA on human partnership and sexual satisfaction"

T-Shirt Study

"Spider Scents Attract Prey"

Microbiome and Body Odor

Antiperspirant Deodorant and Aluminum (It's safe after all!)

Wildcats and Genetic Similarity

We’re taking a little break this week, so enjoy a rambling conversation about what would happen if the Cullens joined the Avengers, featuring Hannah’s Marvel prowess and the political philosophy of immortal beings which culminates in a touch of Percy Jackson.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Paige and Hannah present their various theories about what may make vampire skin so sparkly and hard. Hannah, a non-certified skin expert, tells us what skin is and what changes it might go through as a result of the transformation. Paige returns to tardigrades and presents an alternate explanation for that characteristic Twilight sparkle.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

Comb Jellies Video

Biofluorescent Turtle Video

Skin Layers (with the thicc picture that freaks us out)

The Structure of Normal Skin

The Protective Role of Melanin

Guanine Crystals and Fish

Healing Properties of Fish Skin

Scleroderma

Tardigrades and UV Resistance (interview with Eswarappa)

Tardigrades and UV Resistance (original study)

Tardigrades and Fluorescence

Biofluorescent Turtle

Biofluorescent Amphibians

Biofluorescent Springhare

Biofluorescent Birds

Biofluorescent Coral

Biofluorescent Comb Jellies

A winding and rambling exploration of whether or not x-rays work on vampires via a discussion about tardigrades. Possibly our least hinged episode, but, listen, we had a good time and we hope you will too.

Note: In the interest of protecting Paige’s X-Men cred, she misspoke: Wolverine’s bones aren’t made of adamantium, but they are covered in adamantium.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

Medieval Lions That Are Everything To Me

Murphy's Law (Colloquial)

Murphy's Law (Scientific)

X-Rays Overview

How Do X-Rays Work?

How Do X-Rays See Through Your Skin?

Tardigrades Overview

Radiation Tolerance in Tardigrades

A Computational Structural Study on Dsup

NASA: Water Bears in Space

"The Tardigrade Damage Suppressor Protein Modulates Transcription Factor..."

Why vampires will eventually all be bald, explained through an overview of how hair grows and a possible explanation for vampire immortaility. Plus, a bonus fashion show featuring the hairstyles of Alice, Carlisle, Jasper, and Aro.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

Aro's Hair (Probably)

Civil War Facial Hair, Ranked

Dutch Men with Wavy Hair

1920s Bobs (with pictures)

The Lowdown on the Twilight Wigs

Kristen Stewart on the Eclipse Wig

Etymology of "Vampire"

Empousa (Rick Riordan did not make them up)

"An Overview of Alopecias"

Hair Follicle Definition

Hair Structure

Human Hair Growth Overview

Hair Biology

Hair Growth Overview

Fibroblast Growth Factors

Fibroblast Growth Factors and Stages of Hair Growth

Androgen Definition

Androgens and Hair Growth

Androgens and Puberty

Average Height in 1912

1600s-1700s European Fashion

1860s Hairstyles for Men

Homer and Hair

Facial Air in Antiquity

Making up for dismal sex-ed in high school by exploring the intricacies of vampire genitalia with more d*ck puns than season 8 of Supernatural. Buckle in folks, we’re after our white whale.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

The Diagram

Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder

Sperm Count and High Temperatures

Sperm Count and Laptops

Semen Overview

Sperm Whales

Epididyme Overview

Spermatogenesis Overview

Spermatogenesis

Ductus Deferens (AKA Vas Deferens)

Sperm Release Pathway

Erection and Ejaculation Overview

Spermiogenesis Overview

"Seminal Fluid Quick Guide"

All the Nahuel Tea

"Spermatogenesis: The Commitment to Meiosis"

Sperm Count Per Day

Sperm Count Per Ejaculation (and ejaculations per day)

WHO Report on Sperm Count

A tour of anatomy culminating in an answer to the question that has been plaguing us for months: when Stephanie Meyer said venom replaces all fluid in the vampire body…did she really mean *all* fluid?

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

What is Consent

Enthusiastic Consent

Everything You Need to Know About Consent

Overview of the Life and Work of Marie Bonaparte

Skin pH

Vulva Terms Review

Vaginal Lubrication Definition

Mucus Definition

Blood Plasma Definition

Capillary Endothelium

Free Radicals Definition

Sympathetic Nervous System

History of Orgasm Research (Marie Bonaparte and Freud) 

Lloyd Orgasm Research

How Oral Medicine Enters the Blood Stream

"Vagina As Route for Systemic Drug Delivery"