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Fast cars, Froot Loops, and poops! This episode has it all, brought to you by psychology researchers who put rats in little rat-sized cars. Spoiler: Rats are better at learning how to drive if they've played with more toys and friends.

Key Words

corticosterone, cortisol, DHEA, emotional resilience, enrichment, fecal bolus, Froot Loops, group housing, hormones, maze, mental health, Morris water maze, neuroplasticity, pair housing, reward, rodent operated vehicle (ROV), stimulus, stress

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Primary research paper: Enriched environment exposure accelerates rodent driving skills

Articles

• Scientists Teach Rats To Drive, Rats Find It Actually Pretty Relaxing
• Teaching Rats To Drive Tiny Cars Helps Them Relax, Scientists Discover

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• Adult ADHD: Risk Factor for Dementia or Phenotypic Mimic?
• What Happened? Alcohol, Memory Blackouts, and the Brain

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Fast cars, Froot Loops, and poops! This episode has it all, brought to you by psychology researchers who put rats in little rat-sized cars. Spoiler: Rats are better at learning how to drive if they've played with more toys and friends.

Key Words

corticosterone, cortisol, DHEA, emotional resilience, enrichment, fecal bolus, Froot Loops, group housing, hormones, maze, mental health, Morris water maze, neuroplasticity, pair housing, reward, rodent operated vehicle (ROV), stimulus, stress

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References and Resources

Primary research paper: Enriched environment exposure accelerates rodent driving skills

Articles

• Scientists Teach Rats To Drive, Rats Find It Actually Pretty Relaxing
• Teaching Rats To Drive Tiny Cars Helps Them Relax, Scientists Discover

Other resources from corrections

• Adult ADHD: Risk Factor for Dementia or Phenotypic Mimic?
• What Happened? Alcohol, Memory Blackouts, and the Brain

Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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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

Old West Words of the Day

Hot roll

Huckleberry above a persimmon

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References

• Textbook: Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition
• "Days on Earth were shorter 70 million years ago"
• • https://nypost.com/2020/03/11/days-on-earth-were-shorter-70-million-years-ago/
  • https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019PA003723

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A Reptile Dysfunction [Performance Anxiety]

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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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Huckleberry above a persimmon

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References

• Textbook: Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition
• "Days on Earth were shorter 70 million years ago"
• • https://nypost.com/2020/03/11/days-on-earth-were-shorter-70-million-years-ago/
  • https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019PA003723

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A Reptile Dysfunction [Performance Anxiety]

Music

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BONUS EPISODE! Ruka scored an EXCLUSIVE interview with the famous supermassive black hole M87*, the first ever black hole to be imaged on Earth only one year ago. Recorded in front of a live remote audience. Interview begins at 10 min 57 sec.

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• https://eventhorizontelescope.org/press-release-april-10-2019-astronomers-capture-first-image-black-hole
• https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/black-hole-image-makes-history
• https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/award-winning-first-image-supermassive-black-hole-m87
• https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/something-is-lurking-in-the-heart-of-quasar-3c-279
• https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/eht-observing-campaign-2020-canceled-due-covid-19-outbreak

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BONUS EPISODE! Ruka scored an EXCLUSIVE interview with the famous supermassive black hole M87*, the first ever black hole to be imaged on Earth only one year ago. Recorded in front of a live remote audience. Interview begins at 10 min 57 sec.

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References

• https://eventhorizontelescope.org/press-release-april-10-2019-astronomers-capture-first-image-black-hole
• https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/news/black-hole-image-makes-history
• https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/award-winning-first-image-supermassive-black-hole-m87
• https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/something-is-lurking-in-the-heart-of-quasar-3c-279
• https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/eht-observing-campaign-2020-canceled-due-covid-19-outbreak

Music

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With many of our routines upended these days, our circadian rhythms are getting thrown off, causing what is known as social jet lag. Don't get too sleepy listening to the soothing sounds of the second remote recording from Libby and Ruka.

Key Words

biorhythm, circadian rhythm, diurnal, endogenous, entrain, free-run, hypothalamus, jet lag, melatonin, nocturnal, pacemaker cells, phase advance, phase delay, phase shift, pineal gland, retina, retinohypothalamic tract, shift work, sleep/wake cycle, suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), zeitgeber

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Go boil your shirt

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References

• Textbooks
• • Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition

• • Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition
• Paper: Health consequences of shift work and implications for structural design
• • https://www.nature.com/articles/jp20137

Music

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With many of our routines upended these days, our circadian rhythms are getting thrown off, causing what is known as social jet lag. Don't get too sleepy listening to the soothing sounds of the second remote recording from Libby and Ruka.

Key Words

biorhythm, circadian rhythm, diurnal, endogenous, entrain, free-run, hypothalamus, jet lag, melatonin, nocturnal, pacemaker cells, phase advance, phase delay, phase shift, pineal gland, retina, retinohypothalamic tract, shift work, sleep/wake cycle, suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), zeitgeber

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Go boil your shirt

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• Textbooks
• • Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition

• • Principles of Neural Science, Kandel, Schwartz, and Jessell, 4th Edition
• Paper: Health consequences of shift work and implications for structural design
• • https://www.nature.com/articles/jp20137

Music

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Motion sickness on a pre-apocalyptic cruise prompted Ruka to reflect extensively on the vestibular system. She talks with Libby about this sixth sense and how it affects the body's balance, movement, and vision.

Key Words

acceleration, ampulla, aspartate, cochlea, cranial nerve VIII, crista, cupula, endolymph, glutamate, hair cell, macula, motion sickness, myelin, otoconia, otolithic membrane, saccade, saccule, semicircular canal, stereocilia, utricle, velocity, vestibular labyrinth, vestibular, vestibulo-ocular reflex, vestibulocochlear nerve

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Funkify

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Reference

• Textbooks
• • Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition

• • Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, Haines, 3rd Edition
• Encyclopedia page on inner ear - shows the image Ruka references: https://www.britannica.com/science/ear/Inner-ear#ref531803

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Early Bird Science Episode 6: Self-Driving Cars and Motion Sickness

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Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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This podcast is for entertainment and education only. Neither of the hosts is a medical doctor, and nothing they say is medical advice. Please consult with your physician before making decisions about your health.

Motion sickness on a pre-apocalyptic cruise prompted Ruka to reflect extensively on the vestibular system. She talks with Libby about this sixth sense and how it affects the body's balance, movement, and vision.

Key Words

acceleration, ampulla, aspartate, cochlea, cranial nerve VIII, crista, cupula, endolymph, glutamate, hair cell, macula, motion sickness, myelin, otoconia, otolithic membrane, saccade, saccule, semicircular canal, stereocilia, utricle, velocity, vestibular labyrinth, vestibular, vestibulo-ocular reflex, vestibulocochlear nerve

Old West Word of the Day

Funkify

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Reference

• Textbooks
• • Vander's Human Physiology, 13th Edition

• • Fundamental Neuroscience for Basic and Clinical Applications, Haines, 3rd Edition
• Encyclopedia page on inner ear - shows the image Ruka references: https://www.britannica.com/science/ear/Inner-ear#ref531803

Related Podcast Episode

Early Bird Science Episode 6: Self-Driving Cars and Motion Sickness

Music

Bushwick Tarantella by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Disclaimer

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