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Dec 2023

52m 13s

242: The Science of Amnesia

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We can't quite remember what we talked about in this episode, so I guess you'll have to get stuck in and find out for yourself...

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References & Further Reading
https://www.britannica.com/science/amnesia
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5861508/
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/29/amnesia-researchers-use-light-to-restore-lost-memories-in-mice
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982222019066
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-our-brains-make-memories-14466850/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246028/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/human-memory
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2649674/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/memory-loss-amnesia/

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