Memory

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/

https://www.goupstate.com/story/news/2021/11/02/spartanburg-community-college-new-mascot-scc-chasers-chaser-the-border-collie-south-carolina/6199107001/

[Fact Off]

Taking Photos Makes Memory Worse 

https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3079/taking-photos-can-impair-your-memory-of-events

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/05/1022041431/to-remember-the-moment-try-taking-fewer-photos

[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

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/constipated-woman-lost-10-years-of-memories-after-straining-too-hard/F5X2BVV6FWFXH7NNZZFG2IGEYA/