Decluttering the Mind, Never Forget Faces, Paralysis Neurons

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6 • 935 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

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
- https://www.wired.com/story/why-watching-decluttering-videos-feels-so-good/
“How to Stop Doomscrolling—With Psychology” by Kenneth R. Rosen
- https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-doomscrolling-psychology-social-media-fomo/

Never Forget Faces

“I Never Forget a Face: The Science of Super-Recognizers' Amazing Feat of Recognition” by Leah Thayer
- https://neurosciencenews.com/super-recognizers-visual-learning-21379/
‘They never forget a face. Research delves into how ‘super-recognizers’ can do this.” By Marlene Cimons
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/super-recognizer-facial-memory/2021/10/29/4cf80caa-2159-11ec-b3d6-8cdebe60d3e2_story.html

Paralysis Neurons

“Nine Paralysis Patients Walk Again Thanks to Newly Identified Neurons” by Ruairi J Mackenzie
- https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/nine-paralysis-patients-walk-again-thanks-to-newly-identified-neurons-367467
“The neurons that restore walking after paralysis” by Claudia Kathe et al.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05385-7

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff.
0:11.0	I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time welcome to
0:14.8	curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. If you're
0:19.0	a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how watching cleaning or decluttering videos affects our mental state,
0:26.0	the abilities of super recognizers and a recent discovery into how manipulating the neurons
0:31.3	in paralysis patients might be able to improve their mobility.
0:35.0	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:38.0	I have something of a confession to make.
0:41.0	I'm kind of obsessed with cleaning and organizing videos. Those
0:44.0	videos where someone folds a pile of shirt into perfect little stacks or transfers
0:49.2	snacks from their packaging to those nice clear containers.
0:52.8	I find it very calming.
0:54.8	Oh, totally.
0:55.4	It's pretty well known at this point
0:57.0	that doom scrolling on your phone
0:58.5	is bad for your mental health,
1:00.0	and these videos kind of feel like the opposite of that.
1:03.0	Exactly.
1:03.8	Our brains like things to be organized.
1:06.4	Less active simulation surrounding us is equal to relaxation.
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