Long-Term Memories, Ear Infections, Mercury Salt

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🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Today, you’ll learn about a breakthrough in our understanding of how the brain creates long-term memories, the effect of chronic childhood ear infections on the development of language, and how salt may have helped shape the planet Mercury.

Long-Term Memories

“Neurons aren’t the only cells that make memories in the brain, rodent study reveals.” by Emily Cooke. 2023.
“Brain Microvascular Pericytes in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.” by Maiko T. Uemura, et al. 2020.
“All you need to know about neurons.” by Tim Newman. 2023.

Ear Infections

“Chronic childhood ear infections delay language development.” by Eric Hamilton. 2024.
“Ear Infections in Children.” NIH. 2022.
“Early otitis media puts children at risk for later auditory and language deficits.” by Susan Nittrouer & Joanna H. Lowenstein. 2024.

Mercury Salt

“Salt may have carved out Mercury’s terrains, including glacierlike features.” by Shi En Kim. 2024.
“The Chaotic Terrains of Mercury Reveal a History of Planetary Volatile Retention and Loss in the Innermost Solar System.” by J. Alexis P. Rodrigues, et al. 2020.
“Mercury’s stunning landscape mapped.” by Christopher Crockett. 2016.
“Mercury Facts.” NASA. n.d.

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0:51.5	Today, you'll learn about a breakthrough in our understanding of how the brain creates long-term memories,
0:57.2	the effect of chronic childhood ear infections on the development of language, and how salt may have helped shape the planet Mercury.
1:04.0	Without further I do, let's satisfy some curiosity.
1:07.0	Most people with some basic knowledge of the brain know that neurons play a huge role in just about all brain functioning, including and
1:15.1	maybe especially in the formation of memories. In fact for the longest time it's
1:19.6	been thought that neurons are the sole creators of our memories but new research suggests that they might actually have an unexpected assistant.
1:27.6	So much of the research done on the brain actually looks at the activity that takes place in the neurons right totally okay so what
1:35.4	exactly are neurons basically neurons are the nerve cells that make up our
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