Neural Networks, Why You Get Brain Freeze, and A Science-Based Trick for Learning a New Language
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2018
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
Learn about why you get brain freeze, just how advanced neural networks are these days, and a science-backed trick for learning a new language.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- Why Do You Get Brain Freeze While Eating Icy Treats?
- Neural Networks Have Advanced Beyond Our Understanding, and That's Kind of Terrifying
- Spaced Repetition Is an Effective, Science-Backed Way to Learn a New Language
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, you learn why you get brain-freeze, just how advanced neural networks are these days, |
| 0:12.0 | and a science-backed trick for learning a new language. |
| 0:15.0 | Let's say that's some curiosity. |
| 0:17.0 | Ice cream is delicious, but brain-freeze is not. |
| 0:19.0 | Brain-freeze is that throbbing pain you get when you eat an icy treat and there's an actual scientific |
| 0:24.4 | term for it. |
| 0:25.4 | More importantly there's a way to stop it. |
| 0:27.4 | Actually does this happen to you? |
| 0:28.4 | Of course. |
| 0:29.4 | I don't experience it a lot. |
| 0:30.8 | Really? |
| 0:31.8 | Maybe I just don't need it quickly or? Oh I kind of I'm ravenous. So now you know more |
| 0:38.6 | about me than you needed to. Or maybe I'm unconsciously doing the trick that you're about to learn about. |
| 0:44.0 | Maybe. The scientific term for Brainsfrees is ready for it. |
| 0:48.0 | Sphenopalatin ganglion neural just out the tongue doesn't it? |
| 0:52.0 | It's named after a bundle of nerves near the back of your mouth, which is the reason we have to deal with brain freeze. |
| 0:57.0 | When something ice cold comes into contact with your soft palate, it touches that group of nerves also called SPG. |
| 1:04.0 | It's sensitive to changes in temperature |
| 1:05.8 | so when you eat an icy treat you get a headache. |
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