Pink Floyd Brain Activity, Superhero Science, Bathroom Germs
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Today, you’ll learn about a breakthrough in decoding brain activity using Pink Floyd, an anatomy class that would be a hit at Gotham University, and an everyday germ-blowing machine.
Pink Floyd Brain Activity
- “Neuroscientists Re-create Pink Floyd Song from Listeners’ Brain Activity.” by Lucy Tu. 2023.
- “Music can be reconstructed from human auditory cortext activity using nonlinear decoding models.” by Ludovic Bellier, et al. 2023.
Superhero Science
- “Dissecting the anatomy of a ‘superheroic’ science class.” by Emily Caldwell. 2023.
- “Effects of using superheroes in an undergraduate human anatomy curriculum.” by Jeremy J. Grachan. 2023.
- “Anatomists Assemble! Integrating superheroes into the anatomy and physiology classroom.” By Jeremy J. Grachan & Melissa M. Quinn. 2021.
Bathroom Germs
- “Hand dryers can infect clean hands with bathroom germs.” by McKenzie Prillaman. 2023.
- “The bacterial horror of hot-air hand dryers.” by John Ross, MD, FIDSA. 2018.
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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 |
| 0:14.1 | welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind. |
| 0:17.8 | If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about a breakthrough |
| 0:21.6 | in decoding brain activity using Pink Floyd, an anatomy class that would be a hit at Gotham University, and an everyday germ-blowing machine. |
| 0:32.0 | Without further ado, that satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:35.4 | Researchers have figured out a way to play Pink Floyd's, another brick in the wall. |
| 0:39.7 | Okay, I can do that on my phone and I'm not exactly a scientist. |
| 0:44.0 | Ah yes, but the stereo they were tuning into is a human brain. |
| 0:48.6 | Wait what, the brain is playing the song? |
| 0:51.0 | Sorta. The brain is listening to the song and machine learning is decoding the activity in the brain and |
| 0:57.5 | recreating the song. |
| 0:59.5 | Okay, if you are listening to my brain right now, you just hear me saying, |
| 1:03.0 | what the heck are you talking about? |
| 1:05.0 | Well, let's go back a little bit here. |
| 1:07.0 | We've talked about decoding brain patterns in the past, |
| 1:10.0 | and for decades, researchers have tried different ways of figuring out what we |
| 1:14.6 | see or hear or even think just by looking at our brain activity. |
| 1:18.6 | Right, okay I actually remember some of these stories. The idea is that for folks |
| 1:22.4 | who have lost certain abilities |
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