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Podcast: Curiosity Weekly
Episode: Why Some Words Are More Memorable, How Hair Growth Works, and How Fish End Up in Landlocked Lakes
Description: Learn about why some words are more memorable than others; how hair growth works; and how fish end up in landlocked lakes.
Brain study reveals why some words are more memorable than others by Kelsey Donk
NIH study finds out why some words may be more memorable than others. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/nion-nsf062620.phpÂ
Xie, W., Bainbridge, W. A., Inati, S. K., Baker, C. I., & Zaghloul, K. A. (2020). Memorability of words in arbitrary verbal associations modulates memory retrieval in the anterior temporal lobe. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0901-2Â
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