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Today you\u2019ll learn how the language we speak leaves a unique pattern in our brain\u2019s wiring, about proof that people 3,000 years ago on an island in the Mediterranean were using hallucinogens, and how bad our memories actually are, and why.\xa0

Find episode transcripts here:https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/brain-language-ancient-hallucinogens-unreliable-memory

Brain Language\xa0\xa0\xa0

• \u201cYour brain wires itself to match your native language.\u201d by Elise Cutts. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain-wires-native-language-neurons
• \u201cNative language differences in the structural connectome of the human brain.\u201d By Xuehu Wei, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811923001015
• \u201cYour brain wires itself to match your native language.\u201d by Elise Cutts. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain-wires-native-language-neurons
• \u201cNative language differences in the structural connectome of the human brain.\u201d By Xuehu Wei, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811923001015

Ancient Hallucinogens\xa0

• \u201cHair analysis reveals Europe\u2019s oldest physical evidence of drug use.\u201d by Bruce Bower. 2023.
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hair-europe-oldest-evidence-drug-use
• \u201cBronze-age people took hallucinogenic drugs in Menorca, study reveals.\u201d n.a. 2023.
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/07/bronze-age-people-hallucinogenic-drugs-menorca-study
• \u201cDirect evidence of the use of multiple drugs in Bronze Age Menorca (Western Mediterranean) from human hair analysis.\u201d by E. Guerra-Doce, et al. 2023.
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-31064-2

Unreliable Memory

• \u201cHuman memory may be unreliable after just a few seconds, scientists find.\u201d by Nicola Davis. 2023.
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/apr/05/short-term-memory-illusions-study

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