Palm-Less Oil, Polyglot Brain, Ayahuasca & Fear
Today, you\u2019ll learn about an effort to create palm oil without burning down millions of acres of forest, the surprising way polyglots\u2019 brains approach their own native language, and new research on how the powerful psychedelic drug ayahuasca extinguishes fear.
Palm-Less Oil
- \u201cThey Want to Make Palm Oil in a Lab. Without Palm Trees.\u201d by Dionne Searcey. 2024.
- \u201cThings To Know About Palm Oil.\u201d WWF. n.d.
Polyglot Brain
- \u201cFor people who speak many languages, there\u2019s something special about their native tongue.\u201d by Anne Trafton. 2024.
- \u201cFunctional characterization of the language network of polyglots and hyperpolyglots with precision fMRI.\u201d by Saima Malik-Moraleda, et al. 2024.
Ayahuasca & Fear
- \u201cAyahuasca accelerates fear extinction via its effect on serotonin receptors.\u201d by Eric. W. Dolan. 2024.
- \u201cAyahuasca-enhanced extinction of fear behaviour: Role of infralimbic cortex 5-HT2a and 5-HT1a receptors.\u201d by Isabel Werle, et al. 2024.
- \u201cThe Therapeutic Potentials of Ayahuasca: Possible Effects against Various Diseases of Civilization.\u201d by Ede Frecska, et al. 2016.
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