Why Some Words Are More Memorable, How Hair Growth Works, and How Fish End Up in Landlocked Lakes

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.phpXie, 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/s41562-020-0901-2Hair growth, explained by Steffie Drucker

Hair Loss: The Science of Hair. (2010, March 1). WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/hair-loss/science-hair#1Venton, D. (2015, April 21). The Big Question: Why Does Hair Grow in Some Places But Not Others? WIRED. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/hair-only-in-some-places/Feltman, R. (2016, July 19). Dear Science: Why does the hair on my head grow longer than the hair on my body? The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/07/19/dear-science-why-does-the-hair-on-my-head-grow-longer-than-the-hair-on-my-body/?arc404=trueCuriosity. (2018). How Does Hair Growth Work? [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBhmxVeJZ-ISciShow. (2015). How Does Hair Know When to Stop Growing? [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6BnOLb5xsMartin, R. D. (2016) Beauty and the Beard. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-we-do-it/201802/beauty-and-the-beardFish eggs migrate to landlocked lakes via bird poop by Grant Currin

Koumoundouros, T. (2020). We May Finally Know The Extreme Route Fish Take Through Air to Colonise New Lakes. ScienceAlert. https://www.sciencealert.com/squishy-fish-eggs-can-survive-harrowing-journeys-through-duck-gutsLovas-Kiss, Á., Vincze, O., Löki, V., Pallér-Kapusi, F., Halasi-Kovács, B., Kovács, G., Green, A. J., & Lukács, B. A. (2020). Experimental evidence of dispersal of invasive cyprinid eggs inside migratory waterfowl. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(27), 15397–15399. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2004805117Silva, G. G., Weber, V., Green, A. J., Hoffmann, P., Silva, V. S., Volcan, M. V., Lanés, L. E. K., Stenert, C., Reichard, M., & Maltchik, L. (2019). Killifish eggs can disperse via gut passage through waterfowl. Ecology, 100(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2774Dispersal of fish eggs by water birds – just a myth? (2018). ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180219103258.htm[Curiosity Daily Episode] Remembering Words on the Tip of Your Tongue, Parkways vs. Driveways, and A Flapping Spacecraft to Explore Venus https://curiositydaily.com/remembering-words-on-the-tip-of-your-tongue-parkways-vs-driveways-and-a-flapping-spacecraft-to-explore-venus/Subscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer. You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY

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