"I realize that I don’t actually remember a single one of those Christmases. What I remember, instead, is all of them: a general sort of 'Christmasness.'" https://t.co/6KlavdYjJL
Holiday memories are the best. But what exactly is a memory? @ariannahuff and @thrive have sliced off a piece of Wicked Cow Studios' "It's All In Your Head," to give you some pointers on how to better remember this year's great memories forever...
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*eats half a bag of chips*
my brain:
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
don’t say it
me- oOooH GeT tHeSe ThInGs AwAy FrOm mE
Did you know honeybees are able to count and read symbols? They can even differentiate between paintings by Monet and Picasso! From our friends @TheBrainNinjas:
Fear of Friday the 13th isn't a phobia that's universal. In Greece and parts of Spain for example, the unlucky day of the month is Tuesday the 13th, while in China, the number 4 is taboo. But avoid sidewalk cracks to be safe. #ItsAllInYourHead#TheBrainNinjas#Fridaythe13th#fear
Luckily the memories of losing the third-grade spelling bee are remembered every time you see "phone" spelled with a "ph" and not an "f". #ItsAllInYourHead#TheBrainNinjas#memory#brain
Trepanantion is a procedure—that's outdated to some degree—of drilling a hole into a human skull in an attempt to cure "psychotic" behavior. #ItsAllInYourHead#TheBrainNinjas#ouch#brain
Carrots don't improve eyesight. This myth was created by the British during WWII, because they didn't want the Germans to know they had radar. #ItsAllInYourHead#TheBrainNinjas#WWII#myth
Synesthesia is a condition where sensations from one input are experienced as if they come from another. So for some, the letter "A" can taste like chocolate. For other synesthetes, it may appear as red or smell like sawdust. #ItsAllInYourHead#TheBrainNinjas#color#senses
An fMRI scan monitors brain activity due to changes in blood oxygenation. It helps map out which brain regions are activated in the course of various activities. #ItsAllInYourHead#TheBrainNinjas#politics#brain