83. Wracking Our Brains with Jesse Gomez

In this episode, Tara Sands and Steve Yurko interview Neuroscientist Dr Jesse Gomez. Jese was part of a fascinating study that discovered a part of a person's brain that responds to Pokémon. You can learn more about it at https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325140#The-role-of-eccentricity-bias and http://vpnl.stanford.edu/papers/GomezBarnettPokemonNHB.pdf 4Kids Flashback is a behind the scenes podcast about the 4Kids era of television as told by the people who were actually there. 4Kids is the company that brought Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece and many other anime series to English speaking audiences. Our website is https://www.4kidsflashback.com/ Subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/4KidsFlashback for episodes one week early and ad-free plus bonus content! Follow Tara Sands at ⁠https://www.instagram.com/tarasandsvo/?hl=en⁠ and Steve Yurko at ⁠https://www.instagram.com/steveyurko/?hl=en ⁠ For merch go to https://4kids-flashback.printify.me/products Leave us a voice message at www.Speakpipe.com/4KidsFlashback Autographs for Charity available at https://www.ebay.com/usr/flashback4kids Watch videos at https://www.youtube.com/@4KidsFlashback Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent or of this podcast and/or it's hosts." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices