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Dec 14, 2022 15 min

Body Map, Brain 2.0, Pig Bystanders

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Today we discuss how the body can physically feel emotions, how axolotls can regenerate their brains, and how pigs can play peacemakers during pig-on-pig fights. Body Map “Where Are Emotions Felt In The Body?” by Juliana Ukiomogbe https://greatist.com/connect/emotional-body-maps-infographic#infographic “Bodily maps of emotions” by Lauri Nummenmaa, Enrico Glerean, Riitta Hari, and Jari K. Hietanen https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1321664111 Brain 2.0 “Axolotl Weirdos Can Regrow Their Brains, A New Map Reveals Their Regeneration Secret” by Ashley Maynard https://www.livescience.com/axolotls-can-regenerate-their-brains “Adult axolotls can regenerate original neuronal diversity in response to brain injury” by Ryoji Amamoto, Violeta Gisselle Lopez Huerta, Emi Takahashi, Guangping Dai, Aaron K Grant, Zhanyan Fu, and Paola Arlotta https://elifesciences.org/articles/13998 Pig Bystanders “Pig bystanders are pretty good at resolving anxiety and conflict in the pen” by Laura Baisas https://www.popsci.com/environment/pig-aggression-intervention/ “Bystander Effect” by Psychology Today Staff https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bystander-effect “Pigs mediate barnyard fights with a light touch of the snout, study says” By Leo Sands https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2022/11/10/pigs-study-conflict-fight/ Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers. Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/body-map-brain-20-pig-bystanders

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