Real Life Zombies
An episode of the Distillations | Science History Institute podcast, hosted by Science History Institute, titled "Real Life Zombies" was published on October 26, 2021 and runs 17 minutes.
October 26, 2021 ·17m · Distillations | Science History Institute
Episode Description
In this episode of The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean talks about memory fugues, a psychological disorder that wipes out biographical information from people's brains. It is estimated that roughly 1 in 100,000 people seeking help for mental disorders have them. This disorder happens worldwide and it usually afflicts people in their 20s. Scientists have only recently started to piece together what is going on in the brains of those impaired by it.
Credits
Host: Sam Kean
Senior Producer: Mariel Carr
Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez
Audio Engineer: Jonathan Pfeffer
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