Tag: Science Writing
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Hippocampus: A Narrative Bridge between Distant, Separate Events
Synopsis: A functional brain imaging study by Cohn-Sheehy and colleagues from the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis looked at people’s ability to learn and recall fictional stories with either a coherent narrative or overlapping yet unrelated narrative. Results showed that the hippocampus preferentially supports the integration of distant, separate events into…
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Did I hear you say Bobcats?
“And look at what I saw! A bobcat!” my St. Lawrence University professor said, excitedly showing a blurry photo of a bobcat camouflaged in heavy white snow as I turned my Zoom camera on for our discussion. Hmm a bobcat, I thought, a little perplexed. What is a bobcat? It should then come as no surprise…
Thao Nguyen 