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All in Order

Visual memory, the ability to recall what we've seen, involves both the visual cortex, the part of the brain receiving information from the eyes, and the hippocampus, known to be critical for learning. To better define the function of this area, scientists tested the performance of mice with a damaged hippocampus; pictured are cross-sections of a normal mouse brain (top) and one lacking much of the hippocampus (bottom). Mice can learn individual visual patterns as well as the order in which they are presented, and recording electrical responses from relevant brain areas can demonstrate whether mice perceive images as familiar. Mice with a damaged hippocampus could still recognise single patterns, but their response to sequences of images in familiar or unusual orders was disrupted. The hippocampus thus seems necessary for remembering how stimuli relate to each other, moving us one step closer to understanding how complex memories are made.

Written by Emmanuelle Briolat

Image from work by Peter S.B. Finnie, Robert W. Komorowski and Mark F. Bear

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image copyright held by the original authors

Research published in Current Biology, July 2021

366 - Triple Dip 56 - Mermaid Saga, PTSD Radio, The Silver Demon

Night 4 of October Extravaganza brings us to another Triple Dip! We’re checking out Mermaid Saga, PTSD Radio, and The Silver Demon! dakazu also read Siren Rebirth, a reboot of a manga adaptation of the horror video game series Siren!!!

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 - Intro Song: “The One Eyed Captain” by Ian Post, Opening, Introductions, Seamus and Fireworks

00:04:08 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, We recall the Hitler clone manga Neun

00:06:56 - dakazu thought Siren Rebirth failed to live up to the unsettling scares from the Siren video games

00:15:30 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Sensor, We’ll be reviewing the latest Junji Ito’s book about terrifying events occurring around Mount Sengoku

00:19:06 - Main Segment Triple Dip: PTSD Radio/The Silver Demon/Mermaid Saga, Transition Song: “K.I.T.T. Vs. K.A.R.R” by Ian Post, We read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three, Including:

00:20:12 - PTSD Radio by Masaaki Nakayama

00:39:58 - The Silver Demon by Hiromi Saki

00:56:27 - Mermaid Saga by Rumiko Takahashi

01:12:17 - We wrap up our discussion and pick our favorite series