Episode Details

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/

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