Your Brain Probably has a "Pokemon Region" | SciShow News

If you're a Pokémon super-fan seeing Detective Pikachu this weekend, a little bit of your brain might light up that won’t light up in the brains of those that didn’t try to catch 'em all! Find out why that's important to understanding how our brains work, and the latest breakthrough in Alzheimer's research on this week's SciShow News!

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Sources:
Pokémon
https://www.eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2019-05/su-abr050219.php
https://press.nature.com/wp-content/uploads/files/2019/04/41562_2019_592_OnlinePDF.pdf
https://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/behrmannlab/Publications/2002_04_Hasson_neuron.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127899/
Alzheimer’s Prions
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190501153358.htm
https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/11/490/eaat8462
https://gizmodo.com/these-scientists-want-to-redefine-alzheimers-as-a-doubl-1834486386
https://theconversation.com/heres-what-we-think-alzheimers-does-to-the-brain-86799
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12011456

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