TWiN 62: Memories of bad food

About this episode

The episode discusses research on how the brain registers long-lasting aversions to potentially poisonous food.

TWiN explains research which identifies the regions of the brain that register a long-lasting aversion to potentially poisonous food even with meal to illness delays of several days. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , and Tim Cheung Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , RSS Links for this episode MicrobeTV Discord Server A neural mechanism for post-ingestion feedback (Nature) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey . Thanks! Music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your neuroscience questions and comments to twin@microbe.tv

People in this episode

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Tim Cheung

Topics covered

• neuroscience
• food aversion
• brain regions
• poisonous food
• meal illness delay

Keywords

• neuroscience
• food aversion
• brain
• poison
• illness delay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: MicrobeTV

Books & works: Nature

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