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Dangerous Dishwashers, PTSD Prevention, Game Brain

01 Feb 2023

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Today we discuss how the rinse cycle in some commercial dishwashers might be negatively affecting your gut, how a groundbreaking new study might have found a solution to PTSD, and how video games have been proven to improve our executive functioning skills. Dangerous Dishwashers “Commercial dishwashers destroy protective layer in gut” by University of Zurichhttps://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/973024“Industrial dishwashers may harm your gut’s protective inner lining” by Tibi Puiuhttps://www.zmescience.com/medicine/industrial-dishwashers-may-harm-your-guts-protective-inner-lining/PTSD Prevention“Taking hydrocortisone immediately after a traumatic event may help prevent PTSD” by Vladimir Hedrihhttps://www.psypost.org/2022/11/taking-hydrocortisone-immediately-after-a-traumatic-event-may-help-prevent-ptsd-64410“Accelerated forgetting of a trauma-like event in healthy men and women after a single dose of hydrocortisone” by Vanessa E. Hennessy, Luzia Troebinger, Georges Iskandar, Ravi K. Das & Sunjeev K. Kambojhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-02126-2Game Brain  “For young adults, more time gaming may mean better executive functioning” by Laura Stalochhttps://www.psypost.org/2023/01/for-young-adults-more-time-gaming-may-mean-better-executive-functioning-64641“Videogaming Frequency and Executive Skills in Young Adults” by Sara Peracchia, Giulia D’Aurizio, and Giuseppe Curciohttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/19/12081“Young Adults Who Frequently Play Video Games Have Improved Executive Functioning Compared to Casual Gamers, Research Suggests” by Margaret Davishttps://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/41718/20230105/young-adults-who-frequently-play-video-games-improved-executive-functioning.htmFollow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/dangerous-dishwashers-ptsd-prevention-game-brain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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