Episode 18: It's Emotions All the Way Down | Inside Out (2014)
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Nicole and Caitlin are joined by Nicole’s friend Lynn, a neuroscientist who moved to San Francisco from Minnesota and who lived down the street from a bakery that probably sold broccoli pizza. No, seriously. This time Nicole isn’t just making stuff up for the sake of snarkiness. The TNHSW crew discusses the science of the brain and memory in the context of Inside Out. They also theorize about the brainy worldbuilding of the movie and its implications (as you do).
Once again, if you want to talk about the puzzling biology of the Cars franchise, hit Nicole up on Twitter @NicoleLuckless.
Articles
Inside Out:
Does language shape thought? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010028501907480
Great piece on the neuroscience in Inside Out:
https://www.blakeporterneuro.com/inside-outs-take-on-the-brain-a-neuroscientists-perspectiveInterview with one of the film’s consultants on Science Friday: https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/meet-inside-outs-emotion-coach
Analysis of the abstract thought scene as a meta commentary on animation: https://blog.animationstudies.org/?p=1349
Inside Out and memory: https://qz.com/434464/does-pixars-inside-out-show-how-memory-actually-works
Article discussing study on how sleep improves creative problem solving: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090608182421.htm
General discussion of memory and what our brain chooses to keep: https://www.wired.com/2015/06/can-my-brain-get-too-full
Science Corner
The Words That Change the Color We See: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180419-the-words-that-change-the-colours-we-see
The Fascinating Way That Words Can Change How We Perceive Colors: http://mentalfloss.com/article/541927/fascinating-way-words-can-change-how-we-perceive-colors
The Way You See Color Depends on What Language You Speak: https://qz.com/1254316/why-do-humans-see-different-colors-it-depends-what-language-you-speak
What Would Happen If the World Started to Spin Faster? https://www.popsci.com/earth-spin-faster
Keeping pig brains alive after death: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/4/17/18410611/pig-brain-nature-study-revive-cell-death-brainex