Curiosity Daily Podcast: History-Changing Mosquitoes (w/ Timothy Winegard) and Stimulating Neurons to Produce Images
Learn about how scientists stimulated mouse neurons to make them see things that weren’t there; and, why mosquitoes are so dangerous and how they’ve shaped human history, with Dr. Timothy Winegard.
August 15, 2019
Episode Show Notes:
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about how scientists stimulated mouse neurons to make them see things that weren’t there: https://curiosity.im/2KiCcpB
Additional resources from Timothy Winegard:
- Pick up “The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator” on Amazon — https://amazon.com
- Colorado Mesa University faculty bio — https://www.coloradomesa.edu/directory/social-behavioral-sciences/timothy-winegard.html
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