Up To Date | Snail Memory Transplants, Eyes In The Back Of Your Head, and Treating Epilepsy with CBD

This week: There are reports that scientists have ‘transferred a memory' in snails—what does the research actually say?; we examine a study that suggests people can form a “sphere a sensitivity” around their heads; and we look at new research on using Cannabidiol (CBD), a compound derived from the cannabis plant as treatment for a severe form of epilepsy.

Links mentioned:

https://www.inquisitr.com/4898738/we-have-eyes-in-the-back-of-the-head-study-shows/

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44111476

http://www.psypost.org/2018/05/cannabidiol-significantly-reduces-seizures-patients-severe-form-epilepsy-51258

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Release date

Lydbog: 18. maj 2018