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Episode 83: November 2022

In this episode, we hear about neonatal communication in marmosets, a potential link between language development disorders and myelin, the evolution of the lung, and eLife’s new approach to publishing.
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Episode 83: November 2022
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Chapters

  1. 0:36
    Conversations from the womb
    Marmosets start practicing sounds when they are still in the womb
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Darshana Z Narayanan, Daniel Y Takahashi ... Asif A Ghazanfar
  2. 8:26
    Exploring the origins of language disorders
    Reduced levels of myelin in specific areas of the brain may impair language development in children
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Research Article by Saloni Krishnan, Gabriel J Cler ... Kate E Watkins
    • Insight by Faye Smith, Timothy D Griffiths
  3. 16:30
    A new approach to publishing
    eLife is changing the way researchers can share their findings
    This chapter is based on the following content
    • Editorial by Michael B Eisen, Anna Akhmanova ... Mone Zaidi
    • Editorial by Michael B Eisen, Anna Akhmanova ... Mone Zaidi
  4. 26:09
    How to grow a pair of lungs
    Two lungs allowed formerly aquatic animals to breathe more easily as they transitioned to life on land
    This chapter is based on the following content

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    1. Neuroscience

    Prenatal development of neonatal vocalizations

    Darshana Z Narayanan, Daniel Y Takahashi ... Asif A Ghazanfar
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    Quantitative MRI reveals differences in striatal myelin in children with DLD

    Saloni Krishnan, Gabriel J Cler ... Kate E Watkins

  3. Peer Review: Implementing a "publish, then review" model of publishing

    Michael B Eisen, Anna Akhmanova ... Mone Zaidi
    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    Lung evolution in vertebrates and the water-to-land transition

    Camila Cupello, Tatsuya Hirasawa ... Paulo M Brito