Show Notes
Welcome to the wonderful, winding world of Schauer Thoughts! This week we’re meandering through new research from MIT on the rest and digest system, as well as making a sharp turn into “womb envy.” Is the rest and digest system related to womb envy? Not really. I mean, potentially? There is definitely a glandular route through the endocrine system, but I’m not taking that road today! Today I’m just covering two separate topics because I wanted to! Huzzah.
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“Wait, so what are today’s separate topics?”
Rest & digest and then “womb envy.”
Thank you again for joining me in the communal Schauer! There’s a joke to be made about “womb envy” and a “baby Schauer” - please let me know if you come up with anything solid! Enjoy the episode.
Nuance for why I “don’t want to get philosophical,” spoiler! It’s not because I don’t like philosophy, it’s because we’re going to get into “zero-sum” thinking and game theory and this is where people are going to argue about what economic systems are the “best” and people feel *compelled* to play devil’s advocate.
Resources:
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst - Robert M. Sapolsky
Could It Be ADHD or… Narcolepsy? - Discover Science, November/December 2025 Edition
Cancer Spreads at Night - Lea Milling Korsholm, Exploring Science
Squishy Math - Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, Ultimate Math Edition, Fall/Winter 2025
The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker
Your brain does something surprising when you don’t sleep
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260119234937.htm
Article from Jan. 20
Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neuromuscular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-02098-8
Parietal alpha frequency shapes own-body perception by modulating the temporal integration of bodily signals
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67657-w
Scientists Found the Brain Rhythm that Makes Your Body Feel Like Yours
REM alpha rhythm: diagnostic for narcolepsy? (2006 - a bit dated)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16751726/
FDA Clears First Blood test Used in Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
Europe’s Journal of Psychology
https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/110/110.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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