Today, you’ll learn about Locked-in Syndrome, the connection between social anxiety and nostalgia, and how continental shift is knocking GPS out of whack.

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Locked-in Syndrome

“Demographic, Medical, and Clinical Characteristics of a Population Based Sample of Patients With Long-lastic Locked-in Syndrome.” by Helle Walseth Nilsen, et al. 2023.
- https://n.neurology.org/content/early/2023/07/13/WNL.0000000000207577
“Locked-In Syndrome.” by Joe M Das, et al. 2022.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559026/
“Voicing Inner Thoughts Matters Kate Allatt TEDxSheffieldHallamUniversity.” YouTube. 2015.
- https://youtu.be/SptlyNYjtIU

Anxiety & Nostalgia

“Nostalgia Counteracts Social Anxiety and Enhances Interpersonal Competence.” by Yuwan Dai, et al. 2023
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/19485506231187680?journalCode=sppa
“Social anxiety in young people: A prevalence study in seven countries.” by Philip Jefferies and Michael Ungar. 2020.
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239133
“Social Anxiety Disorder: More Than Just Shyness.” NIH. n.d.
- https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/social-anxiety-disorder-more-than-just-shyness

Continental Shift

“Australia on the move: how GPS keeps up with a continent in constant motion.” by Chris Rizos & Donald Grant. 2017.
- https://theconversation.com/australia-on-the-move-how-gps-keeps-up-with-a-continent-in-constant-motion-71883
“Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can’t Keep Up.” by Brian Clark Howard. 2016.
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/australia-moves-gps-coordinates-adjusted-continental-drift?loggedin=true&rnd=1690986363340
“GPS Accuracy.” GPS.gov. 2022.
- https://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/performance/accuracy/

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Locked-in Syndrome, Anxiety & Nostalgia, Continental Shift

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