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Effects of Stress on Memory

19 points by yamrzou 2y ago

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readthenotes1 2y ago
I wonder if this article is AI generated? For example "These stress hormones are also hindering the hippocampus from receiving enough energy by diverting glucose levels to surrounding muscles.[2]" surprised me because my understanding is that the hippocampi reside in the brain without surrounding muscle. Looking into the reference [2] that should support the assertion that the hippocampus is glucose-starved by nearby muscles left me adrift, finding instead a study from 19 university students that seemingly had no bearing on the muscles near the hippocampi.
- zamadatix 2y ago
  One of the most interesting results of LLMs having "gotten too good" is not that they can make convincing sounded errors but that we are often so resolute on the idea we will be able to tell if something is AI generated based on how good we thought it was. The line has been in the edit history for at least 13 years but I wonder what happens to our conclusions when content is expected to have been created after "decent AI" was around https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Effects_of_stress_on_memory&oldid=431858437#:~:text=These%20stress%20hormones%20are%20also%20hindering%20the%20hippocampus%20from%20receiving%20enough%20energy%20by%20diverting%20glucose%20levels%20to%20surrounding%20muscles https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Effects_of_stress....
  - readthenotes1 2y ago
    I certainly wasn't resolute and while I appreciate your sleuthing and clarification, I'm now just a bit more sad than before.
- cootsnuck 2y ago
  You're misinterpreting the sentence. It doesn’t mean “muscles surrounding the hippocampus” (which wouldn’t make sense since the hippocampus is in the brain and isn’t surrounded by muscle). It’s referring to skeletal muscles throughout the body. During a stress response, glucose gets diverted to those muscles to prepare for action (fight or flight). This can reduce glucose availability for the brain, including the hippocampus, potentially impairing its function. And yea, no idea why that source is cited. I don’t see anything in that study about glucose or muscles either. Seems like a bad citation or extrapolation.
  - readthenotes1 2y ago
    It would perhaps make more sense if "muscles" were replaced with "brain matter". Since the reference is not valid, it is perhaps more plausible to say that the sentence is just simply nonsense.

19 points by yamrzou 2y ago

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readthenotes1 2y ago

I wonder if this article is AI generated? For example "These stress hormones are also hindering the hippocampus from receiving enough energy by diverting glucose levels to surrounding muscles.[2]" surprised me because my understanding is that the hippocampi reside in the brain without surrounding muscle. Looking into the reference [2] that should support the assertion that the hippocampus is glucose-starved by nearby muscles left me adrift, finding instead a study from 19 university students that seemingly had no bearing on the muscles near the hippocampi.

zamadatix 2y ago
One of the most interesting results of LLMs having "gotten too good" is not that they can make convincing sounded errors but that we are often so resolute on the idea we will be able to tell if something is AI generated based on how good we thought it was. The line has been in the edit history for at least 13 years but I wonder what happens to our conclusions when content is expected to have been created after "decent AI" was around https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Effects_of_stress_on_memory&oldid=431858437#:~:text=These%20stress%20hormones%20are%20also%20hindering%20the%20hippocampus%20from%20receiving%20enough%20energy%20by%20diverting%20glucose%20levels%20to%20surrounding%20muscles https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Effects_of_stress....
- readthenotes1 2y ago
  I certainly wasn't resolute and while I appreciate your sleuthing and clarification, I'm now just a bit more sad than before.
cootsnuck 2y ago
You're misinterpreting the sentence. It doesn’t mean “muscles surrounding the hippocampus” (which wouldn’t make sense since the hippocampus is in the brain and isn’t surrounded by muscle). It’s referring to skeletal muscles throughout the body. During a stress response, glucose gets diverted to those muscles to prepare for action (fight or flight). This can reduce glucose availability for the brain, including the hippocampus, potentially impairing its function. And yea, no idea why that source is cited. I don’t see anything in that study about glucose or muscles either. Seems like a bad citation or extrapolation.
- readthenotes1 2y ago
  It would perhaps make more sense if "muscles" were replaced with "brain matter". Since the reference is not valid, it is perhaps more plausible to say that the sentence is just simply nonsense.