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Peer-reviewed studies, clinical reviews, and reference material from my Notion research shelf — tied to writing ideas and essays.

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archaeology bilingualism forensics genetics history linguistics medicine neurology neuroscience nutrition

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How Brains Seamlessly Switch Between Languages

Scientific American · Scientific American

Billions of people worldwide speak two or more languages. One of the most common experiences is "code switching"—shifting from one language to another within a single conversation or even a sentence.

Why I saved this: Saved while researching the code-switching writing idea — McNeill's syntactic vs. imagistic thinking and the neuroscience of bilingual brains. Relevant to my own trilingual experience and to healthcare language-barrier essays: switching is not confusion but cognitive architecture.
neuroscience linguistics bilingualism
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paper 2016

Assessment of Diet and Recognition of Nutritional Deficiencies in Paleopathological Studies

Various · PubMed

A review of how paleopathology studies diet, nutrition, and skeletal pathology in ancient populations.

Why I saved this: Core source for the paleopathology essay cluster — diet reconstruction from bone, isotope analysis, and the irony of "ancient diet" wellness marketing. Connects infections visible in skeletal remains to modern pseudo-archaeology of nutrition.
paleopathology nutrition archaeology
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paper 2005

King George III and Porphyria: An Elemental Hypothesis and Investigation

Cox, Rocha, et al. · The Lancet

Investigating the acute hereditary porphyria hypothesis for the episodic madness of King George III.

Why I saved this: The Lancet porphyria hypothesis that launched a thousand historical diagnoses — linked from the George III madness writing idea. Useful for tracing how medicine retrofits syndromes onto archival kings, with contested Hanoverian genetics.
medicine history genetics
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paper 2016

King George III, Bipolar Disorder, Porphyria and Lessons for Historians

Peters, Wilkinson · Clinical Medicine (PMC)

Re-examining the porphyria diagnosis and considering bipolar disorder as an alternative historical explanation.

Why I saved this: Counterpaper arguing bipolar disorder over porphyria — essential paired reading that shows diagnostic fashions in historical psychiatry. The writing-idea notes flag arsenic from medicines and Lucy Worsley's skepticism; historians must hold multiple etiologies.
medicine history psychiatry
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Narcolepsy — National Organization for Rare Disorders

NORD · NORD Rare Disease Database

Clinical overview of narcolepsy—relevant to historical figures like Harriet Tubman and the politics of retrospective diagnosis.

Why I saved this: Clinical reference saved for the Harriet Tubman & narcolepsy thread — retrospective diagnosis of historical figures and the politics of disability narratives. NORD overview grounds speculation about Tubman's head injury and sleep attacks in neurology.
medicine neurology history
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Bone Pathology in Bioarchaeological and Forensic Investigations

ScienceDirect Topics · ScienceDirect

Overview of bone pathology as a pillar of bioarchaeological investigation—fractures, syphilis, leprosy, and malnutrition markers.

Why I saved this: ScienceDirect primer supporting paleopathology research — fractures, syphilis, leprosy markers in bone. Feeds the three-part essay structure: infection, diet, and disease visible in remains; also forensics crossover.
paleopathology forensics medicine
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