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“If you played Pokémon video games extensively as a kid, there’s a good chance that a specific region of your brain gets fired up when you see the characters now. In a recent study, researchers from Stanford University showed test subjects hundreds of Pokémon characters. As you might expect, the brains of longtime Pokémon fans responded more than those unfamiliar with the game. But what’s more surprising is that, in all of the fans, a specific brain fold responded, an area just behind the ears, called the occipitotemporal sulcus.“

I see Skuntank and dopamine fills my brain

I love this article because it suggests that I have a specific part of my brain dedicated to remembering and appreciating pokemon. Like this obsession has physically manifested on my brain