The Science of Sleep: Melatonin to Neural Pathways
Russell Foster, Debra Skene and Stafford Lightman discuss the science of sleep. Why do we need sleep and what are the phy…
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Michio Kaku on the Science of Dreams
[4:41] Michio Kaku describes how our prefrontal cortex disengages as we dream, thus suppressing the fact-checking co…
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The Mind After Midnight: Where Do You Go When You Go to Sleep?
[1:25:40] We spend a third of our lives asleep. Every organism on Earth—from rats to dolphins to fruit flies to microo…
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10 Strange Facts About Dreams
[1:45] Dive headfirst into the mysterious world of dreams with this fascinating list. [Source: Alltime 10s YouTube li…
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AP Psychology: States of Consciousness
[4:03] States of Consciousness. [Source: Educator.com YouTube link]…
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Jeff Iliff: One more reason to get a good night’s sleep
[11:45] The brain uses a quarter of the body’s entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of th…
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Russell Foster: Why do we sleep?
[21:46] Russell Foster is a circadian neuroscientist: He studies the sleep cycles of the brain. And he asks: What do we k…
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Michio Kaku: Reading Minds, Recording Dreams, and Brain Imaging
[5:58] Dr. Michio Kaku returns to Big Think studios to discuss his latest book, The Future of the Mind (http://goo.gl/1…
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