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In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientists have declared the problem of consciousness unsolvabl…

[1:01:47] Drugs of abuse target discrete collections of nerve cells—called circuits—in the brain that normally …

[59:20] Psychedelic drugs, once dismissed by some as a flashback to 1960s counterculture, have generated a resurgenc…

[56:55] What makes humans human? And what makes every person an individual? [YouTube channel source, text and viewing…

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[5:23] Michael Pollan explains what goes on during the mental fireworks of a psychedelic experience. – If your e…

[1:55:32] Matthew Walker is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and …

[8:13] Near Death Experience (NDE)… Scientifically explained. Lots of anecdotes claiming what seems to be ver…

[53:04] The scientific study of consciousness is in a golden age. Despite the fact the emotions are the amongst the most …

[3:35] UChicago neuroscientist Peggy Mason studies empathy–specifically how rats (and presumably other mam…