How anger goes out of control
[10:17] A video on the relation between anger, the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex. It highlights how our regulator…
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Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games
[17:57] How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to …
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David Anderson: Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals
[15:25] Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson believes …
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Darold A. Treffert: Extraordinary People -The Savant Syndrome
[1:05:37] Extraordinary People: The Savant Syndrome – Darold A. Treffert, M.D. Part of the 10th Annual Interna…
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How Does Meditation Change the Brain?
[2:23] Meditation can sharpen attention, strengthen memory and improve other mental abilities. Scientific America…
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Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol
[2:13] Understanding your drunken stupor, from the brain’s perspective. Find out how alcohol molecules alter …
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Your Brain on Drugs: Crack Cocaine
[3:02] Is crack really whack? [Source: AsapSCIENCE YouTube link] …
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Your Brain on Drugs: Marijuana
[2:26] This is what you look like, on the inside, when smoking cannabis. The effects of Marijuana on your brain, and how i…
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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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Schizophrenia and Depression
[2:55] “The creativity of people on the schizophrenic end of the human continuum is a creativity that springs fr…
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