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The Insula

The Insula

[2:32] Dr. Abigail Baird of Vassar College talks about the insula during her lecture “The Neuroscience of the Te…

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Oliver Sacks: Music and Mind

Oliver Sacks: Music and Mind

[1:57:04] 7 March 2007: Oliver Sacks is a physician, best-selling author, and professor of neurology and psychiatry a…

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'I only have half a brain'

‘I only have half a brain’

[2:38] When Jodie was 3 she had half of her brain removed but says for her, life is no different than it is for anybody else.…

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The Real Reason People Stutter

The Real Reason People Stutter

[3:05] Until recently, the cause of this speech disorder was largely unknown. But a new study may have just found the ans…

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