Suzana Herculano-Houzel: What is so special about the human brain?
[13:31] The human brain is puzzling — it is curiously large given the size of our bodies, uses a tremendous amount …
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What Is Asperger’s Syndrome?
[6:43] This Ask the Expert video provides an overview of Asperger’s Syndrome and offers insights into the chara…
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V.S. Ramachandran: Molecules , neurons and morality
[1:33:45] This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran (University of California, San Diego) will deal with understandin…
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V.S. Ramachandran: Illusions, delusions and the brain
[1:25:14] This lecture by Prof. V.S. Ramachandran (University of California, San Diego) will focus on body image and m…
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Beautiful Minds: The Enigma of Genius
[1:30:31] Immanuel Kant, who coined the term genius in the 1700s, defined it as the rare capacity to independently unde…
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Monkey man – Jyoti Raju
[2:00] Jumping from one rock to the other, scaling walls or any man-made height without any aid, Jyoti Raju truly lives u…
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What Is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
[8:42] This informative Ask the Expert video offers top line information about different disorders that fall under th…
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The Human Brain: How We Decide
[2:34] The regions of the brain that are activated during the decision making process especially during stressful t…
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Knowing our own minds
[2:44] A team from UCL Neuroscience have studied how the thickness of the prefrontal cortex (the part of the brain behin…
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What Is the Ames Illusion?
[2:54] In 1934, ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. devised a room that pushes the boundaries of human perception. Vis…
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