Human-Specific Genes and Neocortex Expansion in Development and Evolution
[20:37] The search for human-specific genome changes underlying the unique neocortex expansion found only in the hum…
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Doctors Have to Trick Your Brain’s Defenses to Heal You, Here’s Why
[4:00] Your body keeps your brain and your blood separate to filter out toxins and viruses. However, this barrier might …
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Anil Seth: How your brain hallucinates your conscious reality
[17:00] Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience — a…
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Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Gene – Unlocking the Human Code
[1:22:01] Genetics has revolutionised not just how we think of biology but how we think of ourselves. We are, in the word…
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What Is The Most Dangerous Drug In The World?
[4:17] From drug overdose to the war on drugs, what’s most deadly? [Video and text source: AsapSCIENCE YouTube c…
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Charalambos P. Kyriacou: Genetics of biological rhythms
[1:08:57] Charalambos P. Kyriacou, Professor of Behavioural Genetics, University of Leicester. [Video and text sou…
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Molecular roots of language disorders
[2:25] See how computational scientist Emma Myers used the Allen Human Brain Atlas to explore the molecular roots of sp…
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Jocelyne Bloch: The brain may be able to repair itself – with help
[11:34] Through treating everything from strokes to car accident traumas, neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch knows the bra…
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Why Do Placebos Work?
[6:07] Placebos are treatments that don’t actually do anything. They have no medical effect and no active medicine. …
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Color & Pattern: How our brain ‘expects’ to see
[5:52] Great artists have a keen way of tapping into our visual system. They use color and pattern to stimulate our minds …
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