Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight
[20:11] Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she rea…
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Ray Kurzweil: Biotechnology Will Stop Aging
[5:13] The coming biotechnology revolution will allow us, in the next 15 to 20 years, to reprogram our genes to resist bo…
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The Psychology of Accents
[4:08] Some interesting observations about accents. [Source: BrainCraft YouTube link]…
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Al Seckel: Powerful visual illusions
[16:30] Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of eye t…
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Robert Franciscus: Domestication and Human Evolution – Craniofacial Feminization in Evolution
[20:19] Robert Franciscus (Univ of Iowa) explains that anatomically modern humans are recognized in the fossil recor…
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Why Do We Stay Awake When We’re Tired?
[2:35] It’s late at night, you’re tired, but you just don’t want to go to sleep! Why do we all procras…
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Emotions: Limbic System
[10:31] Learn about the key structures of the limbic structure and how they play a role in experiencing emotion. By Jeff…
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10 Strangest Things People Have Done While Sleepwalking
[7:45] Sleepwalking is actually pretty goddamn scary… [Source: Top Trending YouTube link]…
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Weird Brain Myths from History!
[3:17] Some ideas about the brain that seem weird now–They also shaped modern neuroscience. [Source: BrainCraft …
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Our Mind is Not a Blank Slate: Evolutionary Psychologists Leda Cosmides & John Tooby
[11:50] “Human behavior is the most amazingly flexible behavior of any animal species,” says UC Santa Barbara ant…
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