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[4:29] Our reaction to be tickled may be nature’s way of encouraging self defense training from an early age. [Vi…

[2:55] After a good distance of running, you might have felt a sensation of happiness. That is the runner’s high a…

[1:01:18] What is information? How is it measured? Dr. Christof Koch explains these ideas and explores the task of char…

[2:16] See how computational biologist Ahmed Mahfouz used data exclusively from the Allen Brain Atlas for his Ph.D. th…

[1:00:32] Abstract: Last two-three decades have convinced the computational neuroscience community that sensory n…

[6:32] Attention isn’t just about what we focus on — it’s also about what our brains filter out. By i…

[5;26] So when we look at the world’s ills one of the biggest sources of it is us failing to do the right thing when it’s …

[3:56] Breathing is automatic. You don’t have to think in order to breathe, but breathing does require brainwork. An…

[6:40] Robert Sapolsky has a bone to pick with oxytocin, or rather the public’s perception of oxytocin. It is the …

[4:14] Mother’s bodies go through tons of changes before and after giving birth, but so do their brains! What rea…