The science of psilocybin and its use to relieve suffering
[15:58] Leading psychopharmacologist Roland Griffiths discloses the ways that psychedelic drugs can be used to crea…
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What’s behind our drive for rewards?
[10:35] “While filming for the PBS special, “”Brains on Trial with Alan Alda,”” Ala…
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Siddhartha Mukherjee: Soon We’ll Cure Diseases With a Cell, Not a Pill
[17:31] Current medical treatment boils down to six words: Have disease, take pill, kill something. But physician Sid…
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The trans-synaptic nanocolumn
[1:36] This video portrays our new model of the molecular architecture at points of neuron-to-neuron contact in the br…
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6 Mental Health Myths
[1:13] There are many myths about mental health, which are just frankly untrue. Here are 6 myths that will help you becom…
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Gut Feelings: How Intestinal Bacteria Regulate Emotion and Behavior
[13:06] Biologist Sarkis Mazmanian presented “Gut Feelings: How Intestinal Bacteria Regulate Emotion and Behavi…
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How Genetic Defects Cause Microcephaly
[0:55] In a very severe, genetic form of microcephaly, stem cells in the brain fail to divide, according to a new study th…
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Reward pathway in the brain
[8:25] Learn about how your brain processes pleasurable stimuli. [Video source: khanacademymedicine YouTube link]…
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The Amygdala in 5 Minutes
[5:37] THE BRAIN EVOLVED TO NOT THINK ABOUT THINKING… It evolved to deal quickly with the hundreds of things we ha…
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Daniel Dennett: How are brains conscious?
[12:18] Brains are conscious. The heart is not. What does the brain do that the heart does not do? How does it come to be tha…
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