Charles Nelson: Romania’s Abandoned Children
[5:05] Dr. Nelson’s research interests are broadly concerned with developmental cognitive neuroscience, an inte…
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Daniel Schacter: The Seven Sins of Memory
[5:41] Daniel L. Schacter is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. Schacter received h…
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The On, Off Switch of Consciousness
[1:50] Dr. Mohamad Koubeissi studies epilepsy and is trying to determine how the brain misfires in an effort to help peo…
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The evolution of the human eye
[4:43] NO DESIGN, JUST MILLIONS OF YEARS OF ADAPTATION….The human eye is not perfect, it evolved over millions o…
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Fabrizio Benedetti: Placebo And Nocebo: Different Contexts, Different Pains
[5:08] A quick look at placebo/nocebo within different contexts with Dr. Fabrizio Benedetti. [Video and text source:…
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Mark Changizi: Why do we see illusions?
[7:21] Why can’t our extremely complex eyes render simple optical illusions? Surprise, surprise — it co…
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Why Do We Cry When We’re Happy?
[2:04] Have you ever been so overjoyed that you start crying? Why do we cry when we’re happy? Tara discusses the sc…
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Alison Gopnik: Narcissism Doesn’t Develop Naturally – It Is a Learned Condition
[2:22] Narcissists aren’t born – they’re made, says development psychologist Alison Gopnik. She tak…
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Peter Fonagy: ‘Ego-Destructive Shame’
[3:49] Dr. Peter Fonagy Describes How Problems in Mentalization Can Lead to ‘Ego-Destructive Shame’ [V…
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How The Brain Controls Speech
[2:50] Stephen Fry has a brain scan as he tries to inhibit words from his speech with some fascinating discoveries. Take…
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