The Biology of Addiction
[1:01:47] Drugs of abuse target discrete collections of nerve cells—called circuits—in the brain that normally …
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Matthew Walker: The science of sleep – A fascinating conversation with Joe Rogan
[1:55:32] Matthew Walker is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and …
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Nuts & Bolts of Better Brains: Harnessing the Power of Neuroscience
[1:28:13] What if your brain at 77 were as plastic as it was at 7? What if you could learn Mandarin with the ease of a toddler …
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Jon Simons: What Makes a Memory Come Alive?
[50:14] What can neuroscience tell us about the subjective experience of remembering, the feeling of reliving a memor…
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Dr. Gregory Hickok: The Myth of Mirror Neurons
[1:32:58] This lecture was recorded on September 21, 2014, as part of the series of over 350 Distinguished Science Lect…
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Robin Carhart-Harris: The Central Importance Of Psychological And Neurobiological Connectedness
[31:15] Leaning on previous and on-going studies imaging the human brain on psilocybin, LSD, MDMA and DMT with differe…
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Jordan Peterson & Iain McGilchrist in Conversation: The Master and His Emissary
[29:51] A fascinating conversation about the roles of the left and right brain hemispheres where Iain McGilchrist h…
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Fabrizio Benedetti: Placebo and nocebo: on the pharmacology and toxicology of words and rituals
[1:00:04] [Video and text source: Institute for Complem. and Integrative Medicine USZ YouTube channel]…
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Johann Hari: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression
[58:25] One in four people in Britain is suffering from depression or anxiety in any given year – but have we been taugh…
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Robert Desimone: How the Brain Pays Attention
[1:32:24] [Video and text source: Center for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) YouTube channel]…
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