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[1:28:47] Is the human brain an elaborate organic computer? Since the time of the earliest electronic computers, some …

[26:12] A detailed look at brain dysfunction, with various disorders explained. [Source: Cellular Mechanisms of Bra…

[1:26:01] It’s an old question: What is consciousness? Today, sophisticated brain imaging technologies, cli…

[58:20] Professor James Cantor discusses brain research of pedophilia and what it means for assessment and treatment…

[25:16] A homemade drug called Krokodil is gaining popularity in Siberia and its effects on users are horrific. Krokod…

[1:05:14] The ideas of genetics are revolutionary. Today, technology is galvanizing disruptive change in our unders…

[50:14] Little was known about the brain’s memory mechanism until 1953 when an epileptic patient, “H.M.,…

[1:28:48] So you thought nobody could know what you’re thinking? Well, you’re right. For now. But fMRI brain resea…

Guinevere F. Eden, Georgetown University Medical Center, highlights the importance of distinguishing between caus…

[56:12] Mahzarin R. Banaji, Harvard University, explains how our tendency to divide ourselves into groups operates b…