Neuroanatomy Video Lab – Brain Dissections: Limbic
[17:59] The decision was made to present a simplified description of a much more complex system using animations to con…
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Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight
[20:11] Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she rea…
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Al Seckel: Powerful visual illusions
[16:30] Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist, explores the perceptual illusions that fool our brains. Loads of eye t…
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Robert Franciscus: Domestication and Human Evolution – Craniofacial Feminization in Evolution
[20:19] Robert Franciscus (Univ of Iowa) explains that anatomically modern humans are recognized in the fossil recor…
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Emotions: Limbic System
[10:31] Learn about the key structures of the limbic structure and how they play a role in experiencing emotion. By Jeff…
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Our Mind is Not a Blank Slate: Evolutionary Psychologists Leda Cosmides & John Tooby
[11:50] “Human behavior is the most amazingly flexible behavior of any animal species,” says UC Santa Barbara ant…
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How the Languages We Speak Shape the Ways We Think
[11:31] Do speakers of different languages think differently? Does learning new languages change the way you think? D…
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Ralph Adolphs: The Social Brain
[15:16] Ralph Adolphs obtained his Ph.D. at Caltech in 1993, subsequently conducted postdoctoral work with Antonio D…
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4 Ways Humans Could Beat Death
[10:54] Science has always been on a mission to extend the average life expectancy of humans. If you could live forever, …
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The Endocrine System
[13:47] Paul Andersen explains the major elements in the endocrine system. He explains how glands produce hormones wh…
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