Why Do Voles Fall in Love? Clues to human social bonding.
[2:40] Dr. Larry Young, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral science in Emory’s School of Medic…
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Jaak Panksepp: The science of emotions
[17:39] Given an inherent subjective nature, emotions have long been a nearly impenetrable topic for scientific rese…
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Olaf Blanke: Out-of body experiences, consciousness, and cognitive neuroprosthetics
[18:54] What is a conscious self ? What exactly makes an experience a subjective phenomenon ? Starting with the neuro…
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David Anderson: Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals
[15:25] Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson believes …
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Human v Chimp: Memory test
[3:43] Ayumu the chimpanzee has made headlines around the world for his ability to beat humans on memory tests, in both s…
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A Conversation With Koko
[4:40] Wonderful clip of Koko the gorilla communicating almost human-like with her caregiver. [Source: Beth Gallagh…
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Comparing the Human and Chimpanzee Genomes
[1:39] Richard Dawkins shows just how similar the Human and Chimpanzee genomes really are, with the help of a great visu…
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Stress: Portrait of a Killer
[56:04] The stress response: in the beginning it saved our lives, making us run from predators and enabling us to take do…
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Robert Sapolsky Lecture 8: Recognizing Relatives
[1:19:25] Robert Sapolsky discusses various methods of innate recognition of relatives between animals and humans t…
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Robert Sapolsky Lecture 9: Ethology
[1:41:06] Robert Sapolsky looks at the biology of behavior through the ethological lens: observing animals in variou…
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