Why We Are All Addicts
[4:13] We tend to imagine that we can only become addicted to a few sorts of things. But real addiction is about using some…
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The Science of Stress: From Psychology to Physiology
[50:40] Stress is our natural reaction to physical or emotional pressure, encompassing everything from too much work …
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Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Gene – Unlocking the Human Code
[1:22:01] Genetics has revolutionised not just how we think of biology but how we think of ourselves. We are, in the word…
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Antonia Hamilton: Social Motivation
[11:20] Neuroscientist Antonia Hamilton on the practical use of the neuropsychological lab researches, difference …
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Why Do Placebos Work?
[6:07] Placebos are treatments that don’t actually do anything. They have no medical effect and no active medicine. …
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Beau Lotto: The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias
[6:44] To ensure your survival, your brain evolved to avoid one thing: uncertainty. As neuroscientist Beau Lotto poin…
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Lisa Feldman Barrett: Pain in the brain
[16:44] Lisa Feldman Barrett is a University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University, whe…
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for depression and more
[1:52] As the number of people suffering from depression rises, doctors are looking for new, more targeted ways to trea…
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Neurons’ Faulty Wiring Leads to Serotonin Imbalance, Depression-Like Behavior in Mice
[1:37] Twin papers lend clues into how the brain organizes itself, offering new avenues for studying psychiatric diso…
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Why do we feel nostalgia?
[4:08] Nostalgia was once considered an illness confined to specific groups of people. Today, people all over the worl…
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