Dean Buonomano: Time Paradox – Why Pleasure Is Fleeting and Pain Endures
[4:03] Why does time move so quickly when we’re having fun but drag when we’re bored? [Video and text sourc…
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Markus Heilig: Addiction in the Age of Brain Science
[17:13] The talk presents how a new science of addiction is emerging, and opening up for new methods for effective treat…
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Tali Sharot: Why We Fear What We Can’t Control: Airplanes, Hospital, Old Age
[6:55] Fear is a motivator—often, when we’re scared, we feel that we want to leave a situation. That so-called …
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Ben Goldacre: What doctors don’t know about the drugs they prescribe
[13:29] When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world ̵…
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David Rock: Learning about the brain changes everything
[14:54] Great to observe how brain creates mind for a variety of reasons. [Video and text source: TEDx Talks YouTube cha…
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Secret Life Of The Brain – Losing Time
[43:48] The brain has a remarkable, virtually limitless capacity to astonish us with its mysteries. One tiny bit of dam…
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Sonja Lyubomirsky: Who Says You Need a Partner to be Happy?
[3:36] If you don’t have that special someone this Valentine’s Day, don’t despair. You’re …
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Moshe Szyf: How early life experience is written into DNA.
[16:35] Moshe Szyf is a pioneer in the field of epigenetics, the study of how living things reprogram their genome in res…
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The Limbic System
[26:37] This video discusses the basic anatomy and physiology of the various regions of the brain related to emotion. […
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Joy Hirsch: What does fear look like in the brain?
[3:40] In honor of Halloween, we asked neurobiologist Joy Hirsch what fear looks like inside our brains. [Video and tex…
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