Out-of-body experience is no illusion
[3:46] Neuroscientists in Lausanne study the weird phenomenon to prove it’s not an illusion, or paranormal, bu…
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Paul Fletcher: Perception and Deception in the Psychotic Brain
[58:14] Paul Fletcher, Cambridge University: Perception and Deception in the Psychotic Brain. A Stockholm Psychiat…
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Synaptic plasticity – How synapses spark
[8:00] Learning takes place on a synaptic level. Whenever we learn something new, changes in the signal transfer funct…
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Richard Huganir: Synaptic plasticity mechanisms underlying learning in the brain
[38:17] Richard Huganir – Professor and Director of the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience; Directo…
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Jeremy Nathans: One Second In Your Brain
[36:34] What happens inside your head when you are asked “What is the sum of three plus two?” Nathans gives …
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Understanding the OCD Brain part 1: OCD and me
[7:31] Science writer David Adam has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In the first of a series of films, he meets Pr…
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Understanding the OCD Brain part 2: Animal research at Cambridge
[15:10] Science writer David Adam has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In the second of a series of films, he meets …
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Understanding the OCD Brain part 3 : Inside a patient’s head
[7:39] Science writer David Adam has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In the third of a series of films, he visits t…
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The Sciences of Consciousness: Progress and Problems
[1:17:37] Christof Koch – Allen Institute for Brain Science lecture [Video and text source: Center for Brains,…
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Oliver Sacks: His Brain on Bach
[5:03] Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks has been a lifelong lover of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and thanks to a te…
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