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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The Insula
[2:32] Dr. Abigail Baird of Vassar College talks about the insula during her lecture “The Neuroscience of the Te…
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V.S. Ramachandran & B. Alan Wallace: The brain, the mind and our potential
[41:43] What makes us human? How does the mind influence the brain? How can we explain the placebo effect? How does infor…
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What It’s Like Inside Our Minds
[3:21] It’s remarkably hard to imagine what it might be like inside our minds. But doing so helps us to see that the real …
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Jeff Lichtman: The Role of Neuronal Identity in Synaptic Competition
[10:58] Harvard University Prof. Jeff Lichtman on neuromuscular junction, loss of axon connections, and ‘bra…
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David Cox: Towards an Artificial Brain
[20:43] The fast-advancing fields of neuroscience and computer science are on a collision course. David Cox, Assista…
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What Is Deep Brain Stimulation?
[2:19] Neurological disorders like Parkinson’s Disease are often treat with pharmaceuticals. But neuroscie…
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Mike Merzenich: How are Brains Structured?
[12:30] As far as we know, brains are the most highly organized matter in the universe. How they make their magic is just a…
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New gene-editing technology partially restores vision in blind animals
[3:24] Salk researchers have discovered, for the first time, how to place DNA in specific locations in non-dividing ce…
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Rodolfo Llinas: How are Brains Structured?
[9:52] As far as we know, brains are the most highly organized matter in the universe. How they make their magic is just as…
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