Socioeconomic Disparities, Children and Brain Development
[57:59] Dr. Kimberly Noble, a neuroscientist and pediatrician at Teachers College, Columbia University, will discu…
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Nepali Children Cable Across Rivers To Get To School
[2:14] Every day, these students in Nepal risk their lives crossing a river by cable – just to get to school. [Source: A…
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The Teenage Brain
[59:12] Vassar alums Lisa Kudrow ’85 and Abby Baird ’91 have a conversation about Baird’s researc…
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‘I only have half a brain’
[2:38] When Jodie was 3 she had half of her brain removed but says for her, life is no different than it is for anybody else.…
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Bessel van der Kolk: Learn the Signs and Symptoms of PTSD
[7:15] One of the world’s foremost psychiatrists specializing in PTSD, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk visits Big Think …
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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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Patricia Churchland: Neurophilosophy and moral values
[16:58] Patricia Churchland explains how humans could have formed morality, from the point of evolution where we turn…
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Applied Science to the Tooth Fairy
[2:16] James asks Neil deGrasse Tyson about applying science to raising his children, Neil explains how he arranged an …
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The neuroscience of imagination
[4:48] Imagine, for a second, a duck teaching a French class. A ping-pong match in orbit around a black hole. A dolphin ba…
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Cross-Coursera Dishonesty Debate
[1:08:54] Watch the legendary moral philosopher Peter Singer, the distinguished psychologist Paul Bloom, and the ex…
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