Science Meets Music – The Principals of Collective Behavior
[1:15:23] Ingenuity and dedication: essential elements for both Science and Art. The musician and the scientist requ…
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Matthew Lieberman: The social brain and its superpowers
[17:58] Neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman explains that through his studies he’s learned that our kryptonite …
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Asch conformity experiments
[4:10] In psychology, the Asch conformity experiments or the Asch Paradigm refers to a series of studies directed by So…
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Joseph Campbell: Why Myth?
[3:45] Joseph Campbell explains the importance of a healthy understanding of history and mythology. [Video and text s…
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Conformity and groupthink
[7:34] How and why conformity arises. [Video and text source: Khanacademymedicine YouTube channel]…
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Did his brain make him commit his crime?
[2:01] When discussing how neuroscience could affect criminal law, one question keeps coming up: Are we in danger of sa…
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Mahzarin R. Banaji: Hidden Prejudice – The Implicit Association Test
[6:16] I’M A RACIST! Yes, there are aspects of me that are…. But how would I get rid of that ignorance? Would …
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Deborah Gordon: The Evolution of Collective Behavior
[32:55] Lecture Overview: Examples of collective behaviors are all around us: in the movement of flocks of birds, the n…
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Slavoj Žižek on Political Correctness: Why “Tolerance” Is Patronizing
[9:33] No offense, says Slavoj Žižek, but maybe we need to incorporate some “gently racist” icebreake…
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Our Mind is Not a Blank Slate
[11:50] “Human behavior is the most amazingly flexible behavior of any animal species,” says UC Santa Barbara ant…
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