Learning Songs with the Help of Dopamine
[3:54] For more information, see Xiao et al., Neuron 98/1, http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S…. Circui…
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Bret Weinstein: Is being humble a virtue?
[22:37] What happens when we stigmatize ambition and promote self-doubt? [Video and text source: Bret Weinstein YouT…
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Jordan Peterson & Iain McGilchrist in Conversation: The Master and His Emissary
[29:51] A fascinating conversation about the roles of the left and right brain hemispheres where Iain McGilchrist h…
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Aphantasia: The lack of visual experience in the mind
[5:26] A lot of us can stop and visualise things in a flash – a rainbow, your breakfast table, your Mum’s 80s ha…
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David Eagleman: Hits and Misses – How Neuroscience Can Boost Your Creativity
[5:23] “All ideas have a genealogy,” says David Eagleman. A writer, neuroscientist, and adjunct profes…
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Why do we read and write poetry? (Dead Poets Society)
[1:18] O Me! O Life! By Walt Whitman Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faith…
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Yoann Bourgeois: Fugue / Trampoline sur Metamorphosis II
[6:35] “Acrobate, acteur, jongleur, danseur Yoann Bourgeois est avant tout Joueur.”…
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Mahzarin Banaji: Evaluations of Talent
[13:06] Harvard Prof. Mahzarin Banaji on objective music perception, failing at assessing people, and arranged marr…
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Take a placebo to be more creative
[0:57] The placebo effect not only works in medicine, it can also boost cognitive ability, unleashing creativity and d…
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Michael Shermer: Why Believing in Aliens Is Religion in Disguise
[2:36] Are atheists who believe in aliens falling for one of humanity’s oldest brain biases? In a series of four s…
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