Gary Marcus: Never too late to learn something new!
[14:40] Gary Marcus is a Cognitive Scientist at NYU and author of the New York Times Bestseller, Guitar Zero. Co-editor …
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A Brain That Can’t Hear Music
[6:34] Oliver Sacks discusses some bizarre cases from his book “Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.…
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Genevieve von Petzinger: Why are these 32 symbols found in caves all over Europe
[12:05] Written language, the hallmark of human civilization, didn’t just suddenly appear one day. Thousands …
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Vemödalen: The Fear That Everything Has Already Been Done
[2:55] vemödalen – n. the frustration of photographing something amazing when thousands of identical photos …
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The left brain vs. right brain myth
[4:11] The human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive …
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The Amazing Skateboard Brothers Aged 8 And 2
[6:08] SKATEBOARD superstar-in-the-making, Zion Effs, may be just eight years old, but he’s already tearing up the …
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Beau Lotto: The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias
[6:44] To ensure your survival, your brain evolved to avoid one thing: uncertainty. As neuroscientist Beau Lotto poin…
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Greg Ashby: The Remarkable Learning Abilities of the Human Brain
[29:38] Humans have multiple learning systems that for the most part are functionally and anatomically distinct, evo…
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Is the Human Mind Unique? Entering the Soul Niche; An Evolved and Creative Mind; and Humor
[59:24] Cognitive abilities often regarded as unique to humans include humor, morality, symbolism, creativity, and …
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The inspirational Mandy Harvey
[6:06] Deaf singer follows her dreams and earns a Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell with her original song “Try.&#…
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