Why Do We Like What We Like?
[19:17] Acclaimed evolutionary psychologist Paul Bloom reveals how certain universal aspects of the human mind expl…
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Dacher Keltner on the Evolutionary Roots of Compassion
[4:59] Dacher Keltner, UC Berkley psychology professor and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center, expl…
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore: The mysterious workings of the adolescent brain
[14:26] Why do teenagers seem so much more impulsive, so much less self-aware than grown-ups? Cognitive neuroscienti…
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How to sequence the human genome
[5:04] Your genome, every human’s genome, consists of a unique DNA sequence of A’s, T’s, C’…
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Wendy Suzuki: Brain and Behavior – Evolution and Use of Animal Models and In-Class Exam Review
[1:08:41] For course related materials please visit http://www.nyu.edu/academics/open-edu… [Source: New…
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The Jim Twins
[10:51] 39 years after being separated at birth the Jim twins met for the first time only to find some astonishing facts (…
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Philip Zimbardo: The psychology of evil
[23:10] Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic uns…
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Lecture 10: Evolution, Emotion, and Reason – Evolution and Rationality
[59:48] Paul Bloom: Introduction to Psychology This lecture introduces students to the study of psychology from an ev…
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Lecture 11: Evolution, Emotion, and Reason – Emotions, Part I
[53:14] Paul Bloom: Introduction to Psychology This class is an introduction to the evolutionary analysis of human em…
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Lecture 12: Evolution, Emotion, and Reason – Emotions, Part II
[56:06] Paul Bloom: Introduction to Psychology Professor Bloom continues the discussion of emotions as useful evolu…
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