Human-Specific Genes and Neocortex Expansion in Development and Evolution
[20:37] The search for human-specific genome changes underlying the unique neocortex expansion found only in the hum…
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Siddhartha Mukherjee: The Gene – Unlocking the Human Code
[1:22:01] Genetics has revolutionised not just how we think of biology but how we think of ourselves. We are, in the word…
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Charalambos P. Kyriacou: Genetics of biological rhythms
[1:08:57] Charalambos P. Kyriacou, Professor of Behavioural Genetics, University of Leicester. [Video and text sou…
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Molecular roots of language disorders
[2:25] See how computational scientist Emma Myers used the Allen Human Brain Atlas to explore the molecular roots of sp…
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Nancy Segal: Twin Mythconceptions
[58:09] Dr. Nancy Segal, the world’s leading expert on twins, has a new book that sheds light on over 70 commonly held i…
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Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins
[56:56] How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genetic Impact …
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Using Neurobiology to Overcome Genetic and Environmental Adversity
[20:34] MIT’s Mark Bear presents a fascinating account of how understanding neural plasticity, or the ability …
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Robert Sapolsky: The biology of our best and worst selves
[15:51] How can humans be so compassionate and altruistic — and also so brutal and violent? To understand why we d…
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Jeffrey Friedman: The Biologic Basis of Obesity
[59:31] Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD, Marilyn M. Simpson Professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at Ro…
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Peter Tse: How Brain Scientists Think About Consciousness
[13:01] Is consciousness a scientific problem to be solved? Or a philosophical problem that will remain a mystery? Wha…
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