The Biology of Addiction
[1:01:47] Drugs of abuse target discrete collections of nerve cells—called circuits—in the brain that normally …
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Psychedelics: Mind-Enhancing Methods to Well-Being
[59:20] Psychedelic drugs, once dismissed by some as a flashback to 1960s counterculture, have generated a resurgenc…
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Joseph LeDoux: Putting Emotion into the Science of Consciousness
[53:04] The scientific study of consciousness is in a golden age. Despite the fact the emotions are the amongst the most …
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How To Break A Bad Habit
[5:09] Bad Habits, Good Habits, How to break a bad habit, how to create a good habit, how to change your routine, how to sto…
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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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Robin Carhart-Harris: The Central Importance Of Psychological And Neurobiological Connectedness
[31:15] Leaning on previous and on-going studies imaging the human brain on psilocybin, LSD, MDMA and DMT with differe…
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Nora Volkow: Why Diets Fail
[6:01] It could be related to the drug-like state of withdrawal that comes when you severely decrease the amount of suga…
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A Drunk Neuroscientist Explains What Alcohol Does to Your Brain
[4:42] It’s obvious alcohol affects the brain – but even though it seems to affect everyone differently, …
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Johann Hari: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression
[58:25] One in four people in Britain is suffering from depression or anxiety in any given year – but have we been taugh…
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Neale Martin: Why TED talks don’t change your life much
[20:23] How we humans form automatic everyday thoughts and actions and how to open the door to potential change where ne…
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