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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Michael Pollan: How psychedelics work: Fire the conductor, let the orchestra play
[5:23] Michael Pollan explains what goes on during the mental fireworks of a psychedelic experience. – If your e…
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Jordan Peterson Misrepresents Science
[14:16] Jordan Peterson and Matt Dillahunty debated / discussed psychedelics, specifically magic mushrooms contai…
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Robin Carhart-Harris: The New Science of Psychedelics
[31:54] A conversation with psychologist and neuroscientist Robin Carhart-Harris on his work to explore the untappe…
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Nora Volkow: Tricking Your Brain into Healthy Addictions
[6:26] Can you force yourself to crave lettuce and running? Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abu…
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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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Fabrizio Benedetti: Placebo explained
[18:50] Fabrizio Benedetti, Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience at the University of Turin Medical School, joi…
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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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