Nicole Avena: How sugar affects the brain
[5:03] When you eat something loaded with sugar, your taste buds, your gut and your brain all take notice. This activati…
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Alcohol, Caffeine, & Opioids: What Happens When You’re Hooked?
[4:07] Withdrawal is a painful experience when someone stops taking a drug. What makes its symptoms so awful? [Source:…
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Effects Of Alcohol On The Brain
[8:01] The effects of alcohol on the brain. [Source: Alcohol Channel YouTube link]…
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Krokodil: Russia’s Deadliest Drug
[25:16] A homemade drug called Krokodil is gaining popularity in Siberia and its effects on users are horrific. Krokod…
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The Science Of Hallucinations
[3:18] Your brain is an incredible specimen, but what happens when things go wrong? Why do some people hallucinate? [So…
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The Science of Addiction
[2:20] What’s actually happening inside of your body and brain when you become addicted to something? [Source:…
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The power of the placebo effect
[4:37] The placebo effect is an unexplained phenomenon wherein drugs, treatments, and therapies that aren’t suppo…
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10 Craziest Drugs You’ve Never Heard Of
[7:45] Here are 10 crazy drugs you never knew existed. [Source: Top Trending YouTube link]…
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Removing Gang Tattoos With Homeboy Industries
[5:24] We head to Los Angeles where Homeboy Industries has started a program to help former gang members remove their vi…
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Wegstock lectures 9: Todd Heatherton – Human behavior
[14:18] [Video source: Joe Paxton You Tube channel]…
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