Alison Gopnik: Free Will and Decision Making
[9:39] What is the relationship between free will and decision-making, the capacity of individuals to select among op…
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Color & Pattern: How our brain ‘expects’ to see
[5:52] Great artists have a keen way of tapping into our visual system. They use color and pattern to stimulate our minds …
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10 Terrifying New Drugs That Could End You
[10:17] There’s drugs on the streets that can rot your flesh, destroy your vital organs and even, turn you into a z…
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How Language Evolves – Language in The Brain
[1:00:23] This CARTA symposium addresses the question of how human language came to have the kind of structure it has to…
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Sonder: The Realization That Everyone Has A Story
[2:38] sonder – n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. [Vi…
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Koinophobia: The Fear that You’ve Lived an Ordinary Life
[2:55] While you’re in it, life seems epic. Fiery, tenuous, and unpredictable. But once you have some distance f…
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Dean Buonomano: “Your Brain is a Time Machine”
[1:02:16] In YOUR BRAIN IS A TIME MACHINE, UCLA neuroscientist Dean Buonomano investigates the relationship between …
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Dean Buonomano: Time Paradox – Why Pleasure Is Fleeting and Pain Endures
[4:03] Why does time move so quickly when we’re having fun but drag when we’re bored? [Video and text sourc…
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PHILOSOPHY – David Hume
[11:05] David Hume is one of Scotland’s greatest philosophers. His claim to greatness lies in his appreciation of or…
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Robert Sapolsky: Being Human
[36:59] What makes us human? World renowned neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky explores one of the most fundamental ques…
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