Joseph LeDoux’s Biggest Discoveries
[4:49] The neuroscientist recounts some of the breakthroughs that have come out of his world-renowned lab. [Source: B…
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Michael Shermer: Why Do We Need a Belief in God?
[3:09] THE BRILLIANCE BUT ALSO IGNORANCE OF RELIGIOSITY… We are here, we did well…. Millions of years of s…
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Michael Shermer: The Believing Brain
[1:08:46] In this talk, Dr Michael Shermer presents his comprehensive and provocative theory on how humans form belie…
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Barbara Fredrickson: Positive Emotions Open Our Mind
[8:37] Barbara Fredrickson discusses how positive emotions broaden our awareness of the world, allowing us to become …
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Antonio Damasio: Human Decisions
[1:29:06] Antonio Damasio, David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience, University of Southern California delivers k…
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Can You Erase Bad Memories?
[3:32] The team at ASAP present the latest brain research, this time offering insights into how our memory works and spe…
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How anger goes out of control
[10:17] A video on the relation between anger, the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex. It highlights how our regulator…
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Joseph LeDoux: The Emotional Brain
[53:57] The study of emotion has been hampered by a fixation on feelings. Rather than imposing concepts based on human i…
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Sophie Scott: The Science of Laughter
[1:16:44] If you ask people what makes them laugh, they will tell you they laugh at jokes: however if you look at when they …
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David Pizarro: The strange politics of disgust
[14:02] What does a disgusting image have to do with how you vote? Equipped with surveys and experiments, psychologist …
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