David Eagleman: Mysteries of Free Will
[4:47] Our human sense is that our will is fully free. Our scientific sense is that every action is determined by a prior a…
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Michael Ferguson: This is Your Brain on God
[14:03] Can science give us insights into age-old questions about religion? In this talk, Dr. Michael Ferguson descri…
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Learning from experience: How our brains remember the past and shape our future
[1:11:09] Dr. Daphna Shohamy’s research explores how different parts of the brain work together to support learnin…
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Anjan Chatterjee: The Neuroscience of Aesthetics
[1:28:55] From the origins of Max Factor to the evolutionary role of art, Anjan Chatterjee of the University of Pennsyl…
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David Eagleman: The Brain and The Law
[34:16] It’s still very much a work in progress trying to unravel the paradox of free will. There’s so many …
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Cartographers of the Brain: Mapping the Connectome
[1:33:48] Imagine navigating the globe with a map that only sketched out the continents. That’s pretty much how neur…
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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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Secret Life Of The Brain – Losing Time
[43:48] The brain has a remarkable, virtually limitless capacity to astonish us with its mysteries. One tiny bit of dam…
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Karl Friston: Brain Imaging
[12:50] Neuroscientist Karl Friston on different types of brain measurement techniques, people’s reaction o…
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John Mazziotta: How Do Human Brains Work?
[7:21] How can human brains run our physical bodies and produce our mental minds? What are the general principles of hum…
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