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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Peggy Mason: Anti-anxiety medication limits empathetic behavior in rats
[3:35] UChicago neuroscientist Peggy Mason studies empathy–specifically how rats (and presumably other mam…
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The Quest to Unravel the Connectome
[8:30] We’re working with a collaborative team on the IARPA MICrONS project to create the largest ever roadmap o…
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Is Homosexuality in Your Genes?
[2:01] Scientists have identified two new genetic connections to homosexuality. Does this confirm that there are pre…
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Mark Ellisman: Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind – Imaging the Brain
[16:30] Mark Ellisman discusses advances in state-of-the-art brain imaging and the secrets they are revealing. Seri…
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The Neurobiology of Emotion Regulation Development and the Role of the Early Environment
[49:01] Nim Tottenham, associate professor of psychology at Columbia University, gave this talk at Neurons to Neighb…
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The Neurobiology of the Parental Brain
[19:48] From mice to primates to humans, Harvard University’s Catherine Dulac provides a fascinating account …
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Patricia Churchland: Neurophilosophy and free will
[16:01] Philosopher Patricia Smith Churchland on the nature of self-control, the reward system, and risk-taking in h…
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Stephen Chorover: How Brain Scientists Think About Consciousness
[10:15] Is consciousness a scientific problem to be solved? Or a philosophical problem that will remain a mystery? Wha…
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Robert Stickgold: Why Sleep?
[10:37] Why do we spend so much of our lives not awake? [Video and text source: Closer To Truth YouTube channel]…
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