John O’Keefe: The GPS of the Brain
[50:33] Nobel Laureate John O’Keefe visits the GooglePlex to talk about Place Cells, the “GPS of the Brain”. A di…
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Our Mind is Not a Blank Slate
[11:50] “Human behavior is the most amazingly flexible behavior of any animal species,” says UC Santa Barbara ant…
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Lawrence Krauss: We Need to Teach Kids Creative Thinking
[3:09] “Education is far less about a set of facts than a way of thinking,” says the professor and theoreti…
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Dan Ariely: Self control
[17:48] Behavioral economist Dan Ariely talks about self control and the difference between our long term goals and ou…
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Intelligent People Have Fewer Friends, Here’s Why…
[6:49] Interesting studies linking intelligence and relationships. [Source: Thoughty2 You Tube channel] …
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School of the Future: Customizing Education
[4:06] Alt School, located in Palo Alto, California, is an experiment in customized learning environments. [Source:…
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The Neuroscience of Language
[5:51] Let’s use our words to talk about words – how does our brain process language? Join us this week as Alie di…
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V.S. Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization
[10:15] Neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran outlines the fascinating functions of mirror neurons. Only recentl…
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Joe Navarro: The Power of Nonverbal Communications
[34:10] Joe Navarro gives a keynote talk at the CMX Summit. [Source: CMX You Tube channel]…
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The Spectrum of Intelligence
[3:34] A look at the different spectrum’s of intelligence in nature. [Video and text source: Casually Explaine…
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