The Science of Addiction: Here’s Your Brain on Drugs
[3:57] Addiction affects tens of millions of people across the planet. But where does it come from? This animated video …
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Robert Sapolsky: 3 Brain Systems That Control Your Behavior: Reptilian, Limbic, Neo Cortex
[7:37] [Video and text source: Big Think YouTube channel]…
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V.S. Ramachandran: Capgras Delusion
[11:24] V.S. Ramachandran solves the mystery for David who when looking at his mother assumes she is an impostor but who …
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Introduction to the Central Nervous System
[14:46] Dr. Claudia Krebs hosts this walk through the Central Nervous System. [Video and text source: UBC Medicine …
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The Limbic System
[26:37] This video discusses the basic anatomy and physiology of the various regions of the brain related to emotion. […
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The Most Bizarre Brain Disorders
[3:01] Ever mistake your mother for an alien or think that your body was a rotting corpse? Assuming the answer is no, than…
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An overview of the Basal Ganglia
[14:28] Learn how Basal Ganglia affect training, emotional output and motor coordination. [Video and text source: UB…
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Hypothalamus and Limbic System
[10:13] “How do we fall in love?” Dr. Claudia Krebs identifies the hypothalamus and limbic system necess…
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Bruce Hood: The domesticated brain: How the social environment turned us into children
[45:53] The human brain increased in size over the course of our evolution in response to increasing social complexity…
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The Pathology of Addiction
[7:39] A 7-minute film describing the pathology of addiction according to the theories presented in Dr. Ronald Ruden&…
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