Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) an Egyptian tradition
[2:48] Female genital mutilation, also known as female genital cutting or FGM, is the practice of intentionally cutti…
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A.M. Barrett: A Vision of Brain Injury Rehabilitation
[13:07] Dr. Barrett discusses how we move through the world. Her Talk identifies new methods for brain injury rehabili…
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Dick Swaab: Homosexuality pre-determined before birth
[5:22] The book “We Are Our Brains” by Dutch neuroscientist Dick Swaab has just been published in Russia.…
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V.S. Ramachandran: How Our Brain Creates Delusion Of God
[22:48] This gentleman, due to the damage to his temporal lobes, was suffering from seizures. However, after his seizu…
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Susan David: How Forcing Positivity Can Create Despair
[5:36] Think happy, be happy? Maybe not. Harvard psychologist Susan David examines the backlash effect of forced posi…
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Ben Goldacre: Battling Bad Science
[14:19] Every day there are news reports of new health advice, but how can you know if they’re right? Doctor and ep…
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Barbara Maher: Toxic air pollution nanoparticles discovered in the human brain
[1:07] Tiny magnetic particles from air pollution have for the first time been discovered to be lodged in human brainsâ…
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Can You Be Born Without An Imagination?
[4:06] Some people are physically unable to visualize images. Their mind’s eye is essentially blind. What is ap…
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Rebecca Saxe: Baby Brains – Unlocking Our Humanity
[12:38] At MIT, Rebecca Saxe studies human brain development, in order to understand how the human mind is built. The ch…
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Schizophrenia Simulator: When Chemistry Upends Sanity’s Balance
[1:42] It’s called mental imbalance for a reason. Sanity hangs, in part, in the gentle balance of chemicals strung to…
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