Sophie Scott: The Science of Laughter
[1:16:44] If you ask people what makes them laugh, they will tell you they laugh at jokes: however if you look at when they …
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Aspartame and the Brain
[6:00] The reason artificially sweetened beverages have been associated with depression may be because of psycholog…
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Creative Brains: Music Art and Emotion
[1:10:59] Join the Director of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center Dr. Bruce Miller, Neurology Research Scientist at the G…
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Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games
[17:57] How do fast-paced video games affect the brain? Step into the lab with cognitive researcher Daphne Bavelier to …
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David Anderson: Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals
[15:25] Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson believes …
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Your Brain on Drugs: Alcohol
[2:13] Understanding your drunken stupor, from the brain’s perspective. Find out how alcohol molecules alter …
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Your Brain on Drugs: Crack Cocaine
[3:02] Is crack really whack? [Source: AsapSCIENCE YouTube link] …
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Your Brain on Drugs: Marijuana
[2:26] This is what you look like, on the inside, when smoking cannabis. The effects of Marijuana on your brain, and how i…
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Schizophrenia and Depression
[2:55] “The creativity of people on the schizophrenic end of the human continuum is a creativity that springs fr…
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Paradox of self: Ego – Puppeteer fights with puppet
[3:59] WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE. Elevator scene from the film Revolver (2005) Jake and his ego have a fight. One of t…
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