Patricia Churchland: Free will or self-control?
[59:23] Patricia Churchland’s research focuses on the interface between neuroscience and philosophy. Although m…
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The Neuroscience of Memory
[50:14] Little was known about the brain’s memory mechanism until 1953 when an epileptic patient, “H.M.,…
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Study of 81,000 Adults Examines Mental Illness, Gun Violence and Suicide
[2:02] People with serious mental illnesses who use guns to commit suicide are often legally eligible to purchase guns…
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Ready for this? Two Minds in One Brain
[6:53] Neuroscientist Giulio Tononi discusses the the bizarre phenomenon of “split-brain” patients w…
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Wegstock lectures 6: Kurt Gray – Persistent vegetative state (PVS) research
[13:35] [Video source: Joe Paxton You Tube channel]…
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Douglas Melton: Lab Mice Can Live Forever. Soon, So Will You.
[3:10] Douglas Melton, Harvard University biologist, describes an experiment on parabiotic mice that may hold the ke…
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Lessons of the brain: the Phineas Gage case
[1:55] The story of Phineas Gage illustrates some of the first medical knowledge gained on the relationship between pe…
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Madness Redefined: Creativity, Intelligence and the Dark Side of the Mind
[1:35:30] The notion of a “tortured genius” or “mad scientist” may be more than a romantic aberration. Resear…
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What Can You Do Without a Brain?
[7:55] What can we do without a brain? [Source: Vsauce YouTube link]…
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James Cantor: The Pedophile’s Brain
[5:25] Dr. James Cantor talks about what brain research is telling us about the minds of the most abhorred people in soci…
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