John Searle: Can a Person Be a Soul?
[9:57] Is a soul required to make a person? If there is no soul, is there no person? Almost all scientists and most philoso…
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Consciousness: the hard problem? – Discussion
[1:03:10] [Video and text source: The Royal Institution YouTube channel]…
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Terry Sejnowski: Discovery of Brain Waves
[4:47] Every night while you sleep, electrical waves of brain activity circle around each side of your brain, tracing a …
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Thomas Insel: Mental Disorders as Brain Disorders
[15:05] Thomas R. lnsel, M.D. is director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the component of the Natio…
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The Mind and Methods of V.S. Ramachandran
[33:04] V.S. Ramachandran, PhD is looking to solve life’s big questions by taking a different path. In studying the o…
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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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In a flash – dissecting memory with light
[3:40] Hideji Murakoshi*, Myung Eun Shin*, Paula Parra-Bueno, Erzsebet Szatmari, Akihiro C. E. Shibata, and Ryohei Y…
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Integrated Information Theory of Consciousness
[2:06:35] The science of consciousness has made great strides by focusing on the behavioral and neuronal correlates o…
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Thalia Wheatley: What Causes Religious Belief?
[1:30] Religious belief is everywhere. Why so pervasive, ubiquitous across diverse human cultures? What motivates t…
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Karl Friston: Brain Imaging
[12:50] Neuroscientist Karl Friston on different types of brain measurement techniques, people’s reaction o…
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