Podcast – Sam Harris with Robert Sapolsky: The Biology of Good and Evil
[1:38:27] In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Robert Sapolsky about his work with baboons, …
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Joseph LeDoux: Putting Emotion into the Science of Consciousness
[53:04] The scientific study of consciousness is in a golden age. Despite the fact the emotions are the amongst the most …
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Robert Sapolsky on Life and Free Will
[10:39] Robert Sapolsky tackles the contemplation of how a future world would react when accepting that we do not h…
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Nuts & Bolts of Better Brains: Harnessing the Power of Neuroscience
[1:28:13] What if your brain at 77 were as plastic as it was at 7? What if you could learn Mandarin with the ease of a toddler …
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Stephen Woodford & Alex J O’Connor: Everyday Life Without Free Will
[47:46] Why hello all! I hope you’re well. So I’ve recently had the awesome opportunity to have two fantastic conve…
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How Much Neuroscience Is Actually Allowed in the Courtroom?
[3:41] “Neurolaw” is becoming increasingly important in the courtroom, but how effective are the curre…
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Julia Sliwa: Comparing human and monkey neural circuits for processing and social scenes
[4:11] Julia Sliwa, The Rockefeller University [Video and text source: Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines (CBM…
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Dr. Gregory Hickok: The Myth of Mirror Neurons
[1:32:58] This lecture was recorded on September 21, 2014, as part of the series of over 350 Distinguished Science Lect…
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Learning Songs with the Help of Dopamine
[3:54] For more information, see Xiao et al., Neuron 98/1, http://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S…. Circui…
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The Quest to Unravel the Connectome
[8:30] We’re working with a collaborative team on the IARPA MICrONS project to create the largest ever roadmap o…
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