Greg Ashby: The Remarkable Learning Abilities of the Human Brain
[29:38] Humans have multiple learning systems that for the most part are functionally and anatomically distinct, evo…
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Nancy Segal: Twin Mythconceptions
[58:09] Dr. Nancy Segal, the world’s leading expert on twins, has a new book that sheds light on over 70 commonly held i…
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Neurons’ Faulty Wiring Leads to Serotonin Imbalance, Depression-Like Behavior in Mice
[1:37] Twin papers lend clues into how the brain organizes itself, offering new avenues for studying psychiatric diso…
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Giulio Tononi: Integrated Information Theory explained
[11:33] Integrated Information Theory explained by neuroscientist Giulio Tononi.…
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Culture-Gene Interactions in Human Origins
[56:56] How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genetic Impact …
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The Man Slicing Up Brains for Parkinson’s Research
[3:24] IN A small laboratory in London are hundreds of human brains, labelled and ready for dissection – all in th…
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How the food you eat affects your brain
[4:52] When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most po…
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Cartographers of the Brain: Mapping the Connectome
[1:33:48] Imagine navigating the globe with a map that only sketched out the continents. That’s pretty much how neur…
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Using Neurobiology to Overcome Genetic and Environmental Adversity
[20:34] MIT’s Mark Bear presents a fascinating account of how understanding neural plasticity, or the ability …
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How does stress affect a teenager’s brain?
[2:26] Ever wonder what is going on in the brain of a teenager, especially one who is stressed out? UCLA Psychologist Adr…
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