The Biology of Addiction
[1:01:47] Drugs of abuse target discrete collections of nerve cells—called circuits—in the brain that normally …
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Michael Ferguson: This is Your Brain on God
[14:03] Can science give us insights into age-old questions about religion? In this talk, Dr. Michael Ferguson descri…
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Learning from experience: How our brains remember the past and shape our future
[1:11:09] Dr. Daphna Shohamy’s research explores how different parts of the brain work together to support learnin…
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Helen Fisher: Why People Fall in Love
[29:39] Helen Fisher presents study findings on why people fall in love with one person and not another. [Video and text…
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The Science of Addiction: Here’s Your Brain on Drugs
[3:57] Addiction affects tens of millions of people across the planet. But where does it come from? This animated video …
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Robert Speth: So there is no free will. Now what?
[12:18] With the sequencing of the human genome and advances in neuroscience, along with discoveries in the fields of e…
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Marc Lewis: The Neuroscience of Addiction
[1:00:47] In recent decades doctors have branded addiction a brain disease, and treated it as such. But in this rivetin…
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Daniel Goleman: Your Brain Is Hardwired for Love—Meditation Helps You Fully Express It
[5:33] Meditation is a lot more than just chilling out and reflecting. It can actually rewire your brain to become a bett…
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An overview of the Basal Ganglia
[14:28] Learn how Basal Ganglia affect training, emotional output and motor coordination. [Video and text source: UB…
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The Pathology of Addiction
[7:39] A 7-minute film describing the pathology of addiction according to the theories presented in Dr. Ronald Ruden&…
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