How the Mona Lisa became so overrated
[5:39] It’s not just the smile. There are a few real reasons Mona is so famous. Vox’s Phil Edwards looked in…
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The Evolutionary Advantages of Art
[6:32] I sit down with The Art Assignment host Sarah Urist Green to chat about science, art and evolution. The evolution…
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Garbage Smells Green and Gunshots Are Rainbows
[6:53] Knowing Neurons interviews people with synesthesia. [Video source: Knowing Neurons YouTube link]…
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Step Into an Optical Illusion
[5:16] In Demon Hill, the rules of gravity don’t apply as you expect them to. Down is not down, exactly. The room, c…
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Antonio Damasio: How Our Brains Build Our Autobiographies
[5:41] While our own personal histories happen one event at a time, our brains make sense of our lives by stringing these …
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David Eagleman: Are Brain and Mind the Same Thing?
[3:12] For the brain and mind to be the same thing, mind must be entirely the output of brain. This means the mind must be th…
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David Eagleman: The sixth sense
[14:00] One of the leading names in neuroscience discusses his experiments in trying to create a new sense. [Source: We…
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Socha: The Hidden Vulnerability of Others
[2:32] It’s the kind of basic human vulnerability that we’d all find familiar, but is still somehow surprising whe…
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The paradox of value
[3:45] Imagine you’re on a game show and you can choose between two prizes: a diamond … or a bottle of water. It’s an …
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How Do Blind/Deaf People Dream?
[4:57] An extremely intriguing and complex question you likely never even thought about! [Video source: Top Trending…
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