Peggy Mason: Anti-anxiety medication limits empathetic behavior in rats
[3:35] UChicago neuroscientist Peggy Mason studies empathy–specifically how rats (and presumably other mam…
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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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Why Do Placebos Work?
[6:07] Placebos are treatments that don’t actually do anything. They have no medical effect and no active medicine. …
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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for depression and more
[1:52] As the number of people suffering from depression rises, doctors are looking for new, more targeted ways to trea…
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Adam Gazzaley: Technology meets Neuroscience – A Vision of the Future of Brain Fitness
[51:55] In this public lecture as part of CNS 2017, Adam Gazzaley (UCSF, Neuroscape) describes a novel approach to use c…
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Ben Goldacre: What doctors don’t know about the drugs they prescribe
[13:29] When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world ̵…
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The Limbic System
[26:37] This video discusses the basic anatomy and physiology of the various regions of the brain related to emotion. […
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Thomas Insel: Three revolutions in mental health
[36:28] Verily’s Tom Insel on three revolutions in mental health. Presented at ApplySci’s Wearable Tec…
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Michael Botticelli: Addiction is a disease. We should treat it like one
[10:44] Only one in nine people in the United States gets the care and treatment they need for addiction and substance ab…
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Peter Kuijper: Get healthier by tricking your amygdala
[10;41] Peter Kuijper inspires you to get a healthier life by understanding how your amygdala works. About the speaker…
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