Kathleen McAuliffe: The Psychology (and Politics) of Disgust
[4:43] How easily grossed out are you? Your sensitivity to disgust reveals more about you than you’d probably be …
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What Does a Secret Weigh?
[4:20] The honest truth about keeping secrets. [Video source: BrainCraft YouTube link]…
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V.S. Ramachandran: How Our Brain Creates Delusion Of God
[22:48] This gentleman, due to the damage to his temporal lobes, was suffering from seizures. However, after his seizu…
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How to Spot Sexual Attraction in Eyes
[3:33] Out of all the different non-verbal behaviors, I think that spotting attraction is without a doubt the easiest. …
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V.S. Ramachandran – Phantom limb phenomena
[4:30] V.S. Ramachandran explains what causes amputees to have sensations in their phantom limbs, the parts of the bra…
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The Chemistry of Consciousness
[2:28] Jean-Pierre Changeux discusses how general anesthetics hint at the chemical nature of consciousness. [Sourc…
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The Magic of Consciousness
[7:32] Is consciousness real? Could it be just an illusion manufactured in the theatre of our minds? And what use is it …
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What Happens When You’re In a Coma?
[5:34] The word coma comes from the greek meaning of “deep sleep,” but what exactly does this unconscious state do t…
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Heather Berlin: The brain is our last frontier and consciousness is expanding
[18:09] The brain may seem mysterious, but here Dr. Berlin gives us a basic primer of consciousness and creativity. Hea…
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Creating Consciousness
[4:00] Can consciousness be created? Is there a range of types of consciousness? In reaction to a thought experiment pr…
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