Why people think they see ghosts
[6:29] Even though there is no scientific evidence that ghosts exist, you may not be crazy if you see one. [Video and text…
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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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Beau Lotto: The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias
[6:44] To ensure your survival, your brain evolved to avoid one thing: uncertainty. As neuroscientist Beau Lotto poin…
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Oliver Sacks: Hallucinations
[1:14:43] Famed neurologist Oliver Sacks joined award-winning journalist John Hockenberry to discuss Sacks’…
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Dan Ariely: Beware conflicts of interest
[5:35] In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of int…
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Learned Helplessness
[8:50] Learned helplessness can prevent people from achieving their goals, something I’ve experienced first …
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Hinze Hogendoorn: Time and the brain – The illusion of now
[16:07] How does the brain generate a coherent stream of visual awareness, when different visual features are process…
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Dean Buonomano: “Your Brain is a Time Machine”
[1:02:16] In YOUR BRAIN IS A TIME MACHINE, UCLA neuroscientist Dean Buonomano investigates the relationship between …
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Dean Buonomano: Time Paradox – Why Pleasure Is Fleeting and Pain Endures
[4:03] Why does time move so quickly when we’re having fun but drag when we’re bored? [Video and text sourc…
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Dean Buonomano: Your Brain Tells You Time Is Real — But Is It Lying to You?
[4:43] If you’re here to indulge in some mind-bending talk about time travel, neuroscientist Dean Buonomano is …
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