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A Blood Test That Can Diagnose Depression?
Did you know there’s a blood test that can detect your risk of depression? why aren’t we using it? Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders, with 1 in every 6 adults experiencing it at some point in their lives. And...
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Is Bilingualism a Superpower?
There was a time when psychologists thought growing up bilingual was harmful to brain development, but recent studies into bilingual children have turned that idea on its head!
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Restoring Touch, Breakthroughs in Prosthetic Technology
Discover how groundbreaking research is bringing the sense of touch back to prosthetic limbs, transforming lives.
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Emotional Intelligence and Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the study of our nervous system, with the primary focus being the brain. And it is a multidisciplinary subject. There is a close relationship between the studies of Neuroscience and Emotional intelligence. Get our...
Institute of Human Anatomy
Sleep Paralysis | The Waking NIGHTMARE
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses the anatomy and mechanisms behind the parasomnia disorder known as sleep paralysis. He explores how the brain enters this state and delves into the cultural associations...
Institute of Human Anatomy
How Much of Your Brain Do You Actually Use?
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses how scientists and medical professionals know with certainty, that we use 100% of our brain.
Neuro Transmissions
Dreams. Why?
Why on earth does your brain take you on wild adventures when you sleep? What purpose does dreaming serve? Well, come take a deep dive into the mysterious world of dreams with me. From ancient beliefs about divine messages to Freud's...
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Pandemic Perspectives: The Nature of Research
SCIENCE, ONGOING: Professor Barwich talks about how the pandemic has highlighted the need to teach people science as a process as well as the actual concepts of science to increase democratic participation and how the pandemic showed the...
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Syntactical Examinations
Neuroscientist Martin Monti (UCLA) discusses what one can learn about the brain by explicitly comparing basic algebra and language.
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Speaking with Space
Linguist Carol Padden (UC San Diego) discusses the growing research overlap of sign language linguistics with modern neuroscience.
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Neuroscience and Self-Incrimination
Legal scholar Nita Farahany (Duke) describes how she uses neuroscience as a lens to better examine the original purpose of a law.
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Neuroscience and Criminality
Legal scholar Nita Farahany (Duke University) describes how neuroscience is involved in the legal process.
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Neuropossibilities
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany gives her perspective on how advances in neuroscience and medical technology might lead to a safer and more ethical society.
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Neuroimpulsivity?
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany describes how modern neuroscience is affecting our legal understanding of what it means to act in a premeditated fashion, and of what it means to be responsible for our actions.
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Making Science Policy
Legal scholar Nita Farahany (Duke) describes the strengths and weaknesses of different governmental advisory bodies.
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What is Neuromorphic Computing? | AI 101
What is Neuromorphic Computing, and how might it help us overcome the von Neumann bottleneck?
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How Much AI Do You Need To Make A Neuron? | Neuromorphic Design
How similar are perceptrons to neurons anyway? We'll look at a few papers that try to figure this out.
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Rethinking the Fifth
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany examines how a combination of an awareness of neuroscience and a philosophical outlook can help deepen our understanding of the celebrated Fifth Amendment to the American Constitution.
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Can AI Change Your Memories? | Neurofeedback Therapy, Explained
Neurofeedback therapy could replace exposure therapy for people with trauma-related psychiatric conditions. But will it work?
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Neuroscience, Eventually
Stanford University neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector relates her personal career trajectory of beginning as an electrical engineer before eventually becoming a specialist in computer vision and neuroscience.
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Breaking Down Barriers
Anthropologist Frans de Waal, Emory University, describes his long-standing interest in trying to penetrate the consciousness and feeling of animals, his optimism at the growing societal realisation of our animal nature, and the...
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Evaluating Emotions
Cognitive scientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (Northeastern) describes how her quest to understand emotions led her, eventually, to the current frontiers of neuroscience.
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The Sociology of Cognitive Science
Neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector (Stanford) gives her view on how psychology has evolved due to the influence of modern neuroscience.
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Emotional Development
UNC Chapel Hill psychologist Barbara Fredrickson describes how she believes that the wisdom of the body is a sometimes overlooked feature in our rush towards neuroscience, and that her interest in studying positive emotions had mostly...