TEDxChemungRiver - Rhonda Morton - Empathy Embassador
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Rhonda Morton is an artist-entrepreneur with a passion for making ideas manifest. She has created businesses, engineered solutions to societal problems, directed performance ensembles, published three books, and raised a son and daughter into adulthood. Currently, through her business, Savannah Consulting, she works with business people commi... Read more
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- -: TEDxChemungRiver - Rhonda Morton - Empathy Embassador
December 23, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Rhonda Morton is an artist-entrepreneur with a passion for making ideas manifest. She has created businesses, engineered solutions to societal problems, directed performance ensembles, published three books, and raised a son and daughter into adulthood. Currently, through her business, Savanna...
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- -: Two and a Half Men - Charlie as a Son (Paley Center Interview)
October 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Series creator/executive producer Lee Aronsohn and actress Holland Taylor (Evelyn Harper) discuss her role as the mother of Charlie and Alan, and how all their problems with women may stem from her. (2007)
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- -: When Instinct Trumps Reason - Jonah Lehrer
February 27, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/19/Jonah_Lehrer_Inside_My_Mind Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Choose, discusses the limitations of rational thought and explains that while the human prefrontal cortex is a "magnificent piece of machinery," it easily short circuits when given too much in...
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- -: Overcoming Uncertainty - Jonah Lehrer
March 5, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/19/Jonah_Lehrer_Inside_My_Mind Author Jonah Lehrer explains why, whether when buying cereal or investing in stocks, people can become paralyzed when faced with too much information. He explains that indecision often leads to "catastrophic consequences," ...
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- -: When Emotions Make Better Decisions - Antonio Damasio
August 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/04/Antonio_Damasio_This_Time_With_Feeling Antonio Damasio, noted researcher and professor of neuroscience at USC, explains how emotions are integral to decision-making. He discusses his experiences working with people with brain damage who are unable to ...
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- -: Emotions and Evolution: What Would Genes Do? - Antonio Damasio
August 12, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/07/04/Antonio_Damasio_This_Time_With_Feeling Antonio Damasio argues that even though emotions are viewed as a human trait, they are probably one of the earliest evolutionary advancements. He explains that emotions are "a way to live for as long as possible"...
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- -: Helen Fisher: Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
February 24, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/24/Digital_Life_Design_2010_Human_Emotion Why do you fall in love with one person rather than another? Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher refutes Cupid's arrow and explains her theory of four personality types, each based on a chemical found in the b...
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- -: Ideal Happy to Sad Ratio? 3:1, Says Dr. Happy
August 24, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/15/Dr_Happy_and_Mr_Percival_The_Happiness_Handbook Psychologist Timothy Sharp (a.k.a. Dr. Happy) argues against the concept that negative emotions such as depression, stress, and anxiety should be reduced or eliminated to achieve happiness. Sharp approxi...
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- -: Dr. Happy: Free Yourself from the 'Tyranny of When'
August 30, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/15/Dr_Happy_and_Mr_Percival_The_Happiness_Handbook Why aren't people happier? Timothy Sharp (a.k.a. Dr. Happy) blames the "tyranny of when," or the idea that happiness will come after achieving some impending goal or milestone. Sharp's remedy? "Get happy...
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- -: Joshua Foer: Using Memory to Prolong Your (Perceived) Life
June 10, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/14/Joshua_Foer_Moonwalking_with_Einstein "Monotony collapses time. Novelty unfolds it," reads Joshua Foer from his book, Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, explaining that creating more worthwhile memories can lengt...
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