- -: Are You Hardwired for Gambling? - Jonah Lehrer
January 20, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/05/Jonah_Lehrer_How_We_Decide Author Jonah Lehrer offers his insight into the brain's chemical processes that form the roots of gambling addiction. Lehrer explains that when a gambler wins, he receives a "surprising squirt of dopamine" that stimulates th...
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- -: Google CEO: Tech Doesn't Rot Your Brain
February 4, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/29/Leveraging_Technology_to_Better_Society Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google, responds to the theory that frequent technology use negatively affects the mind. He lauds the surprising mental benefits of video games, but expresses concern about the ...
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- -: Are Genes To Blame for Bad Behavior? - Kristene Doyle
March 19, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/09/Hardwired_for_Life Cognitive behavioral therapist Kristene Doyle argues that while genes may predispose us to anxiety or alcoholism, we still have final control over our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. "Regardless of one's genetic predispositions, t...
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- -: Is Monogamy Linked to Brain Size?
March 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/18/Robin_Dunbar_How_Many_Friends_Does_One_Person_Need Calling monogamy an "especially taxing" cognitive practice, evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar links large brain size to romantic pairings among mammals. "Maintaining pair bonds," says Dunbar, "...
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- -: The 'Gay Brain' Explained - Louann Brizendine
April 24, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/31/Dr_Louann_Brizendine_The_Male_Brain Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of The Male Brain, outlines the preliminary scientific results measuring the differences between the straight male brain and the gay male brain. She says that having "same-sex attractio...
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- -: Gender Identity: Is Nature vs Nurture Dead?
May 3, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/31/Dr_Louann_Brizendine_The_Male_Brain Dr. Louann Brizendine, author of The Male Brain, claims the nature vs. nurture debate is dead. Connecting gendered behavior to chemical disposition, Dr. Brizendine says, "you can retrain your brain circuits...all of...
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- -: 'We Find Genocides Boring': Sam Harris on Moral Illusions
January 10, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/10/Sam_Harris_Can_Science_Determine_Human_Values Author Sam Harris explains that despite humanity's general desire to be good, we frequently fall prey to "moral illusions." As an example, he points to the developed world's neglect of strife in regions li...
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- -: Your Plastic Brain
February 23, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/18/The_Great_Brain_Debate Baroness Susan Greenfield addresses the plasticity of the human brain and our innate ability to adapt to practically any situation. Greenfield implies a possible negative impact on the brain through the overuse of social media a...
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- -: Dopamine Jackpot! Sapolsky on the Science of Pleasure
March 2, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/15/Robert_Sapolsky_Are_Humans_Just_Another_Primate Robert Sapolsky, professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, compares dopamine levels in monkeys and humans. Sapolsky argues that in both, "Dopamine is not about pleasure, it's about the a...
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- -: Neuromagic: Exploiting Choice Blindness
March 22, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/06/Wonderfest_2010_Neuromagic_with_Luigi_Anzivino Luigi Anzivino, Scientific Content Developer at San Francisco's Exploratorium, discusses an experiment that relied on sleight of hand to demonstrate an effect he calls "choice blindness." He explains that...
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