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Wendy Suzuki
The brain-changing benefits of exercise
14:12
Lera Boroditsky
How language shapes the way we think
15:13
Sian Leah Beilock
Why we choke under pressure -- and how to avoid it
18:31
Rachel Wurzman
How isolation fuels opioid addiction
5:55
Clifford Robbins
What happens when you have a concussion?
3:51
Elizabeth Waters
The left brain vs. right brain myth
3:49
Lea Gaslowitz
How to spot a misleading graph
11:47
Tom Griffiths
3 ways to make better decisions -- by thinking like a computer
6:37
Dan Gartenberg
The brain benefits of deep sleep -- and how to get more of it
5:10
Rebecca Brachman
A new class of drug that could prevent depression and PTSD
16:13
Manoush Zomorodi
How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas
15:51
Robert Sapolsky
The biology of our best and worst selves
16:02
Susan Pinker
The secret to living longer may be your social life
17:01
Anil Seth
Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality
6:32
Mehdi Ordikhani-Seyedlar
What happens in your brain when you pay attention?
18:08
Amishi Jha
How to tame your wandering mind
12:58
Anne Cleary
Why do we have déjà vu?
4:35
Annie Bosler and Don Greene
How to practice effectively...for just about anything
5:52
Helen M. Farrell
What is bipolar disorder?
4:32
Eleanor Nelsen
Mary's Room: A philosophical thought experiment
4:19
Christian Jarrett
Why are we so attached to our things?
4:33
Andrey Vyshedskiy
The neuroscience of imagination
14:47
Anjan Chatterjee
How your brain decides what is beautiful
15:18
Sue Klebold
My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story
3:54
Clay Routledge
Why do we feel nostalgia?
10:20
Grady Booch
Don't fear superintelligent AI
14:54
James Kozloski
Why the brain is simpler than we think
12:08
Juliane Gallina
A library of minds
4:04
Betsy Schwarm
Why should you listen to Vivaldi's "Four Seasons"?
18:22
Indre Viskontas
How music makes me a better neuroscientist
18:23
Rebecca Brachman
Could a drug prevent depression and PTSD?
3:31
Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh
How playing sports benefits your body... and your brain
15:45
Juan Enriquez
What will humans look like in 100 years?
13:15
Ed Boyden
A new way to study the brain's invisible secrets
11:46
Isaac Lidsky
What reality are you creating for yourself?
14:27
Sam Harris
Can we build AI without losing control over it?
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