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Steven Pinker, Michio Kaku, Dan Ariely

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What Is Déjà Vu?

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3 min

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Telepathy Is Easier Than You Think

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1 min

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Harvard’s Steven Pinker: how we speak reveals what we think

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50 min

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Don’t Act. Just Think.

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7 min

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Who you find attractive is based on how hot you are

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7 min

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The evolution of intelligence

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6 min

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Consciousness Can be Quantified

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4 min

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Bored at work? Your brain is trying to tell you something.

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6 min

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Michio Kaku on the science of dreams

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5 min

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Mindfulness: How to Call Off the Emotional Attack Dogs

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10 min

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Creativity is the subconscious mind combined with intuition and rationality

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4 min

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Scott Barry Kaufman

These simple habits can optimize your gut and brain bacteria

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12 min

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How ADHD Affects Your Brain

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5 min

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Harold Koplewicz

This is Your Brain on a Laser Beam

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Depression is different for everyone. Here’s what it’s like for me.

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7 min

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How Our Brains Feel Emotion

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9 min

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Antonio Damasio

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If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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How to eat if you want to age slowly

Former Yale professor Dr. Morgan Levine shares 3 ways to change your diet to extend your life.

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An evolutionary history of the human brain, in 7 minutes

Plato and Carl Sagan were wrong about the human brain, says a top neuroscientist.

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The ultimate psychedelics explainer

Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Matthew Johnson answers 24 huge questions about psychedelics.

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Matthew W. Johnson

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Berkeley professor explains gender theory

Sex, gender, and the debate over identity explained by Berkeley professor Judith Butler.

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