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Redesigning the Violin, Part 2
Award-winning violinmaker and acoustical researcher Joseph Curtin continues his description of how the design of the violin might be improved upon, this time focussing on changes to the sound.
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Our Internal Internet
Duke neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis describes why he believes that our brains are analogous to the internet, with main processing servers spread out in different regions.
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Circular Reasoning?
Nobel Laureate Roger Penrose, University of Oxford, describes how his cosmological theory predicts circular patterns in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) that should be observable, but that understanding how precisely to interpret...
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A Sad Story
Particle physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed (IAS) recounts his frustration of the "faster than light neutrinos" story that made media headlines in 2011.
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The Subtleties of Medication
UC Berkeley psychologist Stephen Hinshaw describes how the practice of taking medication for ADHD and other conditions is far more subtle and complicated than most of us appreciate.
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The Need To Belong
Roy Baumeister, University of Queensland, describes how, for the longest time social psychologists only paid lip service to the social world, and that his groundbreaking work The Need To Belong was motivated by an awareness that much of...
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Testing Language
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes his research of testing what is happening in our minds when we speak.
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Situational Denial
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo (Stanford) describes how, more than 4 decades after his notorious Stanford Prison Experiment, many people still deny the importance of situational effects.
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The Problem with Speakers
Award-winning violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin discusses the unique directionality of sound emitted from a violin.
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The Roots of Behaviour
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany gives her thoughts on why many people are adapting their dualistic views on mind and body, and the moral consequences of this change in perspective, due to the mounting progress of neuroscience.
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The Decline Effect
Jonathan Schooler, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UC Santa Barbara, describes the mysterious "Decline Effect" and speculates on its possible explanation.
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Natural and Unnatural Sleep
UC Berkeley sleep scientist Matthew Walker distinguishes between pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to inducing sleep.
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Watercolor Techniques 2
This is a procedural video that will introduce students to watercolor techniques.
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Analogies
“Analogies” discusses types of word relationships in analogies, including synonyms, antonyms, part of a whole, cause and effect, and item and category.
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Practise Your French Big Numbers
In this episode of Alexa's 'Practise Your French' series, Alexa helps you practise the big numbers.
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Types of Mutations
“Types of Mutations” defines and explains the main types of mutations.
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Ocean Currents
This video describes density differentiation between ocean surface currents and deep ocean currents, and how this difference affects global ocean current flow.
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Factors Affecting Enzyme Function
Factors Affecting Enzyme Function explains how changes in pH, temperature, and concentration levels can affect enzyme function.
Neuro Transmissions
This is why stupid people think they know everything.
You ever know anyone who thinks they’re smarter than they actually are? Ever work with someone who’s way underqualified? Ever think back on your past self and cringe at your ignorance? Why is it that stupid people think they’re so smart?...
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How movie music manipulates your emotions
Have you ever watched a movie with the sound muted? It doesn’t really seem as impactful, even though the acting on screen is the same. It turns out that audio, and specifically music, plays a hugely important role in creating film as we...
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The scandal that shook psychology to its core
In 2011, a scandal broke in psychology that made everyone question whether any of its research could really be believed. For the last decade, psychology has grappled with the aftermath and has tried to understand what went wrong. The...
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The Civil War: Events and Effects
Dr. Forrester reviews key events of the Civil War and discusses changes in the South resulting from the war.