TED Talks

Neuroscientist Carl Hart: Everything You Think You Know About Drugs and Addiction Is Wrong

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Carl Hart grew up in a rough neighborhood in Miami, selling drugs, doing petty crime, and carrying a gun. But he pulled himself out of the “hood” and became a neuroscientist and now teaches psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University. He is the author of High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything … Read more

The Science of Emotions: Jaak Panksepp at TEDxRainier

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Awesome – Jaak Panksepp is one of the founders of affective neuroscience, and author of Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions (2004) and The Archaeology of Mind: Neuroevolutionary Origins of Human Emotions (2012). The Science of Emotions: Jaak Panksepp at TEDxRainier Published on Jan 13, 2014 Given an inherent subjective nature, emotions … Read more

Frans de Waal – Do Animals Have Morals?

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Frans de Waal is one of the foremost researchers in primate emotions, especially prosocial behaviors. He is the author of several books, including Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved (2006), The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society (2010), and The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates (2014). … Read more

David Chalmers: How Do You Explain Consciousness? (TED2014)

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It’s weird to see David Chalmers with short hair. For as long as I have been aware of him, he has had long hair that made him look like a member of Whitesnake’s reunion tour, not a world renowned philosopher. Be that as it may, in this TED Talk from TED2014, Chalmers talks about the … Read more

Rethinking Depression: Charles Raison at TEDxTucson

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Dr. Charles Raison with the Dalai Lama. Dr. Charles Raison is the Barry and Janet Lang Associate Professor of Integrative Mental Health with the Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona (with a joint position in the School of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry). Dr. Raison joined the UA to … Read more