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2022-04-10 07:09:18 3 CLUES TO UNDERSTANDING YOUR BRAIN

Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.

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Vilayanur Ramachandran · Brain expert. Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brain’s most basic mechanisms. By working with those who have very specific mental disabilities caused by brain injury or stroke, he can map functions of the mind to physical structures of the brain.

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#Brain #Consciousness
#Culture Open / Comment

2022-04-08 21:00:01 WHY 30 IS NOT THE NEW 20

Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now. She gives 3 pieces of advice for how twentysomethings can re-claim adulthood in the defining decade of their lives.

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Meg Jay - Clinical psychologist. In her book "The Defining Decade," Meg Jay suggests that many twentysomethings feel trivialized during what is actually the most transformative and defining period of our adult lives.

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#Youth #Culture #Aging Open / Comment

2022-04-07 21:00:00 THE LOATHSOME LETHAL MOSQUITO

Everyone hates mosquitos. Besides the annoying buzzing and biting, mosquito-borne diseases like malaria kill over a million people each year (plus horses, dogs and cats). And over the past 100 million years, they've gotten good at their job - sucking up to three times their weight in blood, totally undetected. So shouldn't we just get rid of them? Rose Eveleth shares why scientists aren't sure.

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Rose Eveleth - Educator.

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#Animation #Animals #TEDEd Open / Comment

2022-04-06 21:00:00 DEPRESSION, THE SECRET WE SHARE

"The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep away from me in that moment." In a talk equal parts eloquent and devastating, writer Andrew Solomon takes you to the darkest corners of his mind during the years he battled depression. That led him to an eye-opening journey across the world to interview others with depression - only to discover that, to his surprise, the more he talked, the more people wanted to tell their own stories.

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Andrew Solomon - Writer. Andrew Solomon writes about politics, culture and psychology.

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#TEDx #Culture #Depression Open / Comment

2022-04-05 21:00:01 WHY DO WOMEN HAVE PERIODS?

A handful of species on Earth share a seemingly mysterious trait: a menstrual cycle. We're one of the select few mammals on Earth that menstruate, and we also do it more than any other animal, even though it's a waste of nutrients, and can be a physical inconvenience. So where's the sense in this uncommon biological process? TED-Ed describes the history and evolution of menstruation.

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Emma Bryce - Educator.

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#Health #History #Women Open / Comment

2022-04-04 21:00:00 YOUR BRAIN HALLUCINATES YOUR CONSCIOUS REALITY

Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience - and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality." Join Seth for a delightfully disorienting talk that may leave you questioning the very nature of your existence.

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Anil Seth - Cognitive neuroscientist. How can the "inner universe" of consciousness be explained in terms of mere biology and physics? Anil Seth explores the brain basis of consciousness and self.

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#Brain #CognitiveScience #Humanity Open / Comment

2022-04-03 21:00:01 THE HISTORY OF OUR WORLD IN 18 MINUTES

Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is "Big History": an enlightening, wide-angle look at complexity, life and humanity, set against our slim share of the cosmic timeline.

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David Christian - Historian. David Christian teaches an ambitious world history course that tells the tale of the entire universe - from the Big Bang 13 billion years ago to present day.

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#Internet #BigBang #History Open / Comment

2022-04-02 21:00:00 HOW DO YOU DEFINE YOURSELF?

Born with a rare disorder that prevents her from gaining weight, Lizzie Velasquez has faced more negativity and bullying than most. Over time, she's developed a simple but effective coping mechanism. "Tell me those negative things," she says. "I'm gonna turn them around and use them as a ladder to climb up to my goals." In this funny, personal talk, Lizzie shares her story – and the tools to help people reject hateful perspectives while embracing self-definition.

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Lizzie Velásquez - Author, YouTuber. Lizzie Velasquez is a motivational speaker, YouTube star and author of "Lizzie Beautiful: The Lizzie Velásquez Story."

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#PersonalGrowth #Self #Identity Open / Comment

2022-04-01 21:00:00 A 12-YEAR-OLD APP DEVELOPER

Most 12-year-olds love playing videogames - but Thomas Suarez taught himself how to create them. After developing iPhone apps like "Bustin Jeiber," a whack-a-mole game, he is now using his skills to help other kids become developers.

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Thomas Suarez - Developer, 12 year old. Thomas Suarez, a 12 year old, taught himself to build iphone apps.

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#TEDx #Education #Entertainment Open / Comment

2022-04-01 05:00:34 5 ways that you can help refugees

Here's how we can best support displaced people as they arrive in our communities and countries, from Zarlasht Halaimzai, a refugee rights advocate and writer. Open / Comment