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Amygdala: The brain’s burglar alarm 2/9

Just what IS going on in the teen brain? Join Abigail Baird, PhD (Vassar) as she shares how the neurological growth spurt of adolescence dictates how we learn to consolidate, generalize and then (at light speed) make use of our experiences to navigate our every day...

Abigail Baird: The Teen Brain (full video)

Just what IS going on in the teen brain? Join Abigail Baird, PhD (Vassar) as she shares how the neurological growth spurt of adolescence dictates how we learn to consolidate, generalize and then (at light speed) make use of our experiences to navigate our every day...

Can we communicate with lucid dreamers?

Ken Paller, PhD (Northwestern University) pitches his lab’s pioneering work seeking to answer the question: Can we establish real-time, two-way communication with lucid dreamers? Paller and fellow investigator Karen Konkoly are based in Paller’s Cognitive Neuroscience...

Wendy Chung and Autism: Could Genetics Hold the Answers?

Dr. Wendy Chung joined the Mind Science Foundation on November 6, 2018 at the Pearl Stable in San Antonio, TX to discuss: Why does my child have autism? Geneticist Dr. Chung shares what we know about the autism spectrum disorder and how it isn’t a single condition...

What Everyday Words Say About Us (Part 1 of 6)

I, me, we, us, you, she, he and him…What does your use of pronouns reveal? In this 2012 talk for the Mind Science Foundation, Jamie Pennebaker reveals research findings from the last decade that explore how people use pronouns and other almost-invisible words in...

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