How Does the Brain Store Beliefs? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- What if beliefs could be surgically inserted into a patient’s brain? This is the basis of one of philosopher Daniel Dennett’s thought experiments in exploration of how […]
Does Exercise Enhance Creativity? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki is hard at work in her lab experimenting with a new hypothesis: Can you stimulate creativity through exercise? She thinks so, and she’s got a wide […]
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Official Website: https://to.pbs.org/3AP3DP6 | #TheCannabisQuestion As state-legalized cannabis spreads, NOVA explores its little-known risks and benefits. NOVA investigates the story of cannabis from the criminalization that has disproportionately harmed communities of color to the latest medical understanding of the plant. What risks does cannabis pose to the developing brain? How […]
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Books to check out! Some neuroscience and brain stuff, Edward Said’s “Culture & Imperialism,” and Frantz Fanon on Muslim women wearing veils during the Algerian revolution! Very relevant to France and “burkinis.” Oh, and “Art is Dead’ by TomSka and Matt Ley. Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://tinyurl.com/jn6tpup FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/j8bo4gb […]
What is bias? How does your brain affect free will, argument, and thinking? Let’s look at “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahnemann – if we want to study philosophy we need to know a bit about brains, biology, and psychology too! Subscribe! http://tinyurl.com/pr99a46 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/PhilosophyTube Audible: http://tinyurl.com/jn6tpup FAQ: http://tinyurl.com/j8bo4gb […]
The Neuroscience of Creativity, Perception, and Confirmation Bias Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think+ for exclusive videos: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ———————————————————————————- To ensure your survival, your brain evolved to avoid one thing: uncertainty. As neuroscientist Beau Lotto points out, if your ancestors wondered for too long whether […]
