Extras
The Brain with David Eagleman | Preview
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explores why we feel and think the things we do.
The Brain with David Eagleman | Preview
Episode 6 | The Connectome: Mapping the Brain
The team building a three dimensional map of the brain’s connections.
Episode 6 | The Connectome: Mapping the Brain
Episode 6 | The Chinese Room Thought Experiment
Dr. David Eagleman demonstrates the Chinese Room thought experiment.
Episode 6 | The Chinese Room Thought Experiment
Episode 6 | Take Control of Your Future
Our future lies in our own hands.
Episode 6 | Take Control of Your Future
Episode 6 | Expanding Our Sensory Horizons
In theory, there is no limit to the number of new senses we may create in the future.
Episode 6 | Expanding Our Sensory Horizons
Episode 6 | Emergence: What Ants can Teach Us
Cooperation can give rise to something much greater - and teach us about consciousness.
Episode 6 | Emergence: What Ants can Teach Us
Imagine life inside a computer, in a simulated world. Could we be there already?
Episode 6 | Digital Life
Episode 6 | Cryonic Preservation of the Brain and Body
One team’s effort to give people a second chance at life.
Episode 6 | Cryonic Preservation of the Brain and Body
Swapping out cells for circuits, it may be possible for the mind to exist digitally.
Episode 6 | Brain Uploading
Episode 6 | Attempting to Create Artificial Intelligence
A humanoid robot that can learn from the world.
Episode 6 | Attempting to Create Artificial Intelligence
This ability to feel another’s pain explains why stories can be so powerful.
Episode 5 | What Is Empathy?
Episode 5 | The Massacre of Srebrenica
Can genocide be understood as a neural phenomenon?
Episode 5 | The Massacre of Srebrenica
Episode 5 | The Amazing Case of John Robison
One man's transformation reveals something that we all unconsciously do every day.
Episode 5 | The Amazing Case of John Robison
Episode 5 | Social Pain Is Real Pain
Social pain activates the brain’s pain matrix.
Episode 5 | Social Pain Is Real Pain
Episode 5 | In-Group/Out-Group
David shows that a single word label can decide over how much you care for one in pain.
Episode 5 | In-Group/Out-Group
Episode 5 | Destroying Empathy
Propaganda plugs directly into neural networks, enabling dehumanization.
Episode 5 | Destroying Empathy
Episode 4 | The Trolley Dilemma
Two scenarios that involve very different systems in the brain.
Episode 4 | The Trolley Dilemma
Episode 4 | The Iowa Gambling Task
The science behind "gut" and "hunch" decisions.
Episode 4 | The Iowa Gambling Task
Episode 4 | The Conflict Within
Every time you are faced with a decision, there is a storm of activity inside your brain.
Episode 4 | The Conflict Within
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