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An autistic teen helps brain researchers unravel the mysteries of the mind. Tito, a remarkable autistic teenager, joins three brain experts in a search for the causes and...
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Does the mind work like a computer? Are mental processes the product of computation in that information processing is the essence of mind or consciousness? This view is...
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As far as we know, brains are the most highly organized matter in the universe. How they make their magic is just astonishing.
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Season 01
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We all wish for better memories. But how are memories stored? For all our neuroscience, we still do not know even the level in the brain where memories are stored—from...
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How do injured brains help explain normal brains? One of the most powerful ways of learning about normal brain function is to examine what functions are lost when parts or...
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How is it possible that mushy masses of brain cells, passing chemicals and shooting sparks, literally are mental sensations and subjective feelings? They seem so radically...
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As far as we know, brains are the most highly organized matter in the universe. How they make their magic is just astonishing. How can 100 billion or so neurons, each with...
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What is it about the brain that enables some scientists to claim they can explain mind? And what is it about scientific explanations that some philosophers reject?
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Everything we know, think and feel—everything!—comes from our brains. But consciousness, our private sense of inner awareness, remains a mystery. Brain...
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Everything I know — everything! — comes from my brain. Consciousness, our private sense of inner awareness, is the one big question to which we might find...
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Season 07
The mind consists of sensations, thoughts, cogitations, intentions, feelings. How could these inner mental capacities, these felt experiences, be produced by the three pounds...
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