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Kelly McGonigal: The Science of Willpower

Michael — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:14 +0000

Kelly McGonigal from Stanford University talks about how self-control works at TEDxBayArea.

Found at IntegralOptions.

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson: Remarks at NASA Senate Commerce hearing

Michael — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:11:02 +0000

Neil deGrasse Tyson appeared at the Senate Commerce hearing for the future of the American space program.

Shlomo Benartzi: Saving for tomorrow, tomorrow

Michael — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:52:09 +0000

Schlomo Benartzi talks about how we can change saving behavior at TEDSalon NY2011.

Robert Sapolsky, Nathan Woodling and Anthony Chung-Ming Ng: Introduction to Neuroscience I

Michael — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:45:31 +0000

Nathan Woodling and Anthony Chung-Ming Ng give an introduction to neuroscience for Robert Sapolsky’s lecture series about human behavioral biology.

Grace Hopper: Nanosecond

Michael — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:27:57 +0000

Grace Hopper, one of the pioneers in conmputer science, demonstrates a nanosecond.

Neil Burgess: How your brain tells you where you are

Michael — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:26:46 +0000

Neil Burgress explains the amazing mechanism how the brain processes and remembers spatial information.

Filmed at TEDSalon 2011 London Springs.

Robert Sapolsky: Ethology

Michael — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:48:49 +0000

In the 9th lecture of the lecture series "Human Behavioral Biology", Robert Sapolsky covers ethology, the study of animal behavior.

Robert Sapolsky: Recognizing Relatives

Michael — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:59:36 +0000

Robert Sapolsky explains which mechanisms animals use to recognize relatives. This lecture is the 8th part in the series "Human Behavioral Biology".

Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration

Michael — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:13:34 +0000

Luis von Ahn talks about his past and future projects which make use of massive-online collaboration.

Robert Sapolsky: Behavioral Genetics II

Michael — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:02:44 +0000

In lecture No. 7 of the "Human Behavioral Biology" series, Robert Sapolsky talks about heritability and the interconnection between genetics and environmental influences.