All Videos — November 13, 2012

The Brain: Science’s Greatest Challenge and Opportunity

Eric Kandel

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Health

Psychoactive drug helps veterans with traumatic brain injury

One dose of ibogaine was shown to dramatically reduce depression and PTSD.

Hard Science

Surprising discovery challenges key principle of modern cosmology

Observations of an enormous cosmic structure, dubbed the “Big Ring,” seem to violate the Copernican principle.

Aphantasia limits the ability to visualize a statue of a man in the mind's eye.

Neuropsych

My brain doesn’t picture things. What’s wrong with me?

I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”

Neuropsych

Cyborg computer combining AI and human brain cells really works

It could perform a speech recognition task with 78% accuracy.

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10 of the most mystifying open questions in science

From how life emerged on Earth to why we dream, these unanswered questions continue to perplex scientists.

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