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Category Archives: Brain Research
Psychedemia
Psychedemia was the first academic conference funded by an American university to explicitly focus on the risks and benefits of psychedelic experience. From Neuroscience to Shamanic Healing and everything in between. This documentary film concisely illuminates the emerging interdisciplinary field … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Research, Movies / Documentaries, Psychology, Weird Science, WTF
Tagged hallucinogens, lsd, mushrooms, psychedelic
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The Mirror of the Mind
In this short video, filmmaker and performance philosopher Jason Silva explores the origins of human consciousness and looks at how our mind mirrors the external world – the very world it is a part of. The phenomenon of this reality … Continue reading
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The War on Consciousness (Banned TED Talk)
This video and Rupert Sheldrake’s “The Science Delusion” were initially released by TED but later withdrawn, and then reposted with significantly constrained availability. Read the TED statement here, and Graham Hancock’s response here.
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How to Fake Your Way to Happiness
In this TED Talk, Stumbling On Happiness author Dan Gilbert explains that scientifically, we can be just as happy by manufacturing our own happiness (synthetic happiness) as we can if we get what we want. The reason for this is … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Research, Enlightenment, Inspiration, Psychology
Tagged brain research, happiness, psychology, weird science
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A Monkey That Controls a Robot With Its Thoughts
Can we use our brains to directly control machines — without requiring a body as the middleman? Miguel Nicolelis talks through an astonishing experiment, in which a clever monkey in the US learns to control a monkey avatar, and then … Continue reading
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This Your Brain on Alcohol
Understanding your drunken stupor, from the brain’s perspective. Find out how alcohol molecules alter your brain, ultimately resulting in a night that you…hopefully remember.
Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mind Pt. 2
Like the title says, here are more amazing facts. If you missed part 1 you can watch it here.
Beyond Me; Beyond Belief; Beyond Reason
Enjoy this free Trilogy of profound and thought provoking documentaries about Science and Spirituality. These films are a gift to you and your mind. Beyond Me is a film about how we tend to get stuck in patterns of behavior … Continue reading
How to Memorize a Deck of Cards in 1 minute
To become a Grand Master of Memory — fewer than 100 in the world can claim that title — you need to satisfy each of the following in competitions approved by the World Memory Sport Council: Memorize the order of … Continue reading
Can Sleep Make You Smarter?
Sleep deprivation can cause serious health and cognitive problems in humans. In short, it can make us fat, sick and stupid. But why humans do need so much sleep? Science correspondent Miles O’Brien talks to scientists on the cutting edge … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Research, Psychology, Weird Science
Tagged brain power, dreams, science, sleep
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The Biological Advantage of Being Awestruck
“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead” – Albert Einstein
Posted in Brain Research, Enlightenment, Psychology
Tagged brain research, consciousness, cosmic, enlightenment, individualism, inspiration, motivation, psychology
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Can Money Buy Happiness?
We often hear it, but how true is the phrase ‘Money can’t buy happiness’? Is there a correlation between the two, and if so, what can we learn from it? It turns out, if you think money and happiness are … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Research, Freedom, Psychology, Weird Science
Tagged freedom, happiness, money, wealth
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How to Develop True Confidence
In this three-minute video, Philosopher’s Notes author, Brian Johnson, explains why having self-confidence takes more than just having faith in your ability to succeed. Surprisingly, and somewhat reassuringly, true confidence actually stems not only from your ability, but from your … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Research, Inspiration, Psychology, Super Brain Power
Tagged brain power, confidence, independence, inspiration, motivation, psychology, self confidence
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The Grateful Dead and the Healing Power of Music
In 1977, noted neurologist and author Dr. Oliver Sacks met Greg, a young man with devastating amnesia caused by a brain tumor who could remember no new events in his life. He responded to one thing only: music, particularly The … Continue reading
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Tagged healing, music
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Is LSD A Gateway Drug To Buddhism?
Dr. Rick Strassman, a psychiatric researcher with a specialization in psychotropic drugs, on the “enlightenment experience” and hallucinogens as a pathway for Westerners into Buddhism and Hinduism: “I went to a Zen temple in my early 20s, and, ever the … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Research, Meditation, Psychology
Tagged buddhism, consciousness, drugs, enlightenment, lsd, meditation, monks, psychology
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