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1hr 23mins
Full Interview
The terrifying ways that social media is altering teenage brains
Why social media is the perfect recipe for kids to become addicted to their smartphones.
Clare Morell
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7mins
The Well
The incredible powers of transcendent thinking, explained by a neuroscientist
Finding meaning isn’t just personally fulfilling — it’s critical to our brain’s development, explains USC neuroscientist.
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang
Black and white vintage illustration of a human brain viewed from the side, set against a solid light pink background.
7mins
The Well
An evolutionary history of the human brain, in 7 minutes
Plato and Carl Sagan were wrong about the human brain, says a top neuroscientist.
Lisa Feldman Barrett
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