Consciousness

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Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking - and how we can stop that from happening.
Unlikely Collaborators
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5mins
Do humans share one consciousness? This psychologist says yes.
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4mins
How do “you” emerge from a collection of cells? A biologist explains.
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6mins
Scientists can't define spirituality. But we can study its healing effects, says this Columbia psychologist.
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6mins
This is not your average dream interpreter. Nightmares, as explained by a neuroscientist.
5mins
Do humans have souls, or are we just particles? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
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4mins
Can psychedelics solve the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness? A Johns Hopkins professor explains.
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7mins
A psychiatrist studied 1,000 near-death experiences. Here’s what he discovered.
4mins
Dr. Carl Hart breaks taboos surrounding drug use in America.
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8mins
Is science destined to crack the code of consciousness—and how would we even go about it?
John Templeton Foundation
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Atheists are not immune from supernatural thinking.
Are dreams, hallucinations, and near death experiences all connected?
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There’s a psychological reason you haven’t created healthier habits in your life.
John Templeton Foundation
Experiencing flow state
Experiences that put you in a state of flow are shown to override PTSD and heartbreak.
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Psychologist Daniel Goleman shares what he learned by studying the brain waves of Olympic-level meditators, and his findings are unprecedented.
John Templeton Foundation
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Philosophers have been making the claim that free will is an illusion for hundreds of years. Dr. Uri Maoz shares what modern neuroscience has to say about it.
John Templeton Foundation