Summary: What drives the desire to behave morally? In this TEDTalk, neuroeconomist Paul Zak discusses why he believes oxytocin - he calls it “the moral molecule” - is responsible for trust, empathy, and other feelings that help build a stable society. A pioneer in the field of neuroeconomics, Zak seeks to understand how the hormone promotes social bonding, and shares with the audience the unorthodox...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Pain is usually thought of as a symptom of underlying illness - but what happens when the pain itself becomes the disease? Starting with the story of a girl whose sprained wrist turned into a medical nightmare, pediatric anesthesiologist Elliot Krane discusses the complex mystery of chronic pain in this TEDTalk presentation. Krane also reviews what we know about how pain works, and current pain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Why is an original painting preferred over a known forgery? In this TEDTalk, psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists - that beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is. Bloom points to the fact that erotic attraction to another may vanish upon learning that that...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011