Rap Guide to Consciousness
Baba Brinkman explores what is perhaps the greatest mystery and challenge to our understanding -- our own, human, consciousness. In rap.
Can Great Apes Read Your Mind?
In past research, apes consistently failed on tasks designed to assess their understanding of others’ false beliefs. They did’t seem to know when someone has an idea about the world that conflicts with reality. But in a new study involving 40 bonobos, chimpanzees and orangutans the apes were able to anticipate that an actor would behave in accordance with a false belief.
How To Help Every Child Fulfill Their Potential
Ever wondered why kids say they’re bored at school, or why they stop trying when the work gets harder? The wrong kind of praise actually harms young people.
Understanding the Link Between Bullying and Suicide
Why Can’t You Remember Being a Baby?
Friday Nite Videos -- April 25, 2014
Schizophrenia: What's in My Head?
When she's experiencing hallucinations, artist Sue Morgan feels compelled to draw; to 'get it out of her head'. Sue was diagnosed with schizophrenia about 20 years ago. The drawing is therapeutic, but it's also Sue's way of expressing the complex and sometimes frightening secret world in her head. In this film Sue meets Sukhi Shergill, a clinician and researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry in London. He's also making pictures, but using MRI to peer inside the brains of schizophrenia patients.
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