Recorded seminars, each about 2½ hours, free to watch on YouTube. Each mixes theory, demonstrations and practice you can try yourself, and is suitable for newcomers to neuroscience.
Starts with the anatomy of the brain and what brainwaves are. Then: how spirituality can be measured, what enlightenment looks like in the brain, and whether spiritual states can be reached on purpose. Draws on Dr Andrew Newberg’s brain-imaging laboratory, magnetic brain-stimulation studies and decades of hypnosis EEG research.
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The links between body and mind: the five senses, proprioception, interoception (Marcus’s PhD research area), embodied cognition and alexithymia. The second part covers the main cognitive domains, with tests you can try on yourself, and the research on how physical exercise keeps the brain healthy.
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How creativity arises in the brain, and how to strengthen it in yourself. Are some people born creative? What does brain damage do to creativity? How can we produce more creative ideas? Draws on Edward de Bono’s lateral thinking, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s flow state and current neuroscience research.
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How we experience and express gender, as it arises in the brain and matures as we develop. What is the difference between sex and gender? Is there such a thing as a “male” or “female” brain? Where does androgyny fit in? Draws on international neuropsychology and neuroscience research groups.
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