Saturday, April 24, 2010

Understanding the Male Brain


Until nearly a decade ago, the differences between human male and female brains were not evident to scientists. Although many of the behavioral differences between the sexes were obvious, it was not easy to tell apart the ones that could be attributed to cultural factors from those that resulted from differences in the brain circuits.
This situation changed after the advent of the magnetic resonance imaging technology, which made it possible to watch what happens inside living human brains. By now it is widely known that there is no such thing as an “unisex brain”.
On the video below, Dr. Louann Brizendine talks, in a well-humored way, about how male brains work and change since the womb until mature adulthood. The way a man's brain changes when he becomes a father is particularly interesting and surprising. She also gives nice tips that can help men and women to better understand each other and therefore have better relationships.
In the second half of the video, when the audience asks questions, other interesting subjects such as the “gay brain” and the influence of cultural factors on the development of the brain are discussed.




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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Powerful Images

Some photos are so powerful that they provoke people to act and change things. On the video below, Jonathan Klein, co-founder and CEO of Getty Images, shows and talks about some of them. It is worth watching.




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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

What Would Aliens Look Like?

If we ever happen to find complex extraterrestrial life, it is extremely unlikely that the aliens would resemble us, like the ones that are portrayed in the movies or described in pseudoscientific ufology reports.

The short video below explains why and shows what alien life forms might possibly look like.





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