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My Apology 13 Feb 2013 | 07:30 pm
I’d like to begin by thanking the Knight Foundation for the invitation to speak. I’ve been asked to give a talk about decision-making. I’m going to focus today on bad decisions, on the causes and repe...
The Age of Insight 16 Apr 2012 | 11:05 am
An interview with Eric Kandel about 19th century Vienna, the virtue of studying art and what Freud would make of modern neuroscience.
The Future of Sports Medicine? 16 Apr 2012 | 11:03 am
Why did Kobe Bryant go to Germany? And is his avant-garde therapy for his ailing knee working?
The Age of Insight 16 Apr 2012 | 07:05 am
An interview with Eric Kandel about 19th century Vienna, the virtue of studying art and what Freud would make of modern neuroscience.
The Future of Sports Medicine? 16 Apr 2012 | 07:03 am
Why did Kobe Bryant go to Germany? And is his avant-garde therapy for his ailing knee working?
The Willpower Trick 15 Feb 2012 | 06:12 am
Although we might not be able to resist the delicious temptations of the world — they are simply too tempting — we can outsmart them, finding ways to avoid that internal conflict in the first place. T...
Causes Are Hard 15 Feb 2012 | 06:10 am
Hume was right: deciphering causation is the great problem of modern science. And it seems to be getting worse.
The Persistence of Memory 15 Feb 2012 | 06:09 am
The great mystery of memory is how it endures. The typical neural protein only for a few weeks, the cortex in a constant state of reincarnation. How, then, do our memories persist? It’s as if our reme...
Groupthink 15 Feb 2012 | 06:07 am
What’s the best way to work together in a group? And why is brainstorming such a waste of time?
The Willpower Trick 15 Feb 2012 | 01:12 am
Although we might not be able to resist the delicious temptations of the world — they are simply too tempting — we can outsmart them, finding ways to avoid that internal conflict in the first place. T...
