I thought this would be an excellent idea. A resource thread for audio and video media existing on the internet that discuss topics of interest related to this Nootropic/Neuroscience forum page.
Please add your finds to this thread.
Audio & Video Talks, Lectures And Programs On:
Neuroscience
Nootropics/Smart Pills
Brain Enhancement, Protection and Repair
Brain Plasticity and NGF
Related Psychoactive Substances
Brain Enchancement Exercises, Techniques, Programs
Moral and Ethical Debates
Brain-Computer Interfacing
Here is a great find to start this thread out with. Steven Rose (neuroscientist, writer) author of Promise and Peril: The Future of the Brain. A 2005 talk.
http://forum.wgbh.or...lecture_id=1805
(WGBH Forum Network is a great intellectual resource).
Promise and Peril: The Future of the Brain
Steven Rose, neuroscientist, writer
Brain repair, smart pills, mind-reading machines--modern neuroscience promises to deliver an array of treatments and diagnostic tools that sound like they are the stuff of science fiction, as well as profound insight into the nature of the brain over the next decade. But these breakthroughs raise troubling questions about what it means to be human, Steven Rose warns. If the human genome is 99% identical to the chimpanzee's, why are we so different? What does the pharmaceutical promise of mental health do to our understanding of mental health? How does our evolving understanding of the human brain affect our sense of the human mind and our sense of agency and humanity?
An internationally renowned biologist, Steven Rose has written or edited 15 books, including The Chemistry of Life, The Conscious Brain, and Not in our Genes with Richard Lewontin. His research has made significant strides toward a treatment for Alzheimer's disease. He is a frequent guest on the BBC, and is known for questioning the relationships between science, business and politics. Dr Rose is professor of biology and director of the brain research group at the Open University in Great Britain and a visiting professor in anatomy and developmental biology at University College London.
Audio
Cambridge Forum
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
The First Parish Church in Cambridge [MA]
Edited by Rags847, 25 July 2008 - 09:14 AM.