Paranoid Thoughts

[Image: a still from the simulation, this female avatar is programmed to look up at you if you look at her long enough.]

title Paranoia on the Tube
description A video press release by Daniel Freeman on his research using VR avatars to simulate social conditions on London's tube, or subway, and finding that nearly a third of participants had some self-reported paranoid thoughts. Predictors included inflexible thinking and anxiety. His conclusion is that paranoid thoughts are not confined to serious mental illness, they are more common. He speaks well and you can watch the VR simulation as he describes elements of it. In his BJP abstract he says, "The use of virtual reality should lead to rapid advances in the understanding of paranoia." Let's see more, then.
producer Wellcome Trust
featuring Dr. Daniel Freeman
format Flash
date 01/04/08
length near 00:04:00
link http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2008/WTD039337.htm

Thank you Mind Hacks for prompting me to look for the VR video.

Tags: brain video vod research VR avatar paranoia social psychology psychiatry tube London

Damasio on Emotion

[Image: portrait of Antonio Damasio, from Conscious Entities.]

title Advances on the Neurobiology of Emotion: Taking Stock
description In a long, slightly muffled lecture, the legendary Antonio Damasio talks about issues to do with emotions and the brain, spanning his career and looking forward.
producer Princeton University
featuring Antonio Damasio
format Real Video or WMV
date 16/11/06
length 01:44:30
link http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/lectures/
direct video link http://realserver.princeton.edu:8080/ramgen/lectures/20061116damasioVN350K.rm
direct video link http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/lectures/20061116damasioVN350K.asx

Tags: brain video lecture neurobiology emotion neuroimaging lecture

IQ

title Stephen Murdoch Discusses IQ
description Author Stephen Murdoch discusses the history of IQ tests, including abuses, and why it's a surprisingly emotional topic.
producer The Commonwealth Club of California and FORA.tv
featuring Stephen Murdoch
format Flash, mp3, mp4
date 16/04/08
length 00:44:43
link http://fora.tv/2008/04/16/Stephen_Murdoch_Discusses_IQ

Tags: brain video vodcast IQ intelligence neuroethics cog_sci history psychology law eugenics education tests

Award-Winning Neuroethics

title Teen Brain
description Neuroethics and the teen brain. The brain continues developing until about age 25. Questions of moral and legal culpability between ages 18-25, when the brain hasn't developed impulse control and good judgement with the PFC, are explored. Is 18 the right age for legal adulthood? Repercussions include a more educational prison that could keep young adults from being housed with hardcore life offenders and becoming the same. In theory. Host Jonica Newby (above right) won a Eureka Prize for Science Journalism for her work on this episode of the science TV programme Catalyst.
producer ABC [Australia]
featuring Drs. Jonica Newby, Cristos Pentelis, Stephen Wood, Chris Lennings
format WMV, Real Video
date 28/07/05
length 00:12:22
link http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1424747.htm

Tags: brain video TV neurodevelopment neuroethics philosophy psychology law adolescence child

TMS Neurorehab

[Image: illustration by Elena Allen/UC Berkeley]

title Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and the Rehabilitation of Spatial Cognition
description TMS used to investigate normal neural mechanisms of spatial processing and attention, use for neurorehab of attention dysfunction and spatial cognition, some limitations of TMS, and potential uses of the technology. Nice production, presented in four fifteen-minute streaming segments, or you can download or request a DVD of the complete lecture.
producer The Neuro-Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Network
featuring Christopher D. Chambers, Ph.D.
format Flash, MPEG4 (zipped), free DVD
date 20/11/06
length 00:54:16
link http://www.ncrrn.org/people/chambers

Tags: brain video lecture TMS neuropsychology cog_sci cognitive neurorehab spatial neurology neurotech