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Click on any of the links below to watch a video. Many are animated, and some show actual neurons growing and firing. You'll discover that the brain is not an organ, but an organism: a society of independent creatures, each with their own minds - and their own consciousness -who constantly connecting and disconnecting from each other. Thus, our feelings, thoughts, and memories are constantly changing, distracting us from mindfully experiencing the world as it really is.

At the end of each video, you'll see other YouTube links that may be related to the one you just saw. We recommend that you surf our library of selections first, then explore deeper as you journey through the maze of your mind. Enjoy!

Andrew Newberg - How God Changes Your Brain - 53 minutes

RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation - 10.5 minutes

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Here's a 10 minute lecture by author Jeremy Rifkin (with animation)
that offers intriguing and provocative insights into empathy and it's
relationship to mirror neuron theory.



Mark Waldman's TEDx Talk - The Second Bigget Idea in the World - 19 minutes

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Mark Waldman's TEDx Talk: The Second Biggest Idea in the World



Meditation and the Brain: Activating the Brain's Compassion Circuits - 4 minutes

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Meditation and the Brain: Activating the Brain's Compassion Circuits



Meditation and the Brain: Neurological Differences in Advanced Meditators - 4 minutes

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Meditation and the Brain: Neurological Differences in Advanced Meditators



Live Footage of Neuronal Firing - 2 videos - less than 1 minute each

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In these amazing time-lapse videos, dendrites and axons are growing
and receeding as they connect with other neurons, and disconnect . . .
in just a few hours! It’s the neurological equivalent of Facebook!





More Live Footage of Neuronal Firing - 1 minute

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More Live Footage of Neuronal Firing



From axons to tracts: A journey through the brain's wiring - 1 1/2 minutes

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From axons to tracts: A journey through the brain's wiring



Actual neurons firing in the thalamus - 4 minutes

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Actual neurons firing in the thalamus



Neuron - 3d Medical Animation - 21 seconds

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Neuron - 3D Medical Animation



Neurotransmitter Synapse 3D Animation - 1 minute

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A beautiful 60 second animated video of a neuron firing and the
neurochemical exchange of information. It is from a DVD included with
The Human Brain Book, by Rita Carter, DK Publishing UK. I highly
recommend all of her books on consciousness and the brain.
Easy to read, accurate, and inspiring.



Neurons, Neurotransmitters, and the Old and New Brain - 5 minutes

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A simple, informative 5-minute video describing the old and new brain. From the
Discovery Channel: Neurons and How They Work.



The Biology of Neural Communication - 3 minutes

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The Biology of Neural Communication



ScienCentral Videos on Neuroscience and Brain Imaging - 2 videos - less than 2 minutes each

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ScienCentral Videos on Neuroscience and Brain Imaging





Brainlink Videos on Neuroscience and Brain Imaging - 2 videos - 2 minutes each

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Brainlink Videos on Neuroscience and Brain Imaging





The Real Jim Carrey - 4 1/2 minutes

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When you watch this video of Jim Carrey describing what we call
a mystical 'unitary consciousness' experience, pay close attention to his face.
You will see, as our neuroscientific research shows, that the experience transcends
his words. You will see it in his eyes, as if he was looking
to fully grasp what he experienced. The experience is beyond words.
Yet you can see it in his facial expressions. You can hear it in the tone
of their voice. As our current research on communication has found,
words are only a small part of the equation. If you want to build trust
and intimacy with someone else, you must train yourself to speak
from the experience, not about it. Soon, hopefully, we will be posting
meditations and mindfulness-based communication exercises that will take you
closer to the transcendent experience of life that Jim Carrey describes in this video.
~ Mark Waldman



Neurotransmisores - (in Spanish) 3 minutes

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This is a 3 minute animated Spanish video on neurotransmitters:
Un neurotransmisor es una biomol?cula, sintetizada generalmente por las neuronas, que se vierte,
a partir de vesculas existentes en la neurona presin?ptica, hacia la brecha sinptica y produce un cambio en
el potencial de acci?n de la neurona postsinptica. Los neurotransmisores
son por tanto las principales sustancias de las sinapsis.

GOOGLE TRANSLATOR: A neurotransmitter is a biomolecule, usually synthesized by neurons,
which is poured, from existing vesicles in the presynaptic neuron
towards the synaptic gap and a change in the action potential of
the postsynaptic neuron. Neurotransmitters are therefore the main substances in the synapses.



The Beautiful Mind - Slide Show