Multimedia Resources
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Video Clips
- Jill Bolte Taylor: My Stroke of Insight
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jill_bolte_taylor
Jim Bolte Taylor, brain researcher, describes her own experience of having a stroke and how her behavior and her understanding of the world were impacted.
- ChimamandaNgoziAdichie: The Danger of a Single Story
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
ChimamandaAdichie discusses how the “single stories” that are created from social discourses lead to misunderstandings about culture and people.
Audio Clips
- Radiolab: Who Am I?
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91496-who-am-i/
This hour episode explores how the brain creates and perceives the self.
- Can you learn while you’re asleep
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/08/28/160137395/can-you-learn-while-you-re-asleep
This audio clip discusses the possibility of using Pavlov’s conditioning methods during sleep and suggests the future possibility of being able to study in your sleep.