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Mainstream science long ignored laughter and even today many questions about the origins function and mechanisms of laughter remain unanswered. what is it that triggers laughter in the brains of primates medical science suggests that there is no single center in the brain responsible for laughter not activates a number of different regions including the brain stem and some more evolved areas of the brain. laughter is not simply a reflex its a complex neural activity. laughter is a mystery that s...

Specifically in this context of white people, frankly, how they speak to us and learning to take that reaction and sort of interrogate it. >> do we ever get any better in terms of not being driven by fear? and not having fear being the easiest button it is for politicians to push and for, you know, media elites to push in terms of getting peoples attention, getting them to believe -- >> that is so -- it is so hard, right, to overcome that because the fear stuff is located in the brain stem. the ...

Terms of not being driven by fear? and not having fear being the easiest button it is for politicians to push and for, you know, media elites to push in terms of getting peoples attention, getting them to believe -- >> that is so -- it is so hard, right, to overcome that because the fear stuff is located in the brain stem. the first part that evolved. then all the other stuff in the prefrontal cortext. here in new york city there was an election to end stop and frisk which that was overwhelmingl...

I mean, i have felt it in my life. many a time. ive felt the siren call that particularly growing up as 12 and 13-year-old in new york city when the crime rate was at a peak amount, so before we talk about, like, criminal justice policy or policing, like, the deeper truth is an emotional truth about how we, as political actors, respond to these appeals. >> yeah. >> and recognizing the way they speak to us, and i mean this specifically in this context of white people, frankly, how they speak to u...

Breathing, hearing, seeing. when thats happening and then you hear the pope is coming in town, you felt the nudge to go see him. tell me about the time. you have this tumor that theyre saying the location is threatening the life of your baby. you go to see the pope. what happens? >> gosh. when we heard pope francis was coming to philly, i had a -- i had a dream that she met him and i knew that he had to get her -- his hands on her. it was a miracle. him kissing her. it was a real miracle. her en...

>> shes absolutely doped up right now. watch her trying to walk or do anything. >> this is difficult to watch, but it does raise this important point. the traditional drugs used to treat epilepsy can be more dangerous than cannabis. vivians doctor, epilepsy expert warren davinski. >> i think one of the reasons marijuana is probably safe is its related to the cannabidiol receptors. if you have too much stimulation or inhibition of them, they dont shut off breathing or respiration. >> and thats ke...

>> looking at this, theres not a whole lot there. but we can tuck all these pieces in. >> all that there? >> yeah, dont want to lose what little brains hes got. >> in a couple years the ears will feel out and then the brain stem, the ma duala oblong gotta, and the face, the countenance, thats french. >> beautiful. >> i think were good. >> yeah? >> unlike a rembrandt, a law do doesnt live forever. >> this is the hunt scene, when he first moved here he was inspired by this topiary that he saw in e...

>> yes. >> looking at this, theres not a whole lot there. but we can tuck all these pieces in. >> all that there? >> yeah, dont want to lose what little brains hes got. >> in a couple years the ears will feel out and then the brain stem, the medulla oblongata, and the face, the countenance, thats french. >> beautiful. >> i think were good. >> yeah? >> unlike a rembrandt, a law do doesnt live forever. >> this is the hunt scene, when he first moved here he was inspired by this topiary that he saw ...

Parts. a microphone and transmitter on the head converts sounds from the outside world into electrical signals. those signals are transmitted to the internal receiver made of electrodes, implanted on the brain stem. the auditory neurons are stimulated directly in the brain, bypassing the inner ear completely. >> by putting this electrode directly into the hearing centers of the brain it actually is taking stuff and using the brain the way its designed to work. and the brain itself in a very youn...

This was identified as human. and the sample had both small granular cells and larger purkinje cells. this meant only one thing. this was muscle. but they wanted a second opinion. >> so they sent this tissue to a fellow named mike collin who is a neuropathologist in ohio. he looked at it and said, yeah, its mammal and its cerebellum. its the brain stem. >> the cerebellum sits at the base of the brain and is primarily responsible for memory and motor movement. since the cerebellum controls the he...