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1. 2008-10-04 Wakey Wakey! The many lives of amphetamine
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The 1929 discovery of amphetamine heralded the dawn of the age of Speed -- a drug with an extraordinary and triumphant career. The first modern antidepressant, a powerful prop in warfare, a diet pill, a devastating illicit drug -- now reincarnated as a treatment for ADHD. Historian of science Nicola
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public date: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - (14 MB Type: MPEG)
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2. 2008-09-27 Skeptics on skeptical thinking
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Nobody likes being told their most cherished beliefs are based on myth and misconception. But the global skeptics movement does just that. In the classroom and beyond, All in the Mind excavates the nature of the skeptical enquiry with magician The Amazing Randi, Mythbusters' Adam Savage and other en
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public date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - (15 MB Type: MPEG)
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3. 2008-09-20 Part 2 of 2 - The power of plasticity
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The brain is more plastic than scientists once believed. But what does this mental malleability mean for humanity? More compelling stories from psychiatrist Dr Norman Doidge as he enters the labs and lives of the new `neuroplasticians´. And, neuroplasticity on the couch - does psychotherapy physical
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public date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - (14 MB Type: MPEG)
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4. 2008-09-13 Part 1 of 2: The Power of Plasticity
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The dogma used to be that the adult brain was a rigid, unchangeable organ, but that pessimistic perspective is now being radically revised. Psychiatrist Dr Norman Doidge journeyed into the labs and lives of the `neuroplasticians´ -- once scientific mavericks, they're challenging the old neurological
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public date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1000 - (14 MB Type: MPEG)
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