This is the last Movie Monday for this semester (no movie during finals week). This TED talk is a three and a half minute compilation of how TEDsters think they became successful. Some good advice from some VERY smart people for the end of the semester (and for life!).

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Although this is more about medicine than psychology it is the “Movie Monday” this week for two reasons. First of all, there are references to Alzheimer’s which we have discussed in Psychology 362 (The Psychology of Learning). Secondly though, this talk represents what great things young people can do in and with their lives. Very inspiring…

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Steven Pinker is a linguist who studies how we think and use words and how we learn. He is cited a great deal in the Sousa book for PSYC 362 (chapter 5). Here is the TED talk about his latest book.

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There will be no “Movie Monday” this week due to the short school week.  Here is some interesting information though about the site:

So far the site has had over 2, 000 hits and almost 300 people have made comments on the movies/talks. If you have not had a chance to do so, please spend some time reading comments from fellow students. Very interesting…

Want to find out the secret to happiness? Then tune in to this week’s “Movie Monday” video/talk.

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Ken Robinson thinks that the current educational system is killing creativity in students. Find out how he would change this…. This should be of special interest to PSYC 414 students.

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Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brain’s most basic mechanisms as he explores the mind through topics such as phantom limb pain and synesthesia.

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It’s midterm week folks, so this one’s just for fun! It’s short (so you have more time to study- ha!), but hopefully it will lift your spirits and put a smile on your face. Instead of the mainstream (and sometimes boring) photographs of people standing in front of interesting sights from different countries – Matt does a little dance. He put his video on You Tube and everyone loved it so much that he got a sponsor and people all over the world came out to dance with Matt.

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No need to comment (unless you want to for fun), simply ENJOY! (And good luck on your midterms this week).

One of the most popular of the TED talks, Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroscientist who describes her own experience with having a stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. Fascinating…

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If a tree crashes in the forest and no one is around will it make a sound? If you put a computer in a hole in the wall and just leave it there, will kids figure out how to work it? Check out Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” project to find out how kids teach themselves and then end up teaching other kids….

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