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Sex, drugs, brains and politics
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A wide variety of different sources of evidence is converging upon an understanding that the human brain is organized in a hierarchical structure. Brain regions that are old in terms of both evolution and development coexist with newer regions. Investigation into how this combination of regions produces behaviour has yielded some important insights. These involve a wide spectrum of phenomena, ranging from logical reasoning, how people become addicted, through homicide, to voting choices in elections. The lecture will explore a range of these phenomena. Frederick Toates is Emeritus Professor of Biological Psychology in the Open University. An author of 12 books, he has had experience of teaching undergraduates in America, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Romania and Moldova. His OU teaching experience extends over more than 34 years. The most recent book is Biological Psychology (3rd ed.) and the article on which this lecture builds was published in The Journal of Sex Research in 2009. His research is mainly into the brain mechanisms of motivation.

Author: Prof Fred Toates
Language: English
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  • Sex, drugs, brains and politics
    Duration: 01:14:58
    Date: 02.04.2013
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