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  1. 08/14/2014 ·  Video

    Infectious Music: How microbes have shaped our music

    In this episode, Professor Joaquin (Quim) Madrenas discusses how certain diseases impacted the way compsers created music, and how these diseases influenced the way societies experienced this music.

  2. 08/14/2014 ·  Video

    Why We Love Music: A Neuroscience perspective

    Professor Robert L. Zattore discusses the reason why people have continued to love music throughout history and proposes that affinity for music is inherently human (and undoubtedly neurological).

  3. 08/13/2014 ·  Video

    Nature’s Chorus: Frog Calls and Bird Songs

    Prof. David M. Green enlightens us about various types of frog calls, followed by a lesson on bird songs by Prof. Jon Sakata.

  4. 07/17/2013 ·  Video

    Sexual and Natural Selection – The Fist-fight in Nature

    Is it true that natural and sexual selection oppose each other? For instance, why should male peacocks have such large tails? Even Darwin noted this evolutionary puzzle: there are some traits of organisms that would seem to decrease their survival. This lecture will explore this situation using examples from Dr. Hendry’s research from a variety [...]

  5. 07/17/2013 ·  Video

    “(S)he’s Being Mean to Me”: How Should Boys and Girls Respond to Aggression by Peers?

    This lecture discusses ongoing work in Dr. Dirks’ lab that examines how children respond to different types of peer aggression, how those responses are perceived by important people in their social worlds, and how the effectiveness of a given response may vary depending upon who is enacting it and when they do it. Implications for [...]

  6. 07/17/2013 ·  Video

    A Gene Underlying Sexual Conflict in Insects

    This lecture will show how sexual conflict or sexually antagonistic behaviour in insects can influence the evolution and elaboration of novel sexually dimorphic traits in distinct and potentially opposing ways.

  7. 07/17/2013 ·  Video

    Chemistry, Love and Gender

    This presentation features a lighthearted but scientific look at a topic of interest to all. The chemistry of the brain “in love” is examined, as well as the possible existence of aphrodisiacs and love potions. Chemical sex attractants in insects constitute the background to a discussion of possible analogues to these compounds in humans. This [...]

  8. 07/31/2012 ·  Video

    Petra Schweinhardt: The Pain-Reward Connection

    Leading McGill scientists cover many major aspects of pain science, from molecular and neural pathways to the psychological modulation of pain. The series bridges our understanding of how factors such as environment, genetics, gender, age and lifestyle are related to pain. Pain and reward are two motivational processes that oppose each other. This talk will [...]

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