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14. Limbic System

Stanford · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Neuroscience & the brainUniversity lectures & courses

What it is

Robert Sapolsky's Stanford lecture on the limbic system as the emotional part of the nervous system, covering its role in decision making, links to the cortex and the functions of its subparts.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a real academic source to back up or correct claims about emotion, anger and anxiety in the brain.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Also an actual academic lecture on the Limbic System which contextualizes & clarifies some of the other assertions”

    Academic lecture clarifying brain claims.

    mattdeboard, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “Practical Facts about the Human Brain”

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Topics: neurobiology, sapolsky, emotion, amygdala, stanford

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