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Ted: Ted Ed: Your Brain Is More Than a Bag of Chemicals

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Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson believes in a more nuanced view of how the brain functions. He illuminates new research that could lead to targeted psychiatric medications- that work better and avoid side effects. How's he doing it? For a start, by making a bunch of fruit flies angry. [5:26]

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Practice