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Neuroscientists Steven Chase & Aaron Batista chat with Trey Elling about research they conducted on monkeys to learn why we struggle to learn under pressure. Topics include:

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• The genesis of this research (1:34)
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• How the monkeys were tested (2:23)
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• The monkeys\u2019 \u2018jackpot\u2019 (3:35)
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• What the research found (4:41)
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• The activity in the monkeys\u2019 brains (5:51)
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• The role of the motor cortex (7:41)
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• Examining rhesus macaques over bonobo chimps (9:46)
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• What led Steven and Aaron to studying the brain (11:37)
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• Defining \u2018the mind\u2019 (15:14)
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• Examples where Steven and Aaron failed AND succeeded under pressure (18:54)
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