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Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

4.6 • 40.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

What makes the mind of a human different from that of other animals? Psychologist Laurie Santos says we can't know the answer to that question if we only study humans. This week, we turn to Laurie's work with monkeys to understand which parts of human behavior are distinct, and which we share with other species.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain, I'm Shankar Vedanta.
0:03.1	Many of the most iconic characters in children's stories are talking animals.
0:07.8	What's up Jack?
0:09.2	I told I told Puri Kee!
0:11.4	Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming!
0:15.3	The wonderful thing about children is to give the wonderful food to top the swimming and the rubber.
0:19.2	Departum the minute.
0:20.1	As children, we love to imagine that animals think as we think and do as we do.
0:25.0	We continue to love animal videos as we get older.
0:28.4	If you need evidence, look at YouTube.
0:31.1	Maybe you're responsible for one of the 22 million views of this video.
0:35.9	Just like to open wide sir.
0:37.7	Okay, I think you're...
0:39.2	One monkey lies flat with its mouth wide open.
0:42.1	A second monkey hunches over the first, peering into its mouth.
0:46.0	It's pretty typical stuff for monkeys.
0:48.6	Animals groom each other all the time.
0:50.8	But this video went viral for one very clear reason.
0:55.2	The human voiceovers.
0:56.9	Are you going anywhere nice on your holidays?
1:00.0	Yeah, yeah, don't try and talk one of my hands when you're mad.
1:03.4	The voices turn an ordinary occurrence in the animal world
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