Videos, Beckman Institute, University of Illinois

What is a Spandrel? Explaining Evolutionary Adaptations and Side Effects

In this bonus video, neuroscientist and evolutionary biologist Justin Rhodes explains the difference between traits that are the result of evolutionary adaptation and others that are genetic spillovers. Rhodes discusses how biologist and author Stephen J. Gould first used an architectural term to help describe these genetic side effects. Rhodes is a professor i...

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Date Added: 03/25/13
Author: BeckmanInstitute
Length: 00:04:00

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- Why Men Are Better Navigators Than Women: Adaptation or Testosterone Side Effect?
  
  Neuroscientist and evolutionary biologist Justin Rhodes explodes the myth behind why males are better at navigation than females. Most people, including many evolutionary biologists, believe that men are slightly better navigators than women because of the division of labor in early human Hunter-Gatherer societies. The story goes that those with superior navigation ski... More Information →
  
  Date: 02/19/13 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 00:07:00
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- Beckman Institute Open House 2013 (1-minute)
  
  Beckman Institute Open House 2013 Mar 8, 2013 - Mar 9, 2013 The Beckman Institute Open House is a biennial event, held in conjunction with the University of Illinois College of Engineering Open House. The open house features a variety of exhibits and demonstrations on leading edge research that is happening at the Beckman Institute. The event is Friday, March 8 from 9:0... More Information →
  
  Date: 03/01/13 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 00:01:01
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- Beckman Institute Open House 2013 Promo (15-Seconds)
  
  Beckman Institute Open House 2013 Mar 8, 2013 - Mar 9, 2013 The Beckman Institute Open House is a biennial event, held in conjunction with the University of Illinois College of Engineering Open House. The open house features a variety of exhibits and demonstrations on leading edge research that is happening at the Beckman Institute. The event is Friday, March 8 from 9:0... More Information →
  
  Date: 02/12/13 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 00:00:16
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- Vietnam Veterans Help Neuroscientists Map Emotional Intelligence in the Brain
  
  Cognitive neuroscientist Aron Barbey explores the link between general and emotional intelligence by studying Vietnam veterans with focal brain injuries. Using CT scanners and behavioral testing, Barbey hopes to create a detailed map of the brain regions that play an important role in general and emotional intellectual functioning. Barbey is an Assistant Professor in the... More Information →
  
  Date: 01/22/13 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 00:05:06
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- Deck the Halls: Behind-the-Scenes of the Real-Time Singing MRI Holiday Greeting
  
  A behind-the-scenes look at the science of the Beckman Institute's real-time singing MRI holiday greeting. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can provide extremely detailed and useful images of the soft-tissues inside the human body. However, one of the drawbacks of the technology is that it takes a relatively long time to create these images. But researchers at the Beck... More Information →
  
  Date: 12/20/12 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 00:03:11
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- Deck the Halls: A Real-Time Singing MRI Holiday Greeting
  
  Happy holidays from the Beckman Institute - A real-time singing MRI greeting card. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can provide extremely detailed and useful images of the soft-tissues inside the human body. However, one of the drawbacks of the technology is that it takes a relatively long time to create these images. But researchers at the Beckman Institute have devis... More Information →
  
  Date: 12/20/12 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 00:01:38
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- Sex-Changing Clownfish (90-Sec)
  
  Clownfish burst onto the public scene nearly a decade ago with Disney-PIXAR's now classic animated film "Finding Nemo." Perhaps unsurprisingly, the film left out a very important part of the clownfish story -- that clownfish can actually change their sex in response to their social environment. Beckman Institute neuroscientist Justin Rhodes examines how the clownfish bra... More Information →
  
  Date: 11/13/07 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 00:01:31
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- Fruit Flies and the Smell Sense: How a Molecule's Vibration Can Change Its Smell
  
  A new study lends support to a controversial theory -- that our noses can smell the difference not only in the shape of a molecule, but also in its vibrational characteristics. Many who study olfaction maintain that an odorant's shape and surface are the only things that impact how it smells. But theoretical biophysicist Ilia Solov'yov has used a recent study on fruit fl... More Information →
  
  Date: 11/13/07 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 00:06:21
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- LECTURE: "Sculptures Inspired By Physics, Proteins, and People" by Julian Voss-Andreae (1 Hour)
  
  Artist Julian Voss-Andreae discusses his science-inspired sculptures with the Beckman Institute's Klaus Schulten and his Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group. Voss-Andreae is a German-born sculptor based in Portland, Oregon. Starting as a painter, Voss-Andreae later studied physics and pursued graduate research in quantum physics. His sculpture, heavily influ... More Information →
  
  Date: 10/08/12 Author: BeckmanInstitute Length: 01:02:01
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