Individual Differences

We can't control if we'll die, but we can "occupy death," in the words of Peter Saul, an emergency doctor. He asks us to think about the end of our lives -- and to question the modern model of slow, intubated death in hospital. Two big questions can help you start this tough conversation.

Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt patient asks him: “Am I going to die?”

A funeral, punctuated with technical difficulties and expressions of deep love, reveals the new rituals we are creating in crisis.

APS Fellow Robert Plomin has received the 2020 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology for his research on how DNA shapes personality.

New research could explain why women athletes report more severe brain injury symptoms than men

What is your attachment style?

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View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-choices-you-make-can-affect-your-genes-carlos-guerrero-bosagna Here’s a conundrum: Identical twins originate from the same DNA ... so how can they turn out so different — even in traits that have a significant genetic component? Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna explains that while nature versus nurture has a lot to do with it, a deeper, related answer can be found within something called epigenetics. Lesson by Carlos Guerrero-Bosagna, animation by Chris Bishop.

HuffPost Science's Jacqueline Howard finds out what exactly is personality, and whether we can change certain aspects of our personalities to improve our lives. Subscribe to Talk Nerdy To Me Today: http://bit.ly/13pYPNQ Watch More Talk Nerdy to Me Here: http://bit.ly/XFlOAo HuffPost Science invites you to join the discussion with top scientists covering the latest news in spaceflight, brain/body research, evolution, and the influence of science on culture.

Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has real, tangible effects on the development of the brain. This unfolds across a lifetime, to the point where those who’ve experienced high levels of trauma are at triple the risk for heart disease and lung cancer. An impassioned plea for pediatric medicine to confront the prevention and treatment of trauma, head-on. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http://www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that affect children while growing up, such as suffering child maltreatment or living in a household affected by domestic violence, substance misuse or mental illness. This short animated film has been developed to raise awareness of ACEs, their potential to damage health across the life course and the roles that different agencies can play in preventing ACEs and supporting those affected by them. The film has been produced for Public Health Wales and Blackburn with Darwen Local Authority. For further information visit www.aces.me.uk

Osmosis presents this thorough overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD. Review information useful to medical students and medical residents about this condition including developmental milestones, diagnostic criteria and prevalence. You'll find more resources, study guides, quizzes and reviews on Medscape.com. Join today for free.