Aphantasia
YouthNeurosciencePsychologyYouth 120Youth 125Youth 130Adam Zeman explores the science of aphantasia.
One neuroscientist’s deep dive into perception and reality | Christof Koch
AdultsNeuroscienceScienceEverything you experience is filtered through your brain, and everyone’s brain is different. Neuroscientist Christof Koch explains how understanding this can deepen your connection to the world around you.
Professor Answers Neurodiversity Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
AdultsEducationNeurosciencePsychologyProfessor Matt Lerner, PhD joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about neurodiversity. What are some signs of autism?
Brain Activation Exercises
KidsHealthKids 110Kids 115Kids 120MindfulnessNeuroscienceFollow along with the exercises to activate your brain!
What’s Causing the Parkinson’s Belt?
AdultsHealthNeuroscienceThe number of people with Parkinson's Disease has doubled in just 25 years, but its rise has been much worse in some places than in others.
Why Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every Day
AdultsBiologyHealthNeuroscienceReality is not real. Your world is a prediction. Every sight, sound, and touch you experience is the result of calculations your brain makes before reality even reaches you.
Can you "see" images in your mind? Some people can't - Adam Zeman
AdultsMindfulnessNeurosciencePsychologyScienceWhen reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," most readers visualize the queen’s croquet game play out in their heads.
What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna Rothschild
AdultsHealthNeuroscienceExplore how pulling an all-nighter can impact your cognitive function, and find out what happens to your brain when you don't sleep.
Why Reality is a “Controlled Hallucination”
AdultsEducationScienceTechnologyNeurosciencePsychologyThere have always been hints that the brain wasn’t evolved to track objective reality, but a new, incredibly popular theory in neuroscience takes everything one step further. Not only is your brain not built for reality, you’ve never even experienced it. Noted Science Zaddy Kyle Hill explains “predictive processing.”
Do Gut Microbes Control Your Personality? | Kathleen McAuliffe | TED
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanNeuroscienceBiologist Kathleen McAuliffe dives into new research that suggests certain bacteria in your gut can influence major parts of who you are, from your personality to life-changing neurological disorders.
Can you trust your memory? This neuroscientist isn’t so sure | André Fenton
AdultsBiologyHealthPsychologyNeuroscienceThere are three kinds of memory that all work together to shape your reality. Neuroscientist André Fenton explains.
Neuroscientist debunks ‘lizard brain’ myth | Lisa Feldman Barrett
AdultsAnimalsBiologyHumanNeurosciencePsychologyPlato famously described the human psyche as two horses and a charioteer: One horse represented instincts, the other represented emotions, and the charioteer was the rational mind that controlled them.
How to Calm Your Anxiety, From a Neuroscientist
AdultsHealthHumanPsychologyMental HealthNeuroscienceWhat if you could transform your anxiety into something you can actually use during your work day? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares two evidence-based activities -- breathing and movement -- that can soothe your nervous system and fuel creativity and connection.
How Close Are We To Uploading Our Minds?
YouthBiologyHumanScienceTechnologyFutureArtificial IntelligenceNeuroscienceInvestigate the possibility of scanning the human brain and uploading our minds and consciousness to a digital world.
Seeing Colour
YouthScienceNeuroscienceHow does our brain help us see color? Find out in this video!
How Does Your Brain Respond To Pain
YouthScienceHealthNeuroscienceOuch! Everyone experiences pain -- but why do some people react to the same painful stimulus in different ways?
How Playing An Instrument Benefits Your Brain
YouthScienceMusicHealthNeuroscienceWhen you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active.