Be Smart
Why Are Some People Left-Handed?
Most animals that show a paw preference are split 50/50 with half of the population preferring one side and the other half preferring the other, yet in humans only 10 percent are left-handed. The video explains what part of the brain...
Be Smart
5 Weird Involuntary Behaviors Explained!
Just thinking, reading about, hearing the word, or seeing someone yawning will make you yawn. But why? In a video that explores some involuntary behaviors viewers see why we yawn, why our eyes twitch, why we hiccup, why we sneeze...
University of California
We Are Built to Be Kind
"Are we meant to take more than we give, or are we meant to be kind?" UC professor Dacher Keltner believes he has figured out what it's all about and shares the results of scientific studies of the brain in this short video.
TED-Ed
The Psychology of Narcissism
Is the self-esteem movement of the 70s responsible for the rise in narcissism? Perhaps. Is narcissism genetic? Perhaps. Check out this video that explores narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder.
TED-Ed
Our Buggy Moral Code
Why do humans cheat? Under what conditions are we more or less likely to cheat? Listen as Dan Ariely reveals intriguing results of several of his studies on the cost-benefit analysis of cheating, and how these findings relate to such...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: What Your Brain Looks Like When You Lose Self Control
Neuroscientists are using fMRI technology to study what happens in the brain when a someone is no longer able to resist temptation, such as to have dessert, and loses their self-control. Aired June 22, 2012 [15:06 min]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Human Face of Big Data: Monitoring Health
We are living in the age of information. Everything related to our health is now data: how we feel, how we react to a drug, and even what our genetic code is. Individually, collecting this data from cheap and accessible sensors helps us...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Why We Trust
Almost all obituaries of the late Walter Cronkite referred to how trusted he was. But why do we trust some people and not others?
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
How your body sees itself -- and the world around it -- may have a big influence on how it behaves.