If you've ever watched an animal sleep and wondered what they're dreaming about, science has the answers.

What exactly is hypnosis? Some people think it's just a fun trick for magic shows, but can it actually make you do things against your will? Learn all this and more with Michael Aranda in a new episode of SciShow!

We usually think of 'hacking' as a bad thing, but scientists are working on ways to hack the brain that will greatly benefit people with prosthetics, and maybe someday people with paralysis.

Some people are capable of concentrating in a storm of noise and motion, and some get distracted by the slightest squeak of a classmate’s chair. This has to do with our brain’s ability to filter, and not only are both entirely natural,...

Meditation methods and the scientific method are teaming up to explore some of the deepest questions about our existence and human nature.

Have you ever had a great idea or a burst of insight while taking a shower? Well, it turns out that shower thoughts are more than just an internet phenomenon, and understanding them better can help us harness their power for good!

It’s easy to look at a sleeping dog’s leg twitching and imagine that it’s having a wonderful rabbit-chasing dream. But can animals with brains that are very different from ours have dreams?

It is important to get enough sleep, but what happens when you get those eight hours in little naps instead of in one big chunk at night?

Brains are mysterious! Living brains are particularly tough to study, but sometimes scientists can use techniques from other disciplines to get a clearer picture. Here are some ways scientists are adapting tools developed for looking at...

We usually think of 'hacking' as a bad thing, but scientists are working on ways to hack the brain that will greatly benefit people with prosthetics, and maybe someday people with paralysis.

Hypnosis: that's just a fun gimmick for stage shows and plot twists, right? Well, turns out there might be more to it.

Understanding sleep stages for better human health with personal health monitoring devices. Observe your deep sleep, light sleep, awake time, and total time asleep.

Neurofeedback therapy could replace exposure therapy for people with trauma-related psychiatric conditions. But will it work?

In this video, we explore the EEG patterns, critical events, and physiological changes as a person progresses through NREM sleep (stages 1-4) and REM sleep.

CCTV and gait analysis may come to US public transit to allow commuters to pay without using cards or passes. <br/>

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Letês use our words to talk about words - how does our brain process language? Join us this week as Alie dives into some of what we know about the neuroscience of language, and some of what we donêt know, too! NOTE: Pardon the green...

Medical MRI Neurological XRay Scan Brain

3D computer animation showing how signals are travelling from ear to brain. Blue background. A very scientific approach.

Computer Animation EKG Medical Display Monitor

Scene take focus to EEG Monitor.

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Brain with zigzag lines graphic animation.