Do you taste something bitter when you hear the right word? Maybe you see a flash of a certain color instead. If so, you might have synesthesia. But it turns out, we're ALL capable of having different senses interact with one another...

Are the five senses really all that we use to take in the world around us, or is it a little more complex than that, with psychology playing a more prominent role than you might have thought?

Beau Lotto's color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can't normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what's...

Emotions are really complicated and interesting, which is why we’ve talked about them a lot here on SciShow Psych. In fact, we’ve talked about them so much that we’ve made a compilation of our favorite emotion-related videos!

Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen?...

Today Hank talks about your central nervous system. In this episode we'll explore how your brain develops and how important location is for each of your brain's many functions.



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You might thank your nose for letting you experience the lovely aromas of a good soup, but you probably wouldn't think to thank it for helping you experience other people's emotions!

In this video Paul Andersen explains the structures and functions of seventeen major parts of the brain. He begins with a quick discussion of brain evolution and ends with a review of the major parts presented inside the brainstem,...

COVID-19 may shrink the brain's gray matter, primarily in areas of the brain involved in smell and memory processing, a large study suggests.

Northeastern University social psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett describes how, contrary to what most naively believe, the brain is not a passive recipient of sensory information, but is instead actively predicting what exists.

Cognitive scientist Lisa Feldman Barrett (Northeastern) relates how her theory of emotion is completely aligned with how our brains construct auditory and visual perceptions.

This tutorial briefly covers CN I (olfactory nerve) and CN II (optic nerve).

In this video, we explore the following: [1] structure and functions of the vestibulospinal and vestibulocollic reflexes, or the VSR and the VCR. [2] various types of hip strategies, their form, detection, and patterns of muscle activation.

In this video, we explore the structure and functions of the vestibulospinal and vestibulocollic reflexes, or the VSR and the VCR. This will lead to discussing the hip and step strategies.

In this video, we discuss the differences between radicular pain and a true radiculopathy including their most common mechanisms.

Basic anatomy and function of the brain.

In this video, we explore the gender-specific anatomy and functions of the pudendal plexus, a bundle of sensory and motor nerves originating from the pudendal nerve

In this video, I explain the major indications for patellar mobilizations and how to perform them in all four major directions: superior, inferior, medial, and lateral.

Types of Memory |Short Term & Working Memory, Long Term Memory (Explicit and Implicit)



Memory is the cognitive ability to retain and use information acquired in the past. There are a variety of different types of memory,...

Contents of the female pelvis, including the viscera and perineum.

Overview of the thalamus and surrounding structures.

This is the main ascending (sensory) pathway of the nervous system.

Section of the spinal cord showing the spinal membranes and nerve roots.

Main nuclei of the thalamus.