Instructional Video8:34
Neuro Transmissions

Neuroscience of Depression

12th - Higher Ed
About 1 out of every 14 people suffers from depression. What causes depression in the brain? Is depression inherited? And importantly, does depression medication work? In this video, we discuss the cause of depression, the changes in the...
Instructional Video7:51
Neuro Transmissions

Neuroscience of Anxiety

12th - Higher Ed
Alie knows all about how stressful grad school can be. But what happens when stress is more than just stress? This week, we're talking about the neuroscience of anxiety. And for Alie, it's personal.
Instructional Video6:36
Neuro Transmissions

How Do We Hear?

12th - Higher Ed
Say whaaaaaat? Yep, it's about time we talk about the auditory system. Your ears are amazing things. Sure, they're a bit floppy, but they help us navigate the word around us just as much as our eyes. In the words of a wise man: To hear...
Instructional Video6:29
Neuro Transmissions

The Neuroscience of Eating Disorders

12th - Higher Ed
Many of us are lucky enough to live in a world where food is easily accessible. We no longer have to hunt wild animals or scrounge for edible plants to survive. However, in spite of (or likely because of) this luxury, millions of people...
Instructional Video43:51
Institute of Art and Ideas

How Men and Women Think (long form version)

Higher Ed
Many neuroscientists believe disorders of the mind will be solved when we understand the differences between the male and female brain. Yet is is frequently argued that men and women are not born but made. Are mental differences between...
Instructional Video5:26
TED-Ed

What Happens When You Remove the Hippocampus?

9th - 12th Standards
Imagine not being able to remember what day it is or what food you had for breakfast this morning. This nightmare was a reality for Henry Molaison, whose life story is the focus of this video...
Instructional Video4:45
TED-Ed

How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain

8th - 12th Standards
Did you know that playing music is the brain's equivalent to a full body workout? Learn about how the advancements in the studies of neuroscientists have brought us to a greater understanding of how playing an instrument dramatically...
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Evolving Brain

9th - 10th
Researchers are studying transparent zebra fish larvae to understand the neural circuitry of the human brain. [4:55]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Brain States and Consciousness

9th - 10th
A neurobiologist and a mathematician are studying the fruit fly to learn more about how cells communicate during sleep. [4:45]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Perceiving Brain

9th - 10th
A neuroscientist studies how the brain processes information by examining fMRI brain images to see what areas of the brain are active with various stimuli. [4:53]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Building a Brain

9th - 10th Standards
The simple tadpole brain is being studied by a neuroscientist to better understand brain development and how information from the surrounding environment is processed. [5 min.]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Thinking Brain

9th - 10th
A neuroscientist explains synaptic processes in the brain and how they enable learning and memory. [4:49]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Emotional Brain

9th - 10th
Researchers at Duke University are using virtual reality to study how the brain processes positive and negative emotions. [4:31]
Instructional Video
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Mysteries of the Brain: Brain Computer Interface

9th - 10th
Scientists at the University of Washington are developing devices that rely on brain-computer interfaces which register task-specific brain activity, and then use the information to empower the devices to perform those tasks. [4:54]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: What Your Brain Looks Like When You Lose Self Control

9th - 10th
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]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Neuroscientist Turned Crime Solver in Perception

9th - 10th
A look at a television crime show, Perception, where a paranoid schizophrenic neuroscience professor works with the FBI, and how the writers make sure the science in the show is accurately portrayed. Aired July 20, 2012 [11:45 min]
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: From Thought to Movement

9th - 10th
Researchers have recorded the brain signals responsible for movement outside the brain and used them to reconstruct hand movement in three dimensions.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Neuroscience Meeting Highlights

9th - 10th
We'll talk about some of the research presented this week at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Why We Trust

9th - 10th
Almost all obituaries of the late Walter Cronkite referred to how trusted he was. But why do we trust some people and not others?
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Decoding 'The Most Complex Object in the Universe'

9th - 10th
Neuroscientists are mapping the brain to discover the origins of consciousness.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Making Sense of Science Infographics

9th - 10th
How you can decode modern infographics and spot those that mislead.
Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Why Ignorance Trumps Knowledge in Scientific Pursuit

9th - 10th
Neuroscientist Stuart Firestein discusses why ignorance is key to scientific discovery.