Neuro Transmissions
What are the Parts of the Brain?
Time to fall in lobe! You read that right. Letês dive into neuroanatomy. It sounds like something a smart person should know about, like YOU. Weêll go over all of the major parts of the brain, including the occipital, temporal, parietal,...
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Neuroscience of Depression
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...
Neuro Transmissions
Neuroscience of Anxiety
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.
Neuro Transmissions
How Do We Hear?
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...
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The Neuroscience of Eating Disorders
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...
Institute of Art and Ideas
How Men and Women Think (long form version)
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...
Curated Video
A thinking cap? This AI-powered cap can transform thoughts into text
Unlike other language decoding systems in development that have required subjects to have surgical implants, this cap does not require invasive systems.
Curated Video
What does fentanyl do to your brain?
The effects of fentanyl range from pleasure to death. This video breaks down exactly what the drug does to your brain.
Curated Video
Scientists and chefs have developed a cake recipe that may boost your brain health
Dubbed the ‘unforgettable cake’, its recipe includes ingredients that should help our brains stay healthy such as beetroot, olive oil, and cinnamon.
Curated Video
What social media scrolling is doing to kids’ brains
With most children and teenagers spending hours a day on a smartphone, CBC’s Christine Birak breaks down what research shows about how using social media is changing kids’ behaviour, if it's rewiring their brains and what can be done...
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Surgeons successfully restore touch and movement in quadriplegic man using AI brain implants
Thomas can now scratch his face and wipe his nose, something his sister had to help him with previously.
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New sleep study examines how brains function on less sleep
A new sleep study in the journal Neuroscience looked at how brain function is affected by sleeping for shorter times at night and suggested there was slightly lower cognitive function across the board for people who sleep less than six...
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Be Well: Understanding Strokes and Knowing the Warning Signs
Be Well: Understanding Strokes and Knowing the Warning Signs
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Closing the Stem Gender Gap, Woman-Owned Empire and Brain Science & Emotional Energy
On this episode of ChedHER: women are still vastly numbered in science, technology, engineering and math, but is that about to change? Plus, what do hair care products, popcorn, nutritional supplements and coffee have in common? They're...
Curated Video
A new AI tool that can decode brain signals proves '95% accurate' on mice
Scientists used artificial intelligence (AI) to read a mouse’s brain while it watched a video clip - and then reconstruct what it saw.
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Robotics challenge creates extra digit for piano players
Pianists fitted with a robotic extra thumb can learn to play it, says Aldo Faisal, a professor of artificial intelligence and neuroscience at Imperial College London.
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Artist plays music on synthesizer using only her mind
The National Music Centre is preparing for an album recording session unlike any other. Emotions are being transformed into music with the help of a unique headset.
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Parkinsons patients report better balance after capoeira classes
Capoeira, a form of martial art disguised as dance, is now being used in Brazil to help patients with Parkinson's disease. The patients say the specific movements of this once-outlawed exercise are improving their physical health.
Curated Video
What can fruit flies teach us about human brains?
Scientists have only scratched the surface when it comes to understanding the human brain. But as CBC's Darius Mahdavi explains, the progress we have made has been partly possible by researching another, much smaller brain.
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This Alzheimer's Breakthrough Is Worth Rooting For
At long last, we finally have a disease-modifying drug for Alzheimer's. The FDA recently approved a new drug that promises to slow the progression of the disease.
Only five Alzheimer's treatments have been approved by the FDA up until a...
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Hollow-face illusion, animation.
This is an optical illusion where the perception of a concave (hollow) mask of a face appears as a normal convex (protruding) face. This is because the brain has a strong bias for seeing faces as convex, which counteracts competing depth...
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Human brain with regions lighting up. Synapsis. Loopable. Biology. Orange.
Human brain with regions lighting up. Synapsis. Loopable. Biology. Orange.