In which John discusses labyrinthitis, OCD, categories, the body in thought, and the body in pain.

Babies are cute because of their face structure and their sounds. Adult brains find the faces features of babies' faces cute. This signature cute baby face is called Kindchenschema (or baby scheme in English). Our brains seemed to be...

Placebos are treatments that donêt actually do anything. They have no medical effect and no active medicine. It's not a drug that is intended to improve your health. So why do they sometimes work? Well, it turns out your brain is super...

The media keeps us up to date on the happenings of the world. However whether the news is good or bad, it's not exactly impartial' Here are 10 ways the media is manipulating you.

Since the birth of the first computers, there has been a direct comparison between these “calculating machines” and the human brain. One of the common phrases circulating for decades, promoting the idea of a “brain versus computer”...

Scientists have put the human gene MCPH1 (which plays a role in brain development) into monkey embryos through a virus that contained the gene. Sounds like a movie, right?

Our brains like questions, movement, and visual exercises. In this activity, students will research and illustrate how the brain works when actively engaged in finding and solving fascinating problems.

Carlos Aizenman, a neuroscientist at Brown University, is studying the brains of tadpoles to understand how neural circuits develop and absorb information from the surrounding environment. "Mysteries of the Brain" is produced by NBC...

Our brains play some pretty neat tricks to keep us sane and functioning well.... like a human being!

The people of ancient Rome may have lived thousands of years ago, but their diets were anything but old-fashioned. In fact, they chowed down on many foods we would shudder to even consider consuming today. The rich and famous, ranging...

Present the concept of neural networks in the field of artificial intelligence

In this episode of "From A to B", Adrian asks Brit why some people say it's morally okay to eat plants but not animals.

The connections between neurons in the brain are involved in everything we do, and no one's pattern is the same. Imagine the medical breakthroughs if we understood more about the brain's circuitry, but a milky opaque tissue that coats...

Behavioral and brain imaging data reveal new details about how facial recognition works in the brain



Description: People with acquired prosopagnosia recognize few faces, a condition known also as "face blindness."...

What is DARPA? How are robots and a one year old child similar and different? What will robots be like in the future?<br/>
Robotics Challenges for the Future, Part 1

From smaller brains, to hotter women and even humans growing beaks! These are 10 Ways That Humans Will Evolve In The Future!

It's time to learn about the mind! This is actually not the same as the brain, which we learned about in the biopsychology series. The mind is located in the brain, but it can't quite be reduced to brain function if we wish to describe...

Sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch are the five basic senses that humans pocess. But surely we can do better, right? As scientists unravel the mysteries of the brain, the true level of its neuroplasticity is being revealed. In this...

Dr. Michio Kaku explains how America's poor education system has created a shortage of Americans who can perform high skilled technology jobs. As a result, America's H-1B Genius visa is used to attract immigrants who are skilled enough...

In episode 18, Jordan and Charlie chat about the island rule, how spiral galaxies get their shape and the small brains in social wasps. Provided by the National Science Foundation

Neurobiologist Orie Shafer at the University of Michigan is trying to understand how the brain's cells communicate in order to control sleep patterns. To help solve this mystery, Shafer is teaming up with mathematician Victoria Booth to...

The brain is like a really fancy restaurant. Itês picky about who it lets inside. You have to be one of the privileged few. But even fancy restaurants need to be cleaned up and protected, right? Who does the dirty work? In this episode...

For more than a century, scientists have studied the brain, and yet there is still so much about it that remains a mystery. New research is underway to develop and use cutting-edge technologies, and scientists across disciplines are...

The Force is strong in the Star Wars universe. But not everyone can use its power. So how does the ordinary, non-Jedi warrior, Chirrut Imwe compensate for his blindness? Turns out, the brain has its own superpowers. In this episode of...