TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Are all of your memories real? | Daniel L. Schacter
In a 1990's study, participants recalled getting lost in a shopping mall as children. Some shared these memories in vivid detail, but there was one problem: none of these people had actually gotten lost in a mall. They produced these...
TED Talks
Joshua Foer: Feats of memory anyone can do
There are people who can quickly memorize lists of thousands of numbers, the order of all the cards in a deck (or ten!), and much more. Science writer Joshua Foer describes the technique -- called the memory palace -- and shows off its...
TED Talks
TED: How reliable is your memory? | Elizabeth Loftus
* Viewer discretion advised. This video includes discussion of mature topics and may be inappropriate for some audiences. Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus studies memories. More precisely, she studies false memories, when people either...
TED Talks
Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu: A mouse. A laser beam. A manipulated memory.
Can we edit the content of our memories? It's a sci-fi-tinged question that Steve Ramirez and Xu Liu are asking in their lab at MIT. Essentially, the pair shoot a laser beam into the brain of a living mouse to activate and manipulate its...
TED Talks
Peter Doolittle: How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
"Life comes at us very quickly, and what we need to do is take that amorphous flow of experience and somehow extract meaning from it." In this funny, enlightening talk, educational psychologist Peter Doolittle details the importance --...
Neuro Transmissions
Where Are Memories Stored?
How does my brain store memories again?? Great question! There are a lot of questions about how memories are stored and where they go. But when we have a test coming up, it might be useful to learn how to remember what you studied! So...
Curated Video
Always Forgetting? It may Be a Working Memory Problem
Do you always forget where you put your keys? Or what you were going to say when someone interrupts you? It's possible that you have a working memory problem. Watch this video to learn more about how working memory works and how to tell...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Elizabeth Phelps - Emotion and Memory
Elizabeth Phelps received her PhD from Princeton University and served on the faculty of Yale University and New York University. Professor Phelps is the recipient of the 21st Century Scientist Award from the James S. McDonnell...
Curated Video
Neuroscience and Self-Incrimination
Legal scholar Nita Farahany (Duke) describes how she uses neuroscience as a lens to better examine the original purpose of a law.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Elevator Pitch - How Are Memories Created?
Memory is crucial to survival. But do we even know, what memory is? Rad challenges neuroscientist, Dr Yee Lian Chew, to explain in an elevator ride.
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The neuroscience of imagination - Andrey Vyshedskiy
Imagine, for a second, a duck teaching a French class. A ping-pong match in orbit around a black hole. A dolphin balancing a pineapple. You probably haven't actually seen any of these things. But you could imagine them instantly. How...
TED Talks
Matt Walker: Sleep is your superpower
Sleep is your life-support system and Mother Nature's best effort yet at immortality, says sleep scientist Matt Walker. In this deep dive into the science of slumber, Walker shares the wonderfully good things that happen when you get...
TED Talks
TED: The brain-changing benefits of exercise | Wendy Suzuki
What's the most transformative thing that you can do for your brain today? exercise! says neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. Get inspired to go to the gym as Suzuki discusses the science of how working out boosts your mood and memory -- and...
TED Talks
Scott Fraser: Why eyewitnesses get it wrong
Scott Fraser studies how humans remember crimes -- and bear witness to them. In this powerful talk, which focuses on a deadly shooting at sunset, he suggests that even close-up eyewitnesses to a crime can create "memories" they could not...
TED Talks
TED: This is your brain on communication | uri Hasson
Neuroscientist uri Hasson researches the basis of human communication, and experiments from his lab reveal that even across different languages, our brains show similar activity, or become "aligned," when we hear the same idea or story....
TED Talks
Sandrine Thuret: You can grow new brain cells. Here's how
Can we, as adults, grow new neurons? Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis—improving mood, increasing memory formation and...
Curated Video
Can AI Change Your Memories? | Neurofeedback Therapy, Explained
Neurofeedback therapy could replace exposure therapy for people with trauma-related psychiatric conditions. But will it work?
Neuro Transmissions
Neuroscientist explains why bad habits are hard to break
New Year’s Resolutions are notoriously difficult to stick to. Of the people that make resolutions, less than a quarter of them are still going strong a month later. Why are old habits so hard to break? It may seem like you have all the...
Neuro Transmissions
Welcome to Neuro Transmissions
Hey there! Thanks for stumbling on our introduction video. Neuro Transmissions is a channel on a mission to bring neuroscience to everyone. It's not rocket surgery, it's brain science!
Curated Video
Rethinking the Fifth
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany examines how a combination of an awareness of neuroscience and a philosophical outlook can help deepen our understanding of the celebrated Fifth Amendment to the American Constitution.
The Royal Institution
What Makes a Memory Come Alive? - with Jon Simons
What can neuroscience tell us about the subjective experience of remembering, the feeling of reliving a memory? Cognitive neuroscientist Jon Simons considers the latest evidence. Subscribe for regular science videos:...
Life Noggin
What Happens To Your Memories After You Die?
When we're no longer on this earth, what happens to all the memories in our heads? Do people remember their passing if they're brought back to life? Watch more: “What If You Couldn't Forget ANYTHING?” ►►...
The Royal Institution
Q&A - The Neuroscience of Consciousness – with Anil Seth
What is the relationship between consciousness, memory, and identity? Can there be more than one consciousness governed by a single brain? Anil Seth answers questions from the audience following his Discourse. Watch the full talk:...
Curated Video
Memory Matters: The Art and Science of the Brain
How do we form memories and how are they recalled? How does our brain use memories to navigate our world, predict the future and remember the past? Professor Vince Walsh is joined by Professor Nicky Clayton FRS, Mr Clive Wilkins, Chris...