TED Talks
Nancy Etcoff: Happiness and its surprises
Cognitive researcher Nancy Etcoff looks at happiness -- the ways we try to achieve and increase it, the way it's untethered to our real circumstances, and its surprising effect on our bodies.
Curated Video
The Evolutionary Purpose of Fun
Animals as simple as bees and as complex as you and me… like to have fun. But what’s the point of fun? Do all animals have fun? And for that matter, what is fun?
Curated Video
Free-Will and Determinism
How 'free' are you? Professor Patrick Haggard explains the differences between determinism and free will and we look at behavioural, psychic and neurological determinism. We then reconstruct Libet's seminal experiment showing that brain...
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,...
Curated Video
Free-Will and Determinism
Are the decisions we make made freely or are they somehow determined for us? This film takes you through the issues and questions raised by the free-will / determinism debate.
Institute of Human Anatomy
What LSD Does to the Brain
In this video, Justin from the Institute of Human Anatomy discusses what the drug known as LSD does to the body, and how it's metabolized in the brain and digestive system.
Crash Course
Intro to Psychology
Here's an introduction to a 13-part course on psychology, which the narrator defines as, "the science of behavior and mental processes." In the overview to the course, the narrator traces the development of this integrated science from...
TED-Ed
Why Elephants Never Forget
They say elephants never forget, but why exactly is that? Find out with this enlightening video as it explains the neuroscience behind the amazing intelligence of these giant mammals.
TED-Ed
What Happens When You Remove the Hippocampus?
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 explaining how different parts of the...
TED-Ed
The Neuroscience of Imagination
The imagination is a very strong concept and capable of creating many things. Thanks to neural ensemble, our brains are able to piece together images that we've seen and create images that we've never seen—or simply dreamt up. Learn...
Veritasium
The Speed of Life
Time appears to go faster the older we get, but why? A timeless video explores this concept psychologically and scientifically. Through an experiment and neuroscience, viewers better understand the paradox of aging.
University of California
We Are Built to Be Kind
"Are we meant to take more than we give, or are we meant to be kind?" UC professor Dacher Keltner believes he has figured out what it's all about and shares the results of scientific studies of the brain in this short video.