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...
Cerebellum
The Human Body Nervous Systems - Cranial Nerves
Experts in neuroscience help us understand why the human brain is a marvel of structure and function. This program examines the interaction of the spinal cord and nerve endings, as well as fascinating concepts like involuntary and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Mina Cikara - Us Versus Them
Mina Cikara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology and director of the Intergroup Neuroscience Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Policy from Princeton University in 2010 and completed a NIH Ruth L....
Curated Video
The Sociology of Cognitive Science
Neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector (Stanford) gives her view on how psychology has evolved due to the influence of modern neuroscience.
Flame Media
How To Improve Your Hearing
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...
Neuro Transmissions
Why gratitude is good for you (seriously)
Gratitude may sound like a woo-woo concept, but science shows it might be a key to happiness. Gratitude is not just for the good times. I know it’s hard to feel grateful in 2020, but now is when we need it most. Believe it or not,...
Flame Media
How To Fine-tune Your Touch
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...
Flame Media
What is Brain Plasticity?
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...
Flame Media
Increasing your concentration
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...
Flame Media
How Does Sight Work?
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...
Flame Media
How to concentrate in noisy places
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...
Flame Media
How To Improve Your Visual Abilities
In his series 'Redesign my Brain', award winning documentary maker Todd Sampson sets out to improve his senses: sight, hearing and touch. To prove that his sensory perception has been enhanced, Todd will compete in a safe-cracking...
Institute of Art and Ideas
What is consciousness?
Neuroscience has enabled us to explain how the brain affects the body. Yet there is no theory to explain how the matter of the brain creates thought and experience. Is consciousness inexplicable because it is not part of the material...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean D. Kelly - On Being a Human Being
Sean Kelly earned an Sc.B. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an M.S. in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences from Brown University in 1989. After several years as a graduate student in Logic and Methodology of Science, he finally...
Curated Video
Sheila Dow: The Economics of Uncertainty
Welcome to our video series called "New Economic Thinking." The series will feature dozens of conversations with leading economists on the most important issues facing economics and the global economy today. This episode features Sheila...
Institute of Art and Ideas
Matter and Mind (long form version)
Neuroscience has enabled us to explain how the brain affects the body. Yet there is no theory to explain how the matter of the brain creates thought and experience. Is consciousness inexplicable because it is not part of the material...
Curated Video
The Roots of Behaviour
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany gives her thoughts on why many people are adapting their dualistic views on mind and body, and the moral consequences of this change in perspective, due to the mounting progress of neuroscience.
Curated Video
Societal Neuromania
Legal scholars Nita Farahany (Duke) discusses the current societal preoccupation with neuroscience.
Curated Video
How To Use Mindfulness For Depression
Mindfulness's attention to the here and now. It's being fully present in the moment. You are experiencing the present moment and non-judgmental way. The brain model of depression is hypo-connectivity between the neurons in certain parts...
Next Animation Studio
Monkeys help pave way for prosthetics that can feel
Researchers at Duke University have made initial steps toward creating artificial limbs that can not only move like real limbs, but also sense touch. Electrodes were implanted into both the motor and sensory areas of the brains of two...
National Geographic
Hand vs. Eye | Brain Games
Brain Games explores the inner workings of your brain with interactive games you can play at home, as well as experiments on the streets of a city as complex as your brain -- New York. Guiding you through the twists and turns of your...
National Geographic
Jason Silva on Brain Games | Brain Games
Brain Games explores the inner workings of your brain with interactive games you can play at home, as well as experiments on the streets of a city as complex as your brain -- New York. Guiding you through the twists and turns of your...
National Geographic
NEW SERIES | Brain Games
Brain Games explores the inner workings of your brain with interactive games you can play at home, as well as experiments on the streets of a city as complex as your brain -- New York. Guiding you through the twists and turns of your...
National Geographic
Mind Blown - Hangout to Explore How Your Brain Works | Brain Games
Push your gray matter to the limit with Jason Silva, a techno-philosopher and host of the National Geographic Channel's hit show Brain Games. In this Google+ Hangout from July 23, 2013, we discuss how technology is allowing us to extend...