The left brain vs. right brain myth - Elizabeth Waters
Adults NeuroscienceThe human brain is visibly split into a left and right side. This structure has inspired one of the most pervasive ideas about the brain: that the left side controls logic and the right side controls creativity. And yet, this is a myth, unsupported by scientific evidence. So how did this idea come about, and what does it get wrong? Elizabeth Waters looks into this long held misconception.
A neuroscientist explains how being bilingual makes your brain more robust
Adults NeuroscienceMarian Sigman, a neuroscientist and author of "The Secret Life of the Mind: How Your Brain Thinks, Feels, and Decides," explains how babies that grow up bilingual will have brain functions that might be superior to those children that only speak one language.
A neuroscientist explains how exercise can make you smarter
Adults NeuroscienceDr. Wendy A. Suzuki is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for Neural Science at NYU and the the author of "Healthy Brain, Happy Life." Here, she explains the positive effects of exercising to the brain.
Your Brain Changes all the time, but Being a Mom Changes It Forever
Adults NeuroscienceMother's bodies go through tons of changes before and after giving birth, but so do their brains! What really makes a mom's brain different?
Why Some People Don't Feel Pain
Adults NeurosciencePain helps us survive, and yet some people are born without the ability to feel pain, how?
This Is How Your Brain Powers Your Thoughts
Adults NeuroscienceScientists have figured out how our brains process thoughts and the explanation will blow your mind.
How does your body know what time it is? - Marco A. Sotomayor
Adults NeuroscienceBeing able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how human bodies naturally tell time.
This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From
Adults NeuroscienceAfter uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.
What Magnetizing Cockroaches Can Teach Us About Navigation
Adults NeuroscienceA new study has found cockroaches can sense the Earth's magnetic field, an ability called magnetoreception. Could humans have this sense, too?
You Have A Second Brain
Adults NeuroscienceWritten by Annik Carson, Gregory Brown, Rachel Salt and Mitchell Moffit
How Do Animals See in the Dark?
Adults NeuroscienceTo human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, shapes, and colors.
How the food you eat affects your brain
Adults NeuroscienceWhen it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain.
What Happens When Your Brain Is Split
Adults NeuroscienceWhat Happens When Your Brain Is Split In Two - And You Survive?
The reason you feel awful when you're sick
Adults NeuroscienceIt starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It's official: you've got the flu. It's logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is the result of the infection coursing through your body - but is that really the case? Marco A. Sotomayor explains what's actually making you feel sick.
How do schools of fish swim in harmony?
Adults NeuroscienceHow do schools of fish swim in harmony? How do the tiny cells in your brain give rise to the complex thoughts, memories, and consciousness that are you?
You Won't Believe Your Eyes!
Adults NeuroscienceIn this video Dustin talks about persistence of vision.
What is deja vu? What is deja vu?
Adults NeuroscienceYou might have felt it -- the feeling that you've experienced something before, but, in reality, the experience is brand new. There are over 40 theories that attempt to explain the phenomenon of deja vu. Michael Molina explains how neuroimaging and cognitive psychology have narrowed down the theories that could explain that feeling you're having...again.
The Specious Present
Adults NeuroscienceWhat is the specious present? And how do our brains perceive time?
The benefits of a good night's sleep
Adults NeuroscienceIt's 4am, and the big test is in 8 hours. You've been studying for days, but you still don't feel ready. Should you drink another cup of coffee and spend the next few hours cramming? Or should you go to sleep? Shai Marcu defends the latter option, showing how sleep restructures your brain in a way that's crucial for how our memory works.