How playing an instrument benefits your brain
[4:44] When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an in…
MOREThe Chemistry of Consciousness
[2:28] Jean-Pierre Changeux discusses how general anesthetics hint at the chemical nature of consciousness. [Sourc…
MORECan We Create New Humans With Bacteria?
[3:50] Scientists took 473 genes and created a cell that survived and reproduced on its own! How do scientists combine g…
MORESpying on Synapses – Early concept brain research
[4:37] Signaling across synapses–the tiny gaps between neurons, over a thousand times thinner than a sheet of p…
MOREProcessing emotions
[1:55] A new study from MIT reveals how two populations of neurons in the brain contribute to the process of assigning em…
MOREUnderstanding Gray Matter and White Matter
[4:04] In this video Dr. Bigler and I are talking generally about two concepts that are fairly important in the general o…
MOREBrain guardians remove dying neurons
[0:26] Microglia, the cleaners of the brain. [Source: Salk Institute YouTube link]…
MORENeuroimaging reveals detailed semantic maps across human cerebral cortex
[3:10] Here in the functional MRI room at the University of California, Berkeley, it’s story time. All in all, ge…
MORETeenage brain upgrades revealed
[0:44] Editing, pruning, and strengthening of neuron connections in adolescent brains makes for sleeker performanc…
MOREAntonio Damasio: How Our Brains Feel Emotion
[8:52] An emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body. Its purpose is to make life more su…
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