Why Do We Shiver?
[2:41] When you’re cold, chances are, you start to shiver. Why does your body do this? [Source: Life Noggin YouTube li…
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Why Do We Cry?
[2:51] Have you ever wondered why water comes out of your eyes when you get sad? [Source: Life Noggin YouTube link]…
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Your Brain in Numbers
[2:04] Facts and figures about the wonderful human brain. [Source: BrainCraft YouTube link]…
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Markus Meister: Neural Computation
[16:31] Markus Meister is professor of biology at the Caltech. He studied physics in Germany and then at Caltech, where …
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7 Myths About The Brain You Thought Were True
[2:43] Blow your mind with these brain myths! [Source: AsapSCIENCE YouTube link]…
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Jill Bolte Taylor: The Neuroanatomical Transformation of the Teenage Brain
[16:30] A wonderful Tedx talk by Jill Bolte Taylor describing the 90 second rule of hormones gushing through our bod…
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How Memory Works
[7:15] Instead of recording every event in your life, the brain records conjunctions of the occurrence of certain ev…
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The Amygdala and Unconscious Memories
[3:24] The amygdala is responsible for implicit memories, but these are different from what Freud called the unconsci…
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Could your brain repair itself?
[3:59] Imagine the brain could reboot, updating its damaged cells with new, improved units. That may sound like scienc…
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Neurotransmitter anatomy
[8:22] Overview of the anatomy of neurotransmitters. [Video source: khanacademymedicine YouTube link]…
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