Torkel Klingberg: Improving working memory capacity
[11:06] This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The two live talks at t…
MOREEric Kandel: Mapping the Mind
[19:29] A fascinating interview with Nobel prize winning neuropsychiatrist Eric Kandel on the formations of memory.…
MOREMichael Gazzaniga: How Free Is Your Will?
[17:36] How Free Is Your Will? An interview with Michael Gazzaniga [Source: Imagine Science Films YouTube link]…
MOREStuart Firestein: From Nose to Brain – The Neurology of Smell
[3:40] What’s remarkable about the olfactory system is that from the outside world to the highest level of brain …
MORERobert Sapolsky: Biological underpinnings of religiosity
[1:22:46] Dr Sapolsky explores schizophrenia to see if there is any hidden adaptive advantage in the condition as ther…
MOREGreg Gage: How to Control Someone Else’s Arm with Your Brain
[5:52] Greg Gage is on a mission to make brain science accessible to all. In this fun, kind of creepy demo, the neuroscien…
MORENature or Nurture – Are People Born Gay?
[5:17] The differing sexual orientation of identical twins is an opportunity to investigate one of science’s most c…
MOREWhat is Déjà vu?
[6:35] A scientific look into the weird experience most of us have had from time to time, Déjà vu. [Source: Vsauce …
MOREPuberty – The First Kiss
[7:13 By the age of 11 childhood is nearly over and we’re about to change like never before, we’re on the brink of adul…
MOREMichael Shermer: The Believing Brain
[1:08:46] In this talk, Dr Michael Shermer presents his comprehensive and provocative theory on how humans form belie…
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