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[3:43] Why do you get a brain freeze? Sometimes, after ice-cream or a cold drink, it can feel like your skull is squeezing …

[6:32] In this video, Leslie Samuel talks about the regions within the parietal lobe and how they function. The parieta…

[7:26] Ron Gutman reviews a raft of studies about smiling, and reveals some surprising results. Did you know your smile …

[3:42] Ayumu the chimpanzee has made headlines around the world for his ability to beat humans on memory tests, in both s…

[3:46] Neuroscientists in Lausanne study the weird phenomenon to prove it’s not an illusion, or paranormal, bu…

[0:55] Mice were genetically engineered so neurons in the amygdala that control hunting and killing were activated by …

[2:41] Dongmin Lee, Meaghan Creed, Kanghoon Jung, et al (2017). Nature Methods. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.4234 [Video and t…

[5:42] There are people out in the world whose amygdalae have degenerated to the point where they no longer feel fear but …

[2:32] Dr. Abigail Baird of Vassar College talks about the insula during her lecture “The Neuroscience of the Te…

[7:39] Science writer David Adam has obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In the third of a series of films, he visits t…