Sandrine Thuret: You Can Grow New Brain Cells. Here’s How
[11:04] Can we, as adults, grow new neurons? Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research a…
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The Neuroscience of Memory
[50:14] Little was known about the brain’s memory mechanism until 1953 when an epileptic patient, “H.M.,…
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Brain Imaging Studies of Reading and Reading Disability
Guinevere F. Eden, Georgetown University Medical Center, highlights the importance of distinguishing between caus…
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Will This Hypnotize You?
[3:47] Is hypnosis real? Here’s the science! [Source: AsapSCIENCE YouTube link]…
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Miguel Nicolelis: Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it
[19:01] You may remember neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis — he built the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowe…
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What would happen if you didn’t sleep?
[4:34] In the United States, it’s estimated that 30 percent of adults and 66 percent of adolescents are regularly sle…
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How the food you eat affects your brain
[4:52] When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most po…
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Sound Waves as Effective as Brain Surgery at Treating Essential Tremor
[2:15] Scalpel-free surgery using focused sound waves appears to be as effective in treating essential tremor as trad…
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Study of 81,000 Adults Examines Mental Illness, Gun Violence and Suicide
[2:02] People with serious mental illnesses who use guns to commit suicide are often legally eligible to purchase guns…
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Anthony Hannan: Nature, nurture & neuroplasticity
[13:10] In his talk, Professor Hannan will let us in on why doing neuroscience in the 21st century is like physics was at t…
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