Allan Jones: A map of the brain
[15:21] How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. …
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Multitasking Is a Myth, and to Attempt It Comes at a Neurobiological Cost
[2:46] Multitasking is a myth, says McGill University Psychology Professor Daniel Levitin. Switching focus across t…
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Cortical Memories in Humans Are Re-expressed When GABA Is Reduced
[5:07] Barron et al. show that otherwise silent cortical memories are unmasked in the human brain when the concentrati…
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Why Do You Stop Noticing Smells After A While?
[3:34] Our brains lie to us. Not maliciously – they think they’re helping. Which is why smells seem to disappear: It…
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New “Neural Dust” sensor could be implanted in the body
[1:50] University of California, Berkeley engineers have built the first dust-sized, wireless sensors that can be im…
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Cells To Silicon: Your Brain In 2050
[1:22:21] At present, our brains are mostly dependent on all the stuff below the neck to turn thought into action. But ad…
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Can You Really ‘Train’ Your Brain?
[4:15] Brain training games claim to improve your memory, attention, and reasoning skills. Some even say they help pre…
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Are People Really Left-Brained or Right-Brained?
[8:25] SciShow explains how some great, Nobel-winning research into the human brain turned into a meme of misundersta…
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Is It Possible To Erase Your Memories?
[3:31] Could someone actually erase your memories? First, let’s look at what a memory is, and how these things form. A…
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The Curious Case of Alien Hand Syndrome
[5:20] Although modern medicine has made tremendous advances in many areas, even mapping the human genome, there rema…
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