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Written by the educators who created Mapping and Manipulating the Brain, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. Here is this mass of jelly, three-pound mass of jelly you can hold in the palm of your hand, and it can ...

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections — supplemented by rich educational materials — for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Mapping and Manipulating the Brain, explore the human brain's 100 billion neurons and 100 trillion connections among them, and learn how neuroscientists are using an a...

Help me discover new cures for brain disorders utilizing a responsive neurostimulator computer device implanted into the cranial bone connected by wires to electrodes in the brain. Create the final design for a portable Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS) that can erase a migraine headache without drugs. Create a Brain Trust to rethink our ap...

After watching the collection of talks on Mapping and Manipulating the Brain, read a thoughtful recap of the major points in this TED Study, and learn where experts believe things are headed. Towards a holistic, scientific understanding of brain function and human consciousness A recurring theme throughout the TEDTalks in Mapping and Manipulatin...

About this video: Dr. Dharmendra Modha led Project SyNAPSE Lab to create a technology that, someday soon, will transform these possibilities into reality. Inspired by the cognitive functioning of the human brain, Modha and his team created a chip that can meld the “left brain” capabilities of our current computers with “right brain” capabilities...

Deepen your understanding of Mapping and Manipulating the Brain with these carefully crafted educational exercises that let you get the most out of this TED Studies subject. Activity 1 In her 2012 TEDTalk "Beware neuro-bunk," Molly Crockett provides a clear-eyed appraisal of how marketers, the media, educators, policy makers and others have ofte...

Two or more times a year, a group of industry leaders and impactful people gather for a unique multi-day TED experience — which attendees have described as "the ultimate brain spa" and "a journey into the future in the company of those creating it." Dedicated to TED’s global mission of researching and sharing meaningful new ideas, conference spe...

You might be wondering how much your personal projects could really affect something that seems as stable as your personality and sense of self. The answer, as I’ve discovered: a lot more than you’d imagine. About the book Press and review About the author

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, June 30, 2021 Dr. Jen Gunter: Just letting you know, this episode discusses mental illness. Take care while listening. When I was a kid, it felt like my dad was obsessed with getting to the airport on time. It would start a week ahead of our flight… sometimes even more. On the day of the flight, if the ...

What does exercise do to your brain? Can psychedelics treat depression? From smart daily habits to new medical breakthroughs, welcome to TED Health, with host Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider. TED speakers answer questions you never even knew you had, and share ideas you won't hear anywhere else, all around how we can live healthier lives. About the hos...

Kaiser Permanente and TED partnered with local TEDx communities to create A Way Up – a multi-city initiative bringing community leaders together to discuss how we can create healthier futures in the places we call home. In each episode, host Ethan Lipsitz – Founder of Love Extremist, Kaiser Permanente patient, and brain cancer survivor – opens u...

The TED Prize was born out of the visions offered onstage at the TED Conference for how change can happen in the world, one idea at a time. The TED Prize was first awarded in 2005, to Robert Fischell (who wished for new cures to brain disorders), Edward Burtynsky (who wished for a global conversation about sustainability), and Bono (who wished f...

After watching the collection of talks on Understanding Happiness, read a thoughtful recap of the major points in this TED Study, and learn where experts believe things are headed. Positive psychology: The wrap-up The field of positive psychology has already helped us to better understand happiness. As Martin Seligman explained, traditional psyc...

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Dr. Jen Gunter: When we're kids, we have a beautiful gift. Rosie: Why does poop smell bad? Wylder: Because of its things inside. Rosie: Yeah. Like diseases. Wylder: Diseases. Dr. Jen Gunter: We can talk freely and happily about something we all make, poop. Rosie: I have red poop...

The Pursuit of Happiness Monterey, California February 25-28, 2004 Dear TEDizens, A few years age I stumbled upon a question I found both shocking and exhilarating: Suppose our natural instincts about what we needed to make us happy were dead wrong? That was what the latest scientific research on happiness seemed to suggest: that most of the t...

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, May 19, 2021 JEN GUNTER: I’m Dr. Jen Gunter. I love science, and I hate when people twist it. And there's a lot of twisted medical misinformation out there. "That’s ridiculous." "Oh It’s so painful." JEN GUNTER: We’re exposed to medical myths whether we are looking for them or not. There are news sto...

Your local speakers and performers are the inspiration centers of your TEDx event. So selecting, inviting, and preparing them for the big day will be one of the most important tasks you’ll have. Finding extraordinary speakers isn’t always an easy task. Here are some guiding principles to follow in your search for speakers: Look for ideas, not s...

Monday, November 1, 2021 Mona Chalabi: I’ve spent the past seven years trying to imagine two alternate realities: Life in New York, and life in London. I moved to New York in 2014. I went for a job that felt like it could have been my big break. I made friends in New York. I had boyfriends, and then I had ex-boyfriends. I had a job, and then I...

Written by the educator who created What Makes Us Human?, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in his field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. As a biological anthropologist, I never liked drawing sharp distinctions between human and non-human. Such boundaries ma...

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Dr. Jen Gunter: Let me take you back in time to 1800’s France. After a luxurious walk along the Seine and a buttery pastry you wander into a bookshop, where you find a new book by Doctor Charles Pierre Louis De Gardanne. It’s called Of Menopause: Or the Critical Age of Women. It’s cutting...

Written by the educators who created Rethinking Cancer, a brief look at the key facts, tough questions and big ideas in their field. Begin this TED Study with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. In its World Cancer Report 2014, the World Health Organization made a staggering prediction: it expects the number of ne...

From the curator of Understanding Happiness, a brief look at the key facts, the tough questions and the big ideas in his field. Begin this TED Studies subject with a fascinating read that gives context and clarity to the material. An introduction to happiness A few years ago I stumbled upon a question I found both shocking and exhilarating: Supp...

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Jen Gunter: We have been told SO MUCH about milk. SOUND CLIP: We were told that milk was good for your bones. I remember my mom always made me drink it. It was supposed to be very good for my health Jen Gunter: Think about ALL the milk messages you’ve heard in your life! SOUND CLIP:...

WorkLife with Adam Grant Tuesday, July 27, 2021 DeMar DeRozan: So all star weekend in Los Angeles. I was a part of all star team, a starter on the team actually. Adam Grant: This is NBA player DeMar DeRozan. DeMar DeRozan: And it had just been a tough couple of weeks leading into the all-star weekend. And I was just looking forward to it, j...

WorkLife with Adam Grant Tuesday, May 3, 2021 Hey WorkLifers-- and ArmCherries. For today’s bonus episode, we have a very special guest: Dax Shepard. I’ve known Dax since 2019-- I admire his intellectual curiosity, his vulnerability, and of course his humor. I think we’re friends, although every conversation we’ve ever had has been recorded for ...

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Hey WorkLifers, it’s Adam Grant, and this is Taken for Granted, my podcast with the TED Audio Collective. I’m an organizational psychologist, and this series is about rethinking assumptions we often take for granted about how we work, lead, and live. This is my second conversation with CEO extraordinaire Indra Nooyi, wh...

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, July 7, 2021 Dr. Jen Gunter: Before we get to the episode, a quick favor. We're doing a listener survey to figure out how we can keep making the podcast better. We'd love your thoughts. So if you have a few minutes, please take the survey at SurveyNerds.com/BodyStuff. That's SurveyNerds.com/BodyStuff — ...

Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Jen Gunter: It was March 2020, and our editor Sara was living in Brooklyn. She had started to hear about the spread of a highly contagious virus, COVID-19. And like many of us, she was very worried... Sara: I went to my local health food store chain, and I got a bunch of groceries. Like ev...

WorkLife with Adam Grant Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Adam Grant: [00:00:00] Hey WorkLifers it's Adam Grant. I hope you're enjoying season four today. I want to share a special bonus conversation with Glennon Doyle. She made an appearance in our episode on conflict. She's a writer and activist well known for her wisdom and openness about her struggle...