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Playlist: DIY Neuroscience (6 talks)

Watch science in action in this original TED series about cutting-edge neuroscience experiments on a shoestring budget.
Curated by TED · 6 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/diy_neuroscience

Andrey Vyshedskiy: The neuroscience of imagination

Imagine, for a second, a duck teaching a French class. A ping-pong match in orbit around a black hole. A dolphin balancing a pineapple. You probably haven't actually seen any of these things. But you could imagine them instantly. How does your brain produce an image of something you've never seen? Andrey Vyshedskiy details the neuroscience of im...
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrey_vyshedskiy_the_neuroscience_of_imagination

Dan Reisel: The neuroscience of restorative justice

Dan Reisel studies the biology of change, including our ability to rewire our own brains. And he asks a big question: Instead of warehousing these criminals, shouldn't we be using what we know about the brain to help them rehabilitate? Put another way: If the brain can grow new neural pathways after an injury ... could we help the brain re-grow ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_reisel_the_neuroscience_of_restorative_justice

Greg Gage: How sound can hack your memory while you sleep

Can you cram for a test while you sleep? Our intrepid neuroscientists attempt to enhance memory by running experiments on subjects while they sleep. You'll be surprised by the results.
https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_gage_how_sound_can_hack_your_memory_while_you_sleep

Playlist: Talks to inspire smart conversation (12 talks)

From string theory to geopolitics, neuroscience to tissue engineering, watch these talks that make complex topics more understandable.
Curated by TED · 12 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/talks_to_inspire_smart_convers

Greg Gage: This computer is learning to read your mind

Modern technology lets neuroscientists peer into the human brain, but can it also read minds? Armed with the device known as an electroencephalogram, or EEG, and some computing wizardry, our intrepid neuroscientists attempt to peer into a subject's thoughts.
https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_gage_this_computer_is_learning_to_read_your_mind

Greg Gage: How a dragonfly's brain is designed to kill

Dragonflies can catch prey with near perfect accuracy, the best among all predators. But how does something with so few neurons achieve such prowess? Our intrepid neuroscientists explore how a dragonfly unerringly locks onto its preys and captures it within milliseconds using just sensors and a fake fly.
https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_gage_how_a_dragonfly_s_brain_is_designed_to_kill

Frederick Streeter Barrett: The neuroscience of psychedelic drugs, music and nostalgia

How do music and psychedelics impact your brain? Neuroscientist Frederick Streeter Barrett discusses the specific neural regions activated when you listen to music and undergo the effects of psychedelic drugs like LSD or psilocybin (magic mushrooms). Learn about his research on how these experiences, when paired with the right conditions, may su...
https://www.ted.com/talks/frederick_streeter_barrett_the_neuroscience_of_psychedelic_drugs_music_and_nostalgia

Playlist: 7 talks to make you love science (7 talks)

Science is about discovering the wonders of how our world works. From physics to biology to neuroscience, channel your inner Mr. Wizard as you watch these talks.
Curated by TED · 7 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/7_talks_to_make_you_love_scien

Lisa Genova | TED Speaker

Through her fiction, Lisa Genova beckons us into the lives of people with neurological disease, making their worlds real and relatable.
Neuroscientist, novelist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/lisa_genova

Julian Baggini: Is there a real you?

What makes you, you? Is it how you think of yourself, how others think of you, or something else entirely? Philosopher Julian Baggini draws from philosophy and neuroscience to give a surprising answer.
https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_baggini_is_there_a_real_you

Sandra Aamodt | TED Speaker

Sandra Aamodt explores the neuroscience of everyday life, examining new research and its impact on our understanding of ourselves.
Neuroscientist and science writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sandra_aamodt

Neuroscience: Mapping and Manipulating the Brain

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...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/neuroscience

Greg Gage: How octopuses battle each other

Them's fighting words if you're an octopus, in that more than one octopus in a space often means a rumble. Our intrepid neuroscientists analyze aggression by observing the fighting behavior of two-spotted octopuses or, if you prefer, octopodes.
https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_gage_how_octopuses_battle_each_other

Greg Gage: The real reason why mosquitoes buzz

What does the love song of a mosquito sound like? Find out as our intrepid neuroscientists explore the meaning of all that annoying buzzing in your ear.
https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_gage_the_real_reason_why_mosquitoes_buzz

Alix Generous | TED Speaker

Alix Generous is a college student and biology researcher with Asperger syndrome. She stresses the importance of building accepting environments for all kinds of minds.
Advocate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/alix_generous

Jeff Iliff | TED Speaker

Jeff Iliff is a neuroscientist who explores the unique functions of the brain.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jeff_iliff

Greg Gage: How you can make a fruit fly eat veggies

Can the mind be manipulated to love a food we loathe? The evidence from fruit flies is compelling, and perhaps surprising. Our tag team of neuroscientists attempts to change a fly's preference for fruit over vegetables simply by shining a light on their brain.
https://www.ted.com/talks/greg_gage_how_you_can_make_a_fruit_fly_eat_veggies

Suzana Herculano-Houzel | TED Speaker

Suzana Herculano-Houzel shrunk the human brain by 14 billion neurons -- by developing a new way to count them.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/suzana_herculano_houzel

Anjan Chatterjee: How your brain decides what is beautiful

Anjan Chatterjee uses tools from evolutionary psychology and cognitive neuroscience to study one of nature's most captivating concepts: beauty. Learn more about the science behind why certain configurations of line, color and form excite us in this fascinating, deep look inside your brain.
https://www.ted.com/talks/anjan_chatterjee_how_your_brain_decides_what_is_beautiful

Pawan Sinha: How brains learn to see

Pawan Sinha details his groundbreaking research into how the brain's visual system develops. Sinha and his team provide free vision-restoring treatment to children born blind, and then study how their brains learn to interpret visual data. The work offers insights into neuroscience, engineering and even autism.
https://www.ted.com/talks/pawan_sinha_how_brains_learn_to_see

Sandra Aamodt: Why dieting doesn't usually work

In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they're 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson about how our brains manage our bodies, as she explores the science behind why dieting not only doesn't work, but is likely to do more harm than good. She sugges...
https://www.ted.com/talks/sandra_aamodt_why_dieting_doesn_t_usually_work

Summary analysis

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...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/neuroscience/summary-analysis

Introductory essay

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 ...
https://www.ted.com/read/ted-studies/neuroscience/introductory-essay

Miguel Nicolelis: Brain-to-brain communication has arrived. How we did it

You may remember neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis — he built the brain-controlled exoskeleton that allowed a paralyzed man to kick the first ball of the 2014 World Cup. What’s he working on now? Building ways for two minds (rats and monkeys, for now) to send messages brain to brain. Watch to the end for an experiment that, as he says, will go to ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/miguel_nicolelis_brain_to_brain_communication_has_arrived_how_we_did_it

Andres Lozano | TED Speaker

The chair of neurosurgery at the University of Toronto, Andres Lozano has pioneered the use of deep brain stimulation for treating Parkinson’s, depression, anorexia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Neurosurgeon
https://www.ted.com/speakers/andres_lozano

Steve Ramirez | TED Speaker

When Steve Ramirez published his latest study in Science, it caused a media frenzy. Why? Because the paper was on implanting false memories in the brains of mice.
Neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/steve_ramirez

Julian Baggini | TED Speaker

Julian Baggini is a journalist and philosopher who studies the complexities of personal identity. He is the editor-in-chief of the Philosophers' Magazine.
Philosopher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/julian_baggini

Playlist: What is consciousness? (4 talks)

Fascinating talks that explore one of the most mysterious phenomenons in the universe: the "self" (and why it exists).
Curated by TED · 4 talks
https://www.ted.com/playlists/what_is_consciousness

Shannon Odell: How friendship affects your brain

If it seems like friendships formed in adolescence are particularly special, that's because they are. Childhood, adolescent, and adult friendships all manifest differently in part because the brain works in different ways at those stages of life. During adolescence, there are changes in the way you value, understand, and connect to friends. Shan...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shannon_odell_how_friendship_affects_your_brain
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